ELLA ABBOTT / WBOI
A large group of Fort Wayne’s Burmese community joined together today to protest the military coup in Myanmar, formerly Burma, that took place earlier this week.
The group lined up along the sidewalk in front of the Allen County Courthouse Green, waving the flags of Myanmar and the National League for Democracy, or NLD, and holding signs in support of Aung San Suu Kyi. Organizers handed out red masks with the NLD’s iconography on them.
Credit Ella Abbott / WBOI News
The military has claimed election fraud in Myanmar’s November election and detained Suu Kyi on Monday. Since then, Suu Kyi has encouraged her supporters to protest the coup.