<p>Myanmar's junta chief has won approval to extend a state of emergency for six more months, state media reported on Monday.</p>.<p>Min Aung Hlaing, who led last year's coup, requested the military government to "allow him to serve for an additional 6 months," according to a report in the <em>Global New Light of Myanmar</em>.</p>.<p>Members of the junta's National Defence and Security Council "unanimously supported the proposal," the report said.</p>.<p>The junta declared a state of emergency after its coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021 and plunged the country into turmoil.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read |<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/second-edit/world-must-act-against-myanmar-junta-1130398.html" target="_blank"> World must act against Myanmar junta</a></strong></p>.<p>The junta has previously said elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023 -- extending the initial one-year timeline it announced days after the coup.</p>.<p>The army has justified its power grab by alleging massive fraud during 2020 elections won by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD).</p>.<p>Last year it cancelled the results of the polls, announcing it had uncovered more than 11 million instances of voter fraud.</p>.<p>International observers said the voting was largely free and fair.</p>.<p>Suu Kyi has been detained since the coup and faces an eclectic raft of charges that could see her jailed for more than 150 years.</p>
<p>Myanmar's junta chief has won approval to extend a state of emergency for six more months, state media reported on Monday.</p>.<p>Min Aung Hlaing, who led last year's coup, requested the military government to "allow him to serve for an additional 6 months," according to a report in the <em>Global New Light of Myanmar</em>.</p>.<p>Members of the junta's National Defence and Security Council "unanimously supported the proposal," the report said.</p>.<p>The junta declared a state of emergency after its coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021 and plunged the country into turmoil.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read |<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/second-edit/world-must-act-against-myanmar-junta-1130398.html" target="_blank"> World must act against Myanmar junta</a></strong></p>.<p>The junta has previously said elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023 -- extending the initial one-year timeline it announced days after the coup.</p>.<p>The army has justified its power grab by alleging massive fraud during 2020 elections won by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD).</p>.<p>Last year it cancelled the results of the polls, announcing it had uncovered more than 11 million instances of voter fraud.</p>.<p>International observers said the voting was largely free and fair.</p>.<p>Suu Kyi has been detained since the coup and faces an eclectic raft of charges that could see her jailed for more than 150 years.</p>