Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing reiterated a promise on Saturday to hold elections after last month’s coup and said that violent acts were inappropriate. Security forces also reportedly shot and killed at least 64 people in the country also known as Burma, news reports and witnesses said.
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