Without civil servants, the military regime is unable to collect taxes, send out electricity bills, test the population for COVID-19 or simply keep the country running.
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Supporters of Myanmar’s military, some armed with knives and clubs, others firing catapults and throwing stones, attacked opponents of the 1 February coup on Thursday, as protests against the new junta continued in the country’s largest city.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power and detained civilian government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership after the military complained of fraud in a November election.
Protests and strikes have taken place daily for about three weeks, and students had planned to come out again in the commercial hub Yangon on Thursday.
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