Myanmar health minister curbs military appointments after rare protest.
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Myanmar's health minister on Wednesday scrapped plans to fill more of the 300 vacancies at his ministry with military personnel, after thousands of people joined a rare online protest against eight initial appointments.
The Black Ribbon Movement, launched this week by medical workers and doctors following the appointments, called on the government to end the "militarization" of the ministry.
"We had planned to appoint more people from the Ministry of Defense, but we won't go ahead with the plan since it's against the wishes of most people from the medical field," Health Minister Than Aung told Reuters.
"I know there is a social media campaign about the decision. It's difficult for us to remove the people who have already been appointed, but that won't happen again," said Than Aung. [/su_column] [/su_row]