Burmese coup leader says in interview he’s surprised by backlash

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In an interview with a Hong Kong TV channel recently aired on Burmese television, Burmese coup leader Min Aung Hlaing said that he was struggling to control Myanmar after a surprise backlash. The interview by the Chinese language Phoenix Television was just aired Thursday in Myanmar. In the interview, the military leader said he did not anticipate such widespread and popular opposition to his seizing power and putting the country under military rule. The unexpected pushback to his assumption of leadership resulted in his admitted inability to fully control the country now in crisis after more than 3 months since […]

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2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

In the interview, the military leader said he did not anticipate such widespread and popular opposition to his seizing power and putting the country under military rule.

Could it be that politically sore losers, like Hliang, assume that the average SE Asian man-in-the-street is as small-minded as they themselves are?