Martial law declared in parts of Myanmar
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February 9, 2021
YANGON: Martial law was declared in parts of Myanmar’s second-largest city Mandalay on Monday (Feb 8), after hundreds of thousands have rallied across the country against the coup and the military issued a stern warning against further protests.
The orders covered seven townships in Mandalay, banning people from protesting or gathering in groups of more than five, and a curfew would run from 8pm until 4am, the general administration department said in a statement. A similar declaration has been made in a township in Ayeyarwaddy further south and announcements concerning other localities are expected to trickle out tonight. “This order is applied until further notice,” one Mandalay township statement said.
Myanmar’s generals faced their biggest opposition yet to last week’s coup, with huge crowds across the country on Monday demanding the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi
In Yangon, the nation s commercial capital, massive throngs spilled onto the city s main roads, immobilising traffic across the city and dwarfing the previous day s crowds
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