Witnesses said troops fired shots in the air at several places around the Southeast Asian nation and were checking cars in central Yangon to prevent protesters from gathering.
An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) died in custody after he was arrested early on Tuesday, the second party figure to die in detention in two days, as security forces broke up street protests against the military.
The Straits Times
Unions call for total strike in Myanmar; Suu Kyi party official dies in custody
Labour organisations called on all Myanmar people to stop work in an effort to reverse the seizure of power by the military.PHOTO: REUTERS
UpdatedMar 8, 2021, 7:39 am
PublishedMar 7, 2021, 10:06 pm SGT
https://str.sg/JjJs
They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account.
Share link:
Or share via:
Sign up or log in to read this article in full
Sign up
All done! This article is now fully available for you
Read now
Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months.
World News - YANGON: An official from the party of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi died overnight in police custody, associates said, while security forces cracked down on demonstrators staging some of the most widespread protests against last month's coup. And an alliance of. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Thousands of anti-coup demonstrators defied an ongoing military crackdown in Myanmar yesterday after an official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party died in overnight raids in Yangon.
In the ancient former capital of Bagan, at least five people were wounded as police attempted to break up a protest with live rounds and rubber bullets, according to reports.
One of the biggest protests was in the city of Mandalay, where police fired tear gas to break up a sit-in demonstration involving tens of thousands of people.
In Yangon, the biggest city in the South-east Asian nation, officers fired tear gas and stun grenades on people taking part in at least three protests.