Military and police fire indiscriminately against protesters… At least 2 killed and dozens injured
Facebook deletes “promoting violence” military administration page… Criticism of the international community
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In Myanmar, the death of his life by indiscriminate shooting by military police during a coup condemnation continues. In particular, there are concerns that the bloodshed will worsen as the military government consistently maintains criticism of violence suppression as well as sanctions movements from the international community.
According to local media and foreign media on the 21st, a private vigilante was shot and killed in Yangon, the largest city the night before. The Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA) Burmese version reported that the police shot the vigilantes, but the reason was not clear, Reuters reported. There were also articles on social media that a vigilante was shot and killed the night before the military government blocked the Internet.
In major cities such as Yangon, the number of cases where the military and police hijack anti-coup activists or disobedience protesters at night is frequent, and residents form vigilantes to prevent this. The day before, in Mandalay, the second city of the previous day, military police indiscriminately fired at protesters condemning the coup, killing at least two and wounding dozens of others. The troops that fired at the protesters were known to belong to the 33rd Light Corps Division, which was involved in the 2017 Rohingya massacre. On the 9th, during a protest in the capital city of Naepido, one person who was hit by a live police bullet and fell into a brain death condition died on the 19th. It was the first protester’s death after the coup.
The military government reported that the actor Lu Min, one of the six people who had been wanted for inciting participation in civil disobedience movements and protests, was also arrested at home. In a video posted on her husband’s Facebook page, Lu Min’s wife said, “The police came to Yangon and forced to open the door, and then took her husband” and “did not tell me where to take her husband,” Reuters reported.
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The Myanmar Political Offender Support Association (AAPP) announced on the 1st that 569 people were arrested by the military government until the day before the coup broke out. Foreign media reported that the Myanmar military government did not provide any confirmation of these reports and claims on social media. The military government continued to block the Internet for a week from 1 am to 9 am on this day.
Amid the criticism of the international community, including the United States and Europe, against the bloody suppression of military and police, the Democratic National Alliance (NLD), led by a shame torture, issued a statement and accused Mandalay of violent suppression as a crime against humanity. In addition, Facebook issued a statement that day and deleted the Facebook page of the military government’s promotional media. In a statement, Facebook explained the reason for the deletion, saying, “The military government’s promotional media pages repeatedly violate Facebook’s policy of prohibiting acts that incite violence and cause harm.”
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On the previous day, 10 ethnic minority armed groups in Myanmar, which had signed a ceasefire agreement with the Myanmar government in the past, opposed the coup military regime and expressed their stance to support efforts to overthrow the military government, according to the local media, Now of Myanmar.
Amidst this, a coup protest took place on the 16th day in Yangon and elsewhere. In front of the United Nations office in Yangon, protesters urged the UN to intervene, local media Irrawaddy said. In Mandalay, where two people were shot dead the day before, foreign media reported that protesters, including medical students in the morning, are protesting coups and bloodshed.
Myanmar’s military government took power in a coup on the 1st for the reason that the civil government did not properly investigate, despite the serious irregularities in the general election in November last year.
/ Intern reporter Park Yena [email protected]
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