The citizens of Myanmar, who are protesting the streets of the military every day against the military coup, have begun to take up shields against indiscriminate shooting by the military and police.
On the 6th (local time), the citizens of Yangon, Myanmar, held a street demonstration against the forces of a military coup with iron shields made by priests. Despite the military’s strong suppression, such as live ammunition, the citizens of Myanmar are continuing street protests. More than 50 citizens have died since the coup on February 1st. EPA=Yonhap News
In Myanmar, 38 people died within a day due to the fire of the military and police on the 3rd. It is the most common victim since the February 1 coup. As a result, the cumulative death toll exceeded 50 and many were injured. Myanmar military police initially fired rubber bullets and slingshots, but soon began to use live ammunition, and on the 28th of last month,’Blood Sunday’, more than 18 people died in a day.
However, the Myanmar protesters were like naked bodies. At best, the body was covered with wooden boards or rubber shields. He even lifted a badminton racket to get rid of tear gas. Afterwards, as the military and police continued to suppress live ammunition, the demonstrators began to raise their shields. There are a variety of things, such as those made by cutting metal barrels. However, it is questionable whether it has enough performance to block bullets. The vast majority of Myanmar citizens, however, are still struggling with their naked bodies on the streets.
A citizen of Mandalay, Myanmar, with a shield that looks like it was cut from an iron barrel. I wrote PEOPLE on the shield. EPA=Yonhap News
Yangon citizens are holding their own shields to prepare for the military’s live fire. Reuters = Yonhap News
Yangon citizens are confronting the military and police with self-made shields. EPA=Yonhap News
Mandalay citizens with helmets, masks and shields march through the streets. It looks like the citizens are also organizing little by little in response to the military’s oppression. AP=Yonhap News
Mandalay citizens with shields depicting’three fingers’, a symbol of resistance. AP=Yonhap News
Protesters in Yangon covered themselves with protective gear made by cutting rubber or drums. AFP=Yonhap News
On the 28th of last month, which was’Blood Sunday’, the citizens of Mandalay are shouting aid to the police behind a barricade. AP=Yonhap News
Myanmar women’s skirts are hung on a street in downtown Yangon. Myanmar men believe in the superstition that they lose masculinity if they pass under a woman’s skirt. Chimi is a shield that blocks the advance of the military. AP=Yonhap News
Women’s skirts are also used to block the Myanmar army. Myanmar’s military has misogyny, and believes in the superstition that misfortune will come if you pass under’Tamein’, a kind of women’s suit. There is also a long-standing belief in soldiers that they lose their masculinity if they pass under the skirt.
A significant number of Myanmar citizens still face the military’s suppression with their bare bodies. On the 6th, citizens who protested in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, are preparing for a conflict with the military and police with a tennis racket and a water bag. These are tools in preparation for tear gas attacks. EPA=Yonhap News
The Myanmar police, who started cracking down the protests on the 4th, are aiming guns at nearby apartment residents. Myanmar military police have killed dozens of civilians after the coup. AP=Yonhap News
Reporter Choi Jeong-dong
