The Information Team of the State Administration Council held the weekly press conference through videoconferencing yesterday afternoon to reply to queries raised by the media.
Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun of the Information Team of the State Administration Council explained plans of holding the weekly press conferences of the Information Team in accord with the guidance of the State Administration Council Chairman and the meeting decision of the Council on 26 April for ensuring the correct and swift flow of information, enabling the people to know false news in time and increasing news coverage of media, conditions to reply to the media through videoconferencing online, clarification to be given by Major Kaung Htet San, Captain Ye Phone Kyaw and Captain Daw Aye Thazin Myint from the extended Information Team in rotation, and needs of media as a genuine fourth pillar to cooperate with the government as the Tatmadaw which recognized the media as the fourth pillar is striving for dissemination of accurate information, swift flow of information and true news for the people. He then introduced officials from the Information Team to the media individually.
Captain Daw Aye Thazin Myint from the Information Team then explained the attendance of Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting and his clarifications on Tatmadaw’s takeover of State duty in accord with the Constitution as of 1 February, changes of peaceful protests to riots, the structure of the State Administration Council, future plans and visions to ASEAN leaders in person at the same time and same place and same words with full evidence, press release for civil service personnel taken action for participation in CDM activities, attacks of KNLA Brigade-5 against Tatmadaw camps on the duty of border security by breaking agreements of the NCA, the firing of 107 launchers by the insurgents (under scrutiny) to local military units in Magway and Meiktila in yesterday’s early morning, spread of rumours by some media on the event of Mindat which happened on 24 April and commitments of incitements.
Captain Daw Aye Thazin Myint of the Information Team replied to queries raised by the media.
The press conference of the Information Team on videoconferencing was attended by reporters from local news agencies, daily newspapers, journals, local TV broadcasting units and local-based foreign news agencies.—MNA.
