On August 16, the United Nations Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer made her first visit to Myanmar amid a deteriorating situation in the war-ravaged country.

“Myanmar has been in chaos since the military overthrew the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi early last year, followed by a bloody crackdown on protests against the coup,” the U.N. said of the trip.

The day before Heyzer’s arrival, a military-controlled court sentenced Suu Kyi to an additional six years in prison on what critics call “baseless corruption charges.”

Suu Kyi had already been sentenced to 11 years on a raft of other charges that were tried behind closed doors.

The day of Heyzer’s arrival, Myanmar’s military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, addressed a Moscow-hosted conference on international security by video link.

Min Aung Hlaing said that after the state of emergency ends (it was extended by one year on August 1), more work will be done to prepare the country for an election to be “carried out in accordance with democratic standards.”

In turn, the Russian state broadcaster Sputnik reported on August 16:

“The national stability and peaceful environment in Myanmar ‘are the most important factors for elections,’ the prime minister [Min Aung Hlaing] said, adding that the incumbent government ‘is doing its best to maintain the rule of law, national security, and stability.’”

But claiming the junta is creating “stability” under “rule of law” is false. In fact, the military is the primary driver...

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