Myanmar Coup: People Start a Nationwide General Strike Despite Chilling Threats Published February 22nd, 2021 - 07:09 GMT
Police prepare to disperse protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Naypyidaw on February 22, 2021. STR / AFP
Highlights
The statement, read out in Burmese with text of the English version on the screen, cautioned protesters against inciting riot and anarchy.
Myanmar begins a nationwide general strike and thousands of protesters take to the streets across the country despite a curfew and a chilling warning by the military junta that anti-coup protesters will “suffer the loss of life.”
“Protesters are now inciting the people, especially emotional teenagers and youths, to a confrontation path where they will suffer the loss of life,” the military said in a statement on state-run broadcaster MRTV on Sunday.
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