MYANMAR’S Civilian Government Provides Internet in Rebel-Held Territory

Irrawaddy-Feb 7

The civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has started to provide internet in areas under its control, according to its communications, information and technology minister U Htin Lin Aung. The NUG said it had provided internet in at least 15 townships where the regime has cut off mobile access, enabling the civilian government to administrate and run online schools. NUG spokesman U Nay Phone Latt told The Irrawaddy: “We are supplying the internet without using regime infrastructure.” It helps offset the junta’s news blackout and restrictions on information, he said. The regime has blocked mobile access in more than 22 townships in Kachin and Chin states and Sagaing and Magwe regions since mid-2021 following escalating armed conflict. The regime has also slowed internet access in other townships. Read more at:

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