6/9/22, 9:48 AM Regime issues arrest warrants for celebrities who urged people to join Civil Disobedience Movement | Myanmar NOW USDP central committee members convene their annual meeting in Naypyitaw on June 8 (Facebook) The proxy party of Myanmar’s military convened its annual central committee meeting in Naypyitaw on Wednesday amid tight security and expectations of a shakeup of senior leaders. More that 400 central committee members of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) attended the first day of the two-day gathering at the party’s headquarters Naypyitaw’s Dekkhinathiri Township, party sources said. With some 20 armed soldiers seen guarding the event inside the office compound and at least four vehicles with junta troops spotted near the office, the party appeared to be taking no chances with the safety of its delegates. The heightened security comes as no surprise, as a bomb attack targeting USDP supporters injured at least six in Naypyitaw less than a month ago. The Naypyitaw chapter of the People’s Defence Force, the armed wing of the shadow National Unity Government, claimed responsibility for the attack, which was carried out near the USDP headquarters. As the meeting started at around 9:30am, traffic police, with soldiers and police close at hand, were busy inspecting passersby near the site of the explosion, according to a Naypyitaw local. https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/regime-issues-arrest-warrants-for-celebrities-who-urged-people-to-join-civil-disobedience 11/15