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People protesting the coup = 13 in Mandalay, Myanmar (AP)
[Bangkok = Kentaro Iwasaki]The repression of protests by the Myanmar Armed Forces has revealed one after another the systematic killings of civilians. According to local information, at least 10 people were killed and more than 80 people were killed in Yangon and Mandalay from the night of 12-13. Police officers have also reported that their boss ordered them to “shoot to death”.
More than 100 police officers and their families who refused to attack civilians have fled to neighboring Mizoram in eastern India, according to Reuters. In late February, a police officer in his twenties in a border town in Sagaing, western Myanmar, received instructions from his boss to “disband the protesters with a machine gun.” If you don’t obey, the next day they will pressure you again and reject you. I left my family and crossed the border. “The police rule is to stop with rubber bullets or shoot below the knees, but they ordered me to ‘shoot until I die,'” he said.
“The army is putting pressure on the police and confronting the public.” “The police are in favor of the protest, but nobody can command.” The police officers testified and issued the order to shoot.
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Andrews Myanmar said: “It appears that we are committing humanitarian crimes such as murder, enforced disappearance and torture, with the recognition of military officers.”
According to local media, the protesters had not been pressured in the city of Myain, in the center of Magway, where at least seven people died in the crackdown on the 11th. According to neighbors, a policeman told him that the day before he had been ordered to shoot and asked him not to go outside. However, the military troops were dispatched and turned into a crackdown by shooting.
Amnesty International has verified a total of 55 videos taken by citizens. After confirming that the commander ordered the police officer to shoot a specific protester, the soldier handed the gun to the police officer, and the surrounding policemen praised him after the shooting, saying: “Systematic and systematic with highly lethal equipment. The murder continues. ”
