Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing visited polling stations in Yangon on Sunday (January 11) as voters cast ballots in the second phase of a military-run election many Western countries and human rights group dismissed as a sham.

The polls follow the 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and plunged the country into civil war, killing more than 16,000 and displacing millions.

Suu Kyi’s party and other opposition groups have been dissolved, while rebel forces refuse to participate.

The junta says the vote will bring stability, but Western governments and rights groups say it lacks credibility.

A final round is set for January 25 amid ongoing conflict in large parts of the nation.

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YANGON, MYANMAR (JANUARY 11, 2026) (MRTV - No use Myanmar)

1. MYANMAR JUNTA LEADER MIN AUNG HLAING PERSON CASTING VOTE

2. VARIOUS OF MIN AUNG HLAING LOOKING AT PEOPLE REGISTERING AND CASTING VOTES

3. MIN AUNG HLAING SPEAKING TO POLL WORKER

4. MIN AUNG HLAING SPEAKING TO VOTERS QUEUING AT POLLING STATION

5. SHEETS ON BOARD OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND CANDIDATES

6. MIN AUNG HLAING LOOKING AT SHEETS ON BOARD

7. PEOPLE QUEUING AT POLLING STATION

8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO REGISTER

9. INTERIOR OF POLLING STATION

10. MAN CASTING BALLOT AT VOTING BOOTH