Myanmar 'people's uprising' grows as police and civil servants join protest against military rule AKIPRESS.COM - Tens of thousands of protesters gathered across Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, for the sixth consecutive day on February 11 as mass demonstrations against the military junta gained momentum across the country, Arab News reported. Civil servants and police officers have been seen joining the anti-junta rallies triggered by a coup that toppled the country’s civilian leadership earlier this month. The number of civil servants participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement continues to rise as employees from the General Administration Department in Yangon’s Shwe Pyi Thar township joined the movement on Wednesday.