a show of solidarity in front of the chiang mai myanmar consulate a nighttime gathering of anti kook protesters thais and migrants making themselves heard this in support of those who put themselves in danger by going out on the streets of myanmar to denounce the coup and scott joins us live now from chiang mai in neighboring thailand scott let's talk 1st about these reports that a top aide a bang sang suchi has been arrested that what more do we know well that's what we know that he was able to actually place a few phone calls as he was being arrested when tain is really you know a very important member leadership member of the end of the on songs you choose party and we know that he was a very close top aide to her he himself was a political prisoner as she was for years so this is kind of like going back in history if you will because he has been detained now there's concern about him because his health is not that good he's 79 years old and he has had health issues over the last several years so there's concern about that but definitely sending a message to the military by kind o

hyla the live in chiang mai in thailand many thanks dude comes. hong kong has issued sweeping go of lions to schools children as young as 6 weeks was about the controversial national security law imposed by mainland china students will also learn about tough penalties for antigovernment offenses will be tools or how to sing china's national anthem and it will soon learn about the police and people's liberation army books that claim to endanger national security are to be removed from libraries let's go live to hong kong and zeros divvy of the pollen is there for us david what does all of this mean for hong kong's previously open education system. absolutely that is the question now just to set the scene here i'm about the hong kong university campus this is one of the main campuses or particularly institutions which had pushed the ideals of democracy many of the students here were approached him ocracy activists at one point the umbrella movement of 24000 started here and they and suing pro-democracy and protest movements also was very much suppor

i'm scott either in chiang mai thailand we speak to the large myanmar community here about their concerns over the coup earlier this week. child soldier who rose to rebel commander now found guilty of war crimes by the international criminal court. u.s. president joe biden says he is ending american support for the saudi led war in yemen including a ban on the sale of specific weapons and his 1st foreign policy speech since taking office biden spoke out about the coup in myanmar. russia's treatment of opposition ficus its promise to restore america's leadership in the wells and repair and says that what fraction during the trump he is a state department correspondent rawson jordan reports. u.s. president joe biden delivered his 1st foreign policy speech at the state department and made news on the long running war in yemen where saudi and rati forces have allegedly targeted civilians with u.s. made weapons this war has to end and to underscore our commitment we are any and all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arm sales on the weekend coup in

chiang mai has unique history and culture different from the rest of thailand and that's possibly why so many ethnic groups that have crossed the western border have decided to settle here but it's difficult for them to stay connected to their communities in myanmar. so on long among runs a migrant radio network it was formed 25 years ago in chiang mai to keep the many migrants from ian maher informed the network has been reporting on the coup since the 1st hours of the takeover a lot of the listeners were shocked and worried. i have to keep my listeners updated on the situation they need information to make decisions people are worried they are concerned about the future. a show of solidarity in front of the chiang mai myanmar consulate a nighttime gathering of anti kook protesters thais and migrants making themselves heard this in support of those who put themselves in danger by going out on the streets of myanmar to denounce the coup got her out jazeera sharing mine a medical trial in the u.k. has been launched to see if giving people different coronavirus vaccines for their 1st an

yes or what the chiang mai here has really been kind of a go through for a lot of different migrants a come over from myanmar temporarily then go back so what's variance thing is they have been growing very concerned about the situation across the border because a lot of them have crossed over into thailand because of what they were facing in previous coups and because of oppression so they're here they're very concerned about what their families are going through and we spoke to a couple of them. praying for peace and serenity in the thai city long known as a hub for me and mars diaspora through decades of conflict and military coups migrants dissidents and ethnic fighters have found their way to chiang mai so in myanmar as elected leadership was ousted in monday's coup it cut deep into the community here. funk wang was there in 1962 when the military 1st took power away from his civilian government he later became a soldier in a kitchen ethnic army for 10 years he fought the military for autonomy with his experience he thinks violence is not the solution now and political pressure

mai chang mai is a hub for the expat expatriates in in thailand for me and mark this country has the largest number of expatriates from myanmar in the world so they're very there's a very rich community here we want to be last night thursday evening there was a demonstration in front of the consulate the myanmar consulate here in chiang mai and what people are saying is that they're very concerned obviously but what they want to do is they're trying to raise the awareness global awareness international community awareness about what's going on there and it's interesting to see how these protests that we've been seeing social media clips from stills and video coming out from myanmar and what they're doing on the streets of myanmar and that is banging pots and pans that we've been seeing they've been singing the same song this is kind of become the anthem of the movement they did that here in chiang mai last night their growing concern because you know the international community is starting to voice grow its intensity in the condemnation of what has happened over the past week we saw

runs a migrant radio network it was formed 25 years ago in chiang mai to keep the many migrants from myanmar informed. the network has been reporting on the coup since the 1st hours of the takeover a lot of the listeners were shocked and worried. i have to keep my listeners updated on the situation they need information to make decisions people worried the a concerned about the future. a show of solidarity in front of the chiang mai myanmar consulate a nighttime gathering of anti coupe protesters thais and migrants making themselves heard this in support of those who put themselves in danger by going out on the streets of myanmar to denounce the coup let's go live to scott hide from china and neighboring thailand scald there are reports now that protests all growing both inside and outside manama what are you hearing. absolutely we know that here in thailand obviously we saw the footage there of the gathering here in chiang mindful of the myanmar consulate on thursday evening we know also there was another gathering in bangkok thailand capital much larger one that what we saw here th

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mai in neighboring thailand scott some more civil disobedience overnights in me and mom how much of a threat is this then fold agenda you know i think what i mean when you look at you know what the civil beat disobedience movement is it is people citizens going out to the streets banging pots venting their frustration if you will it will be interesting to see if and how that progresses there and that's the big concern i would imagine that the military leaders are looking at will that morph into transform into bigger protests and then that's something that the military will probably very swiftly crack down on but right now what we're seeing is people coming out banging pots and pans singing you know showing their their dissatisfaction what's taken place over the last several days in their country but what also is interesting as we heard in that piece that you've got this civil disobedience but health care workers and more than 70 hospitals across the country they are pinpointing their movements the health workers because they see this as a move by the army putting themselves above th

mai in neighboring thailand. we've been kind of tracking this protest at the mandalay medical university over the last couple of hours you know the video that was posted on social media about 20 plus people out there protesting holding banners holding signs and then there are other posts information saying on social media saying that they were then broken up by police that wasn't in the video so we don't really know how it ended but part of it is coming clearer now and that is that at least 3 groups involved in the protests tracking that protest in mandalay have said that 3 people have been arrested so we have a couple of firsts today that is the 1st protest street protest against the coup that went out in mandalay and then we're seeing at least 3 people arrested those are the 1st arrests since this coup took place on monday of the 53000000 people in myanmar more than half are about half are on facebook a lot of reasons for that but partly because it's entry reentry into the world after 5 decades of military stro

mai in neighboring thailand scald tell us more about those arrests. major what we know you know we've been kind of tracking this protest at the mandalay medical university over the last couple of hours you know the video that was posted on social media about 20 plus people out there protesting holding banners holding signs and then there are other posts information saying on social media saying that they were then broken up by police that wasn't in the video so we don't really know how it ended but part of it is coming clearer now and that is that at least 3 groups involved in the protests tracking that protest in mandalay have said that 3 people have been arrested so we have a couple of firsts today that is the 1st protest street protest against the coup that went out mentally and then we're seeing at least 3 people arrested those are the 1st arrests since this coup took place on monday facebook and other social media platforms been shut down or. disrupted what can we read into that. well it's a very big you know when you look at social media obvious

mai in neighboring thailand. some of the top lieutenants the top leadership of the national league for democracy that's on sun city's party they have been arrested we know the top advisor for her for decades was just arrested early early on friday morning so they're casting they the military the police casting their net wider bringing in more people we know that at least a $140.00 or so have been detained and it clearly seems as though that's going to continue and has been throughout the day hong kong has issued sweeping new rules for schools children as young as 6 will be told about the controversial national security will imposed by mainland china students will also learn about tough penalties for antique of the defenses they'll be taught how to sing china's national anthem books that are claimed to endanger national security of is to be removed from libraries the u.s. house of representatives has punished a republican congresswoman who supported wild conspiracy theories marjorie taylor green has been removed f

mai in neighboring thailand. some of the top lieutenants top leadership of the national league for democracy that's on sons to cheese party they have been arrested we know the top advisor for her for decades was just arrested early early on friday morning so they're casting they the military and the police casting their net wider bringing in more people we know that at least $140.00 or so have been detained and it clearly seems as though that's going to continue and has been throughout the day as far as the protests the civil disobedience movement that is definitely increasing as well so you have more detentions but you're also seeing more people getting out on the streets around the world as we're seeing here and in thailand but also in myanmar risking safety in freedom and going out to the streets it's think because initially one of the biggest civil disobedience movement started as from a union of healthcare workers 70 hospitals across me and where they came out a couple of days ago now we're hearing teachers

mai in thailand thanks for speaking to us on the news hour so we have a situation now where the military is saying that it will hold on to power for one year and then it will pass it on to the civilian government how likely is that well whatever military stage a coup it is and set a timer i think it's fair to say just trust and once they get a taste of. i don't see whatever time. that they can make 6 and actually be trusted . you know and all of these promises that there was a coming out today that they want to hold the election and all of these things this is fundamentally a rabbit. and i don't think that matter and shape and those close to him to be trusted a moskowitz or so what do you think there are a lot of game plan as. i think holding on to power and and basically shifting things to maintain their interests now conventional wisdom last week was that they've got it so good anyway why would they actually stated you could well obviously did their calculations are a much different i think that they can better serve their interests holding onto power this and that and then unfortunate

mai in neighboring thailand more on the anti coup protests. we've been kind of tracking this protest at the mandalay medical university over the last couple of hours you know the video that was posted on social media about 20 plus people out there protesting holding banners holding signs and then there are other posts information saying on social media saying that they were then broken up by police that wasn't in the video so we don't really know how it ended but part of it is coming clearer now and that is that at least 3 groups involved in the protests tracking that protest in mandalay have said that 3 people have been arrested so we have a couple of firsts today that is the 1st protest street protest against the coup that went out in mandalay and then we're seeing at least 3 people arrested those are the 1st arrests since this coup took place on monday of the 53000000 people in myanmar more than half or about half are on facebook a lot of reasons for that but partly because it's entry reentry into the world after 5 decades of military stron