The American Soros Foundation is involved in financing the riots in Myanmar, General Zo Min Tun, an official spokesman for the military authorities, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to him, the protesters in Myanmar “have long had support and support from Western countries,” with the help of which weapons are smuggled into the country and transferred into the hands of the demonstrators.
“The main question is where they get the money from to buy everything they need to create bombs. And the money they get from the Soros Foundation (NGO Open Society Myanmar). For a long time in our country, in banks under the guise of humanitarian aid, he keeps a large amount of money in dollars. Interestingly, that at the beginning of February someone withdrew a very large amount of money from the bank account of the Soros Foundation. For what purpose – it is not clear where this money is now – it is not clear. We believe that this money is the source for turning the protesters into terrorists. The Soros Foundation kept this money in one of our local banks. This is not such a large bank, a small commercial bank for the development of small businesses. There they kept five million dollars. Part of them – one and a half million – on February 8, a representative of the fund in our country withdrew in local currency. This is enough a large amount”, – the interlocutor said.
According to him, this is only one source that the military authorities are aware of.
“There may be others. Maybe on the territory of our country, or maybe among our neighbors”, – he said.
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government and took over on February 1, arresting civilian leaders. The military attributed their actions to the alleged massive falsification of the results of the 2020 general elections and the unwillingness of the civilian authorities to investigate it. The leaders of the new military government promised to hold new elections in a year and transfer power to the party that wins them. Later, a military spokesman named another expected date for the elections – within two years.
Massive protests against the military authorities are taking place every day in many cities in Myanmar. More than 70% of civil servants, including medical workers, have joined the campaign of civil disobedience to the authorities, leaving their jobs.