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(Bangkok = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Nam-kwon = Tens of thousands of people protesting the coup on 7 in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, echoed the cries of tens of thousands of people shouting “no military dictatorship “.
The military regime blocked the internet from the day before to prevent the protests from spreading, but the number of protesters increased further, showing angry public sentiment.
Foreign media such as Reuters and Bloomberg reported that tens of thousands of people participated in protests against the coup that day, the largest since protests against the military government in 2007.
The protests against the military government in 2007, called the so-called “ Saffron Revolution ”, were sparked by Buddhist monks as protagonists of the protests over the rapid rise in oil prices by the military government, and it is estimated that hundreds of people died at that time.
Protesters gathered from various parts of the city of Yangon gathered at the ‘Sule Pagoda’ this afternoon.
Pagoda represents the pagoda temple, and the Sule Pagoda was a key site for demonstrations during the 1988 and 2007 protests against the military government.
Some local media broke the measures of the military government to block Internet access and broadcast the process of street protest through social networks.
They waved the flag of the National League for the Alliance of Democratic Peoples (NLD), led by national adviser Aung San Suu Kyi, being detained by the military, and marched through the city, shouting slogans, raising the ‘three-finger salute ‘, a symbol of resistance.
The three-finger salute was a gesture taken from the movie The Hunger Games and was widely used in anti-government protests in neighboring Thailand.
Foreign media reported that the banner they carried contained the slogan that ‘we do not want a military dictatorship’.
The citizens of the street applauded to encourage the protesters and the drivers of vehicles loudly and with long horns to express their support.
“I despise the coup,” a university student told the AFP news agency, “I am not afraid of military repressions and I will be in protest every day until the torture of shame is released.”
In addition to Yangon, students and medical staff protested in Mandalay, a second city, and about 100 people also participated in protests in the southeastern coastal city of Molamin, Reuters reported.
Local media Myanmar Now reported that similar street protests took place in Pee and Miyawadi, in addition to Yangon city.
In the capital city of Naepido, protesters on motorcycles sharpened up and marched through the city with a “three-finger salute.”
Clashes between protesters and police have not occurred in other areas, but in southeast Miyawadi, police fired firearms in the process of dismantling protesters, local media reported.
Videos reported in local media show dozens of shots being fired and police firing firearms that appear to be tear gas into the air.
Reuters reported that police also appear to have fired rubber bullets.
It is not known if any injuries occurred.
Meanwhile, the military government took steps to block Internet access around 2:30 pm (local time and 5 pm Korean time) on this day.
Internet blocking measures to prevent the spread of protests and protests started across Myanmar from around 10am the previous day, causing great inconvenience to citizens.
In the midst of this, the night before, the rumors that the torture Suu Kyi had been released, some citizens took to the streets and cheered, like lighting firecrackers, but the lawyer said that the shame of the torture was still in custody.
Myanmar’s military government seized power in a coup on November 1 due to a serious misconduct in the general elections last November, but the government did not investigate properly.
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