Myanmar Military Sues Charity for Supporting Civil Servants on Strike
U Kyaw Thu, the chairman of the Free Funeral Service Society (Yangon). / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 8 March 2021
In their attempt to stop the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), which has shown a growing defiance of the military regime, the military has sued the leaders of the Yangon-based Free Funeral Service Society (FFSS), for allegedly supporting the movement.
The well-known social welfare organization has been assisting wounded anti-coup protesters and providing funerals for those killed in the security forces’ crackdowns. Since the Feb. 1 coup, more than 50 people have died from police and soldiers shooting at peaceful protesters across the country.
YANGON: Security forces in Myanmar have been increasingly targeting paramedics who treat injured anti-coup protesters, rescuers say, as police and soldiers this week started to indiscriminately fire live rounds at demonstrators. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in towns and cities across the country in the aftermath of the military’s overthrow of the
RFA video screenshop/local CCTV Turmoil in Yangon and court drama in Hong Kong.
Myanmar’s police and military forces have turned their attention to targeting medics and volunteers assisting wounded anti-junta demonstrators, at times using excessive force against them, witnesses, officials, and emergency medical workers said Thursday.
On Wednesday the deadliest day since the coup began on Feb. 1 police beat up, shot, and detained medics helping injured protesters in Yangon and Monywa, the largest city in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region, they said.
Security forces in recent days have destroyed ambulances, medical equipment, and internationally recognized Red Cross flags, and have injured medics, the Myanmar Red Cross Society said in a statement on Tuesday.
Myanmar’s Rescue Workers, Medical Volunteers Targeted by Security Forces
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A police officer points his gun at a medical worker in Yangon. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 4 March 2021
YANGON Rescue workers and social welfare organizations delivering humanitarian services to wounded anti-coup protesters in Myanmar have been attacked and arrested by the military regime.
Four volunteers of Mon Myat Sate Htar charity group who assisted protesters and residents shot by security forces in North Okkalapa in Yangon were arrested on Wednesday, the group’s chairman U Hla Kyaing told The Irrawaddy.
Video footage of the arrest shows the police kicking the heads of the crew members and beating them with the butts of their rifles. The ambulance the members were using was also destroyed by police.