phil gayle welcome to the program security forces. cracking down with increased for some protests and political opponents demonstrates have taken to the streets every day since the general seize power on the 1st of february and they've been met with tear gas water cannon and live rounds united nations security council has called for military restraint but at least 60 people have been killed and more than 2000 arrested. the moment any member of the overthrown political party dreads c.c.t.v. catches security forces as they pull up and rush into the house of john meagher of the national league for democracy party he's a former volunteer guard for ousted leader aung sang suu kyi. john meagher in his white t. shirt is pulled from the home and pushed into a waiting vehicle as more assault weapon wielding forces move in to get in on the moment. such arrests have not slowed activism in me and mar this in da way in the southeast where a protest turned into a sit down with makeshift barricades at either end. another sit down protest in the northern city of mandalay so engineering students figure a way to keep police at bay using bricks turned vertically in the roadway the strategy is for quick hit gatherings and then a retreat to avoid security forces. and in mandalay police again arrived with a vengeance slowed perhaps by the bricks. but the sound of armaments can be heard as yet again protesters make a run for it avoiding arrest or much worse at the hands of security forces. security forces like those who took john maher but now detained a member of the overthrown and l.d. party armed personnel snapped pictures and got such a drive off with their detainee who is no doubt aware that 2 fellow party members have died in police custody in recent days the troops also found the keys to john maher's vehicle and decided to take it into custody as well. as go straight to young gum would join john list comes and welcome under the body counts as we've heard keeps rising more than 60 people killed at least 2 people from i'm sensing cheese and i'll be party killed in custody how does the military justify these actions. the military strike portrayed the protesters as the ones being violent when we haven't seen that yet. right sometimes to claim that approaching.