Myanmar: Martial Law Declared In Yangon's Industrial Areas
Chinese Embassy urges junta to punish perpetrators after garment factories allegedly set on fire by protesters.
Myanmar's coup-installed regime has imposed martial law in two more densely populated Yangon townships on Monday, a day after security forces gunned down nearly 40 protesters demanding the restoration of civilian rule.
The National Administrative Council, led by the military chief and Feb.1 coup leader Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has been escalating the violence to quell the anti-coup demonstration.
It imposed martial law in Hlaing Thar Yar and Shwe Pyi Thar, two industrial cities in the former capital Yangon, on Sunday, following the violence in which almost 40 people were killed and several others injured. Sunday's violence has brought the total death tolls to more than 110 since the Feb. 1 military coup.