As large-scale protests against the military coup on the 14th local time in Myanmar continued on the 9th day, public officials are also expanding their participation in the’citizen disobedience movement’.
Tensions are also rising as armored vehicles appear in downtown Yangon, the center of protests, amid growing fears of terrorism by military supporters and kidnappings at night.
Local media in Myanmar reported that at least tens of thousands of people came to the streets and shouted for the immediate release of civilian government officials, including state advisor Aung San Suu Kyi, who were housed at the same time as the coup on the 1st, and democratization activists, and overthrowing military dictatorship.
Citizens also heard placards saying “Stop kidnapping at night,” protesting the military police’s subsequent arrests of personnel participating in the civil disobedience movement at night.
Despite repeated orders from Supreme Commander Min Ahung Hlaing, the most powerful military government, the civil disobedience movement continued.
Local media reported that hundreds of state-run railroad workers took part in protests, refusing to work.
Police went to their homes outside Yangon to force workers to return to work, but the media reported that they were blocked by angry residents.
Cameras also captured residents blocking the driveway with tree trunks or stones to prevent police vehicles from entering.
In the midst of this, Reuters reported, citing witnesses, that armored vehicles and other vehicles appeared in downtown Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, from this evening.
The news agency said that it was the first time since the coup on the 1st that an armored car has appeared in downtown Yangon, which has become the center of civil disobedience movements and protest street demonstrations after the coup.
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