Indiscriminately firing when the Chinese factory burned out… Myanmar’Blood Sunday’ 38 deaths

Indiscriminately firing when the Chinese factory burned out… Myanmar’Blood Sunday’ 38 deaths

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The Myanmar military fired at protesters condemning the coup, causing another massive death. The Myanmar Political Offender Support Association (AAPP) announced that at least 38 of the protesters were killed in a day on the 14th in the military suppression of violence. It is the number of victims since the coup on the 1st of last month.

On the 14th alone, 38 protesters died
The biggest victim came out after the coup
22 people died in the Chinese factory area alone

In particular, 22 of the dead came from the Hlayingthaya area of ​​Yangon, where Chinese factories are located.

On the 14th, a broadcaster run by the military of Myanmar claimed that fires broke out in four clothing factories and one fertilizer factory, which had Chinese capital, and protesters obstructed the passage of fire engines and the military and police responded. Martial law has been declared in Yangon’s Hlaing Taya and Shepita.

On the 14th, a Chinese factory located in the suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar, was engulfed in flames. [EPA=연합뉴스]

On the 14th, a Chinese factory located in the suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar, was engulfed in flames. [EPA=연합뉴스]

The Chinese embassy in Myanmar issued a statement and urged, “A number of Chinese people were injured by unidentified people attacking at a clothing factory located in Yangon.”

In an editorial on the 15th, the Chinese government official Huangu Times said, “The Myanmar Human Rights Network (BHRN) is taking Chinese companies hostage, so it should be severely punished.”

Unlike Western countries that condemn the military coup in Myanmar, the Chinese side is taking a lukewarm stance, saying that it is a’myanmar internal affairs issue’. Anti-Chinese public opinion is rising as a boycott of Chinese-made products is taking place in Myanmar, showing a passive stance despite the intervention of the UN Security Council.

Moving injured protesters in Yangon, Myanmar on the 14th [AFP=연합뉴스]

Moving injured protesters in Yangon, Myanmar on the 14th [AFP=연합뉴스]

With 38 deaths coming out that day, the cumulative death toll reached 126. Reuters reported that it was “the worst since the military coup started on February 1st.”

Hundreds of citizens in Yangon on that day began protesting with barricades piled up with sandbags, and the military and police fired tear gas and live ammunition at the protesters and suppressed them.

On the 14th, a protester in the Hlayingthaya area of ​​Yangon is pulling a fallen colleague's shirt. [AFP=연합뉴스]

On the 14th, a protester in the Hlayingthaya area of ​​Yangon is pulling a fallen colleague’s shirt. [AFP=연합뉴스]

Christine Berginer, UN envoy in charge of Myanmar, said, “The Myanmar military government is against the demands of the international community and continues to commit murder, abuse of protesters, and torture.” “He emphasized.

The British Embassy in Myanmar also said, “I will immediately end this violence and urge the military to return power to a regime democratically elected by the Myanmar.”

Reporter Seo Yujin [email protected]


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