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A protester holds up a sign during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on Feb 7, 2021. - AFP
YANGON (The Straits Times/ANN): Tens of thousands of people in Myanmar marched in protest against the military coup for the second straight day on Sunday (Feb 7), as a partial restoration of Internet connection flooded Myanmar social media with images of the massive demonstrations.
“We want democracy!” the young crowd shouted in downtown Yangon, as they wove through cars stuck in the traffic and drivers blasted their horns in support.
Smaller protests also took place in Mandalay as well as Shan, Mon and Kayin states. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, with people holding up pictures of deposed state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi – detained by the military regime since the Feb 1 coup – and three-finger salutes as a symbol against dictatorship.
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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a visit in Thayarwaddy township, Bago region. Suu Kyi has been ‘detained’ by the military, her party spokesman said early on Monday. AFP
Myanmar coup: What we know
Mon, 1 February 2021
The Myanmar military’s seizure of power on February 1 follows weeks of tensions with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.
Suu Kyi and other top civilian leaders were taken into custody by soldiers on the same day as the first new parliamentary session was due to be held since a national election last November.
Here’s what we know so far: