3 Feb 2023

Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 3 February 2023
A street vendor sells face masks near Sule Pagota, a shopping district in Yangon, Myanmar on Jan. 27, 2022. Myanmar will mark the first anniversary of the military coup on February 1st.

Photo: AFP

Two years on from a brutal military coup in Myanmar, pro-democracy activists have held silent protests to mark the date, while others have gathered outside embassies.

The Junta also announced this week that the nationwide state of emergency will be extended, delaying elections that were expected in August.

And this week, Hong Kong has imposed stringent restrictions around Cannabidiol declaring it a dangerous drug on the same level as heroin.

Possession and consumption of CBD is punishable by a hefty fine and seven years in prison. Importing, exporting or manufacturing CBD is punishable by life imprisonment.
 

Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist  based in Tokyo