Myanmar CrisisMyanmar 'provisional government' appoints leader to counter junta
Former speaker of upper house Mahn Win Khaing Than tapped by NLD-led group
Health and medical students hold placards in support of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw while marching on the main road of Mandalay on March 7. © AP
YOHEI MURAMATSU, Nikkei staff writer
BANGKOK -- The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), led by lawmakers from pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Mahn Win Khaing Than as Myanmar's acting vice president.