Protesters protesting the military coup of Myanmar occupy a road and protest in Mandalay, Mandalay on the 27th. Mandalay = Reuters Yonhap News
Dozens of protesters protesting the military coup in Myanmar were also killed by military and police indiscriminate bullets. As the military commemorating the’Myanmar Army Day’ celebrates a coup through a large-scale military enthusiasm, the military has stepped up to show off. The military emphasized that’terrorism’ that harms national stability is unacceptable, and anti-coup protesters’ sacrifices are expected to increase in the future.
According to local media in Myanmar, large-scale demonstrations were held across the country, including Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, criticizing the military coup. In commemoration of the day when the Japanese occupation of Myanmar began armed resistance in 1945, the name’Day of Resistance’, which was originally used, resonated in place of the current military’s’Myanmar Army Day’. Local media Irrawaddy reported that in addition to the’Day of Resistance’, the slogan’Day of anti-military dictatorship’ was also used.
Myanmar forces responded with indiscriminate shooting to protesters against the coup. Irrawaddy said that eight people were killed and at least 18 were wounded before 3 a.m. on the previous day by shooting at a protester outside of Yangon demanding the release of two women detained the day before. Myan Manau reported that at least 10 people were killed in Mandalay provinces, including the second cities of Mandalay, Undung, and Maketilla by the afternoon of that day. Reuters reported that one or more people were killed in the Insein area of Yangon, and there were reports from local media that four people were killed in the eastern Lassio area and Bago area respectively.
In an online forum, the UN envoy, appointed by the “Federal Assembly Representative Committee (CRPH),” acting as a provisional government against the bloody suppression of the military and police, criticized it as “a day of shame for the military.” “The military generals are celebrating Myanmar’s Army Day after killing more than 300 innocent citizens,” Sasa’s special envoy added. According to the statistics of the Myanmar Human Rights Organization Political Offender Support Association (AAPP), as of the previous day, 328 people were confirmed to have been victims of military and police violence such as shootings.
Meanwhile, in commemoration of the 76th’Myanmar Army Day’ on this day, the military mobilized a large number of soldiers and weapons to hold a military parade. Supreme Commander Min Aung Hlaing warned in a TV speech prior to the fever byeongsik that “violent acts that harm stability and safety are inappropriate and unacceptable.” In addition, he repeatedly expressed his intention to hold the general election after the emergency, but he did not specifically say when.
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