Junta Burns and Destroys 2020 Election Records

The Myanmar military has ordered the systematic destruction of voter lists, election results, and official records from the 2020 general election, with coordinated burnings carried out across multiple townships in Yangon Region. Civil servants report that a military-appointed committee involving administrative, security, and municipal officials oversaw the process to ensure no trace of the NLD government’s electoral victory or governance records remains. Political analysts say the move is aimed at erasing evidence of the 2020 election outcome and rewriting political history, particularly as the junta marks five years since its coup by staging another widely criticized sham election.