Even with live ammunition, we went to the fifth street of monks and policemen … EU-UN warning (general)

Despite growing concern over bloodshed when police fired live ammunition at protesters on the 9th, street protests condemning the coup for the fifth day were carried out in various locations in Myanmar on the 10th.

As a protester who was shot wanders around the police, protest against the military and public sentiment is seen to pick up as government officials and front-line police take part in the protest.

According to local and foreign media, tens of thousands of protesters have marched in various areas since this morning in Yangon, the largest city, and in the capital Naepido.

In Nepido, where the government ministries are concentrated, hundreds of uniformed civil servants from various ministries shouted “Don’t go to the office, let’s get free” and urged participation in the ‘civil disobedience’ movement.

He also held up a photo of state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi in custody and yelled for her release.

The participation of officials in the protests in uniforms is a resistance to Supreme Commander Min Ahhong Hlaing’s urgency to keep officials out of politics, Bloomberg reported.

In Yangon, more than 100 women dressed up as “ Disney Princesses ” and demanded the release of national adviser Aung San Suu Kyi.

“We chose this outfit because we wanted to show that young women are also participating in the protests,” they said.

Not only Yangon, but also monks from the famous Mandalay temples began protesting condemning the coup that day, according to a local media outlet, Now in Myanmar.

In Myanmar, Buddhist monks have an image of opposition to military rule. This is because he led a protest against the sudden rise in oil prices by the military regime in 2007.

It is estimated that more than hundreds of people died in the hard-line repression of the military in the process of the so-called “Saffron Revolution.”

The teachers also gathered in front of the US embassy in Yangon and held a rally to urge the active participation of the international community.

Myanmar Now also reported that dozens of policemen and women joined the protesters in the eastern state of Kaya.

They said they were greeted by protesters who came out with banners reading ‘We don’t want a dictatorship’ and ‘We are on the side of the people’.

The day before, one and four policemen respectively joined the protesters from Nefido and Central Magwe.

Although only a few, some policemen joined the protesters for a second day and interpreted it as a sign of dissent in public sentiment against the military regime that sparked a coup.

The military government, which barely responded with live ammunition, water cannons, rubber ammunition and tear gas, as well as live ammunition in various areas the day before, showed ‘control mode’ until the morning of the day.

Even in local media and social networks, there is no news about the repression.

However, a local outlet reported that the military raided a hospital in Naepido in the morning.

At this hospital, medical personnel are participating in the civil disobedience movement, media reported.

It is not known exactly whether the military detained the medical personnel.

Local media reported that the night before, police attacked the Yangon company of the National League for Democracy and the Peoples’ Alliance (NLD) led by a shame adviser.

Meanwhile, a 19-year-old protester who is being treated at Nappido Hospital for a head injury due to police shooting a live bullet the day before is still in critical condition and dependent on life support devices, Myanmar Now summoned a doctor, summoned a doctor.

The curfew was imposed between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. the next day amid protests that occurred like a forest fire, and more than five people were banned from the areas where protests were held to big scale.

In front of the Chinese embassy in Yangon that day, the protesters called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to “withdraw support for the Myanmar military.”

Protesters heard signs such as “We are watching you” and “We know what you are decorating” in front of the Chinese embassy, ​​Bloomberg reported.

China is known as an old friend of the Myanmar military. It was also noted that Wang Yi, a member of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of China’s foreign affairs, chose Myanmar as his first visit to Asia this year and visited Myanmar on the 27th of last month just before the coup.

The US State Department revealed that the military had denied it contact with Suu Kyi’s state adviser in military custody, and urged China to join the voice of the international community condemning the coup.

The European Union (EU) warned that “new sanctions could be imposed on Myanmar’s military,” and Myanmar’s special rapporteur Tom Andrew of the United Nations warned that the use of force against protesters is a violation of international law and could be processed.

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