Bangkok/Tokyo –
An armed resistance movement against Myanmar's military-run government has criticized the junta for conducting airstrikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has killed around 1,700 people.
The Karen National Union, one of Myanmar's oldest ethnic armies, said in a statement Sunday that the junta "continues to carry out airstrikes targeting civilian areas, even as the population suffers tremendously from the earthquake."
The group said that under normal circumstances, the military would be prioritizing relief efforts, but instead is focused on "deploying forces to attack its people."