Chapter (2) (2.1) Legal Violations In regard to the military’s violation of legal rights, two types of violations were identified. The first type of violation is the amending and abolishing of laws in order to violate people’s right to freedom of expression, freedom of movement, and freedom of peaceful assembly. Second, draconian laws and articles are used to impose harsh punishments on individuals exercising their intrinsic rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. While the coup de tat the military committed is illegal by any law, the amendments and abolishment the military junta brought about afterward are just as arbitrary disguises. These fraudulent laws were presented in this report to illustrate how the junta used them to suppress the people on the ground. (2.2) Amendments of the Privacy Law to Hinder Citizen’s Rights The military announced that it had amended the Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of Citizens which might have protected the privacy and security of citizens to any extent before, making it feasible for it to arrest anyone anytime for opposing it. The military chief announced on 13 February 2021, two weeks after the coup, that “The stipulations of Section 5, 7 and 8 of the Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of Citizens shall be suspended in accordance with Article 420 of the State Constitution.17 The responsible authorities shall be accompanied by a minimum of two witnesses who comprise Ward or Village Tract Administrators according to article 5 of the Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of Citizens; No citizen shall be detained for more than 24 hours without permission from a court according to article 7 of the law; The responsible authorities shall not enter into a citizen’s private residence or a room used as a residence, or a building, compound or building in a compound, for the purpose of search, seizure, or arrest according to article 8(a); the responsible authorities shall not surveil, spy upon, or investigate any citizen in a manner which could disturb their privacy and security or affect their dignity according to article 8(b); the responsible authorities shall not intercept or disturb any citizen’s communication with another person or communications equipment in any way according to article 8(c); the responsible authorities shall not demand or obtain personal telephonic and electronic communications data from telecommunication operators according to article 8(d); the responsible authorities shall not open, search, seize or destroy another person’s private correspondence, envelope, package or parcel according to article 8(e); the responsible authorities shall not unlawfully interfere with a citizen’s personal or family matters or act in any way to slander or harm their reputation according to article 8(f); and the responsible authorities shall not unlawfully seize the lawfully owned movable or immoveable property of a citizen, or intentionally destroy it either directly or by indirect means according to article 8 (g).18 နိုု�င််လွွတ််လုံံ� ဥပဒေ�ပုုဒ််မ ၅၊ ၇၊ ၈ တို့့��ပါါ ပြ�ဌာာန်းး�ချျက််များ�း�ကိုု� ရပ််ဆိုု�င်းး�သော�ာ ပြ�င််ဆင််သည့််� ဥပဒေ� ပြ�ဌာာန်းး�. (2021, 17 February 13). Eleven News. https://news-eleven.com/article/204620 13