NAYPYIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Security forces Myanmar raided several residents’ houses on Saturday (6/3/2021) evening local time and opened fire.
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Until Sunday (7/3/2021) in the morning local time, residents said that the army and police moved to several districts in Yangon and opened fire.
Launch ReutersSome sources say Myanmar security forces arrested at least three people in Kyauktada.
The Myanmar army also came looking for a lawyer who worked for the National League for Democracy ( NLD), but they couldn’t find it.
The raid on the lawyer was said by a member of the now disbanded parliament, Sithu Maung, in a post on Facebook.
Reuters could not reach the police for comment. A junta spokesman did not answer phone calls seeking comment.
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Arrest
According to the advocacy group Association of Assistance for Political Prisoners (AAPP), more than 1,700 people have been detained under the government. military junta on Saturday.
“Detainees were beaten and kicked with military boots, beaten with police batons, and then dragged into a police vehicle,” the AAPP said in a statement.
“Security forces entered residential areas and tried to arrest more protesters and shell homes,” added AAPP.
Myanmar authorities said on Saturday they had exhumed the body Kyal Sin, a 19 year old girl, who was shot dead in the protest against military coup.
Kyal Sin, who was martyred and is now a symbol of the protest movement after he was shot dead in Mandalay on Wednesday (3/3/2021) while wearing a T-shirt that reads “Everything will be fine”.
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television station MRTV state-run claims, autopsy results show Kyal Sin could not have been killed by the police.
This was because the wrong projectile was found in his head and he was shot from behind, while the police were in front.
Photos from that day show Kyal Sin turning his back on the security forces moments before he was killed.
Demonstrators accuse the authorities of trying to cover up the killing of Kyal Sin.
The killings have sparked outrage in the West and have been condemned by most of Asia’s democracies.
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The demo continues
Myanmar has been plunged into chaos ever since Myanmar military overthrow and detain the leader de facto Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1st.
A few days after that, the people of Myanmar took to the streets to oppose the coup and demanded the release of Suu Kyi and a number of other detained figures.
Near-daily demonstrations and strikes have choked businesses and crippled the government.
Further demonstrations were due to take place on Sunday after local media reported that police fired tear gas bullets and stun grenade aka stun grenades to break up protests in Yangon on Saturday. There were no reports of casualties.
The demonstrators group said protests would be held in Yangon, Mandalay, Monywa and several other places where the United Nations said security forces had killed more than 50 people.
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