NAYPIYDAW, KOMPAS.com – “Trash attack” Becomes new tactics protester Myanmar to fight military junta, when the death toll in the anti-coup d’etat already reached more than 500.
Protesters attempted to bolster Tuesday’s campaign of civil uprising by asking residents to dump rubbish into streets at major road junctions as a new tactic. Reuters on the same day.
“Action trash attack this is an act against the junta, “read the caption of a poster on social media.
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The action ran counter to calls from the military junta over loudspeakers in several neighborhoods in Yangon on Monday (29/3/2021), urging residents to properly dispose of rubbish.
At least 510 civilians have died in the nearly 2 months of the junta’s efforts to stop anti-coup protests, according to the Association for Assistance for Political Prisoners (AAPP) group.
Security forces on Monday (29/3/2021), fired a much heavier caliber weapon to clear the sandbag barricades, witnesses said.
It is not clear what type of weapons the security forces used.
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State television said security forces used “anti-riot weapons” to disperse a crowd of “violent terrorist men” who destroyed a road and one person was injured.
On Monday evening local time (29/3/2021), more gunfire was heard in the South Dagon area, raising concerns about more casualties, a local resident said on Tuesday (30/3/2021).
The National General Assault Committee, one of the main groups behind the protests, on Monday (29/3/2021), sent an open letter asking troops to Myanmar’s armed ethnic group to help them fight the “unjust oppression” of the military junta.
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Meanwhile, there are already three groups that have formed a coalition to fight against the military junta’s violence, namely the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, the Arakan Army, and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
The three groups sent a joint letter on Tuesday (30/3/2021), asking the military to stop killing peaceful protesters and solve political problems.
They warned that if the Myanmar military did not do this, they “would cooperate with all nations that joined Myanmar’s spring revolution on self-defense.”
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Rebels from Myanmar’s various armed ethnic groups have been battling the central government for decades for greater autonomy.
Many groups have agreed to a ceasefire, but fighting has flared up again in recent days between junta forces and ethnic forces in eastern and northern Myanmar.
Heavy clashes erupted over the weekend near the Thai border between the military and fighters from Myanmar’s oldest ethnic minority group, the Karen National Unity (KNU).
About 3,000 villagers fled to Thailand when military jets bombed KNU areas after KNU troops stormed a military post and killed 10 soldiers, an activist and media group said.
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