▲ Myanmar military police gathering at night posted on social media
Testimonies and reports of the ruthless acts of violence by the military police in Myanmar continue.
Reuters reported in detail what was reported by a man who was a protester on the 10th local time.
This man was injured in the neck and shoulder, and after being arrested during a demonstration, the rioters testified that “you were in the hell room, beating you with belts, chains, rifle butts, and clubs.”
According to testimony, the man was arrested on the 9th, along with about 60 participants during a demonstration in the Meic area of southern Tanintari.
The rioters picked them up in trucks, transported them to a nearby air base, and detained men and women separately.
They were beaten with belts, chains, clubs, and bamboo branches until they entered the detention room.
In the process, one soldier said, “You guys go into the hell room. Try it properly.”
The soldiers instructed the man to kneel in the detention room, and the five next to him were beaten in the back, head, neck, and sides, face to face.
The man was released after three hours of detention, but many other arrested citizens were eventually taken to jail.
The man, who said he was 30 years old this year, was among protesters arrested in high school, and said everyone arrested had been beaten with rifle butts and chains, local media outlet Irrawaddy reported.
The man was released after submitting a pledge not to participate in the protests again.
The soldiers received vows and threatened to “if you were arrested again, your family will see your body,” he said.
In addition, a 23-year-old female college student was struck by two rubber bullets in his back neck during the arrest process.
The woman said, “The soldiers broke through the door of the shelter and then fired a rubber bullet.”
The Political Offender Support Association (AAPP), a civil organization in Myanmar, estimates that 60 protesters have died and 1,900 have been arrested in the process of suppression so far.
(Photo = Twitter capture, Yonhap News)