Myanmar’s junta leader kept up his usual tactics for foreign critics Monday, packing a U.N. envoy off to a remote academic conference and stalling for another day the chance to deliver international demands for an end to the crackdown on democracy advocates.

Security forces lightened their presence in Yangon, the country’s main city, which remained quiet after troops and police brutally quelled mass protests last week. Dissident groups say up to 200 protesters were slain, compared to the regime’s report of 10 deaths, and 6,000 detained.