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Khin Maung Latt’s body was returned to his family less than a day after his arrest – Photo: REUTERS
The British news agency Reuters obtained images of the body of Khin Maung Latt. The image, believed to have been taken at the time of his death, shows a large blood-covered cloth wrapped around his head. Myanmar police did not specify the cause of death and declined to comment.
NLD MP Sithu Maung confirmed on Facebook that Khin Maung Latt was his assistant and was arrested during the Myanmar police raid at midnight on March 7 in Yangon. A series of arrests were carried out on the night of March 6, the morning of March 7 in Yangon. Residents said they heard gunshots in many places and did not know the reason for the police arrest.
“They demanded to take my father and brother away. Why can’t anyone help us? You mustn’t touch them. If you want to arrest, arrest my whole family,” a woman yelled as the police broke in and arrested. My home in the middle of the night
Despite the midnight arrests, at least three protests with tens of thousands of participants broke out in Yangon since March 7 in the morning. Like smaller demonstrations elsewhere, protesters in Yangon face drastic police measures.
The Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP) said that many people were beaten and beaten on the street when they were arrested. Videos posted on the Myanmar Now news site show security forces beating up those arrested on March 7.
“They are killing like birds and chickens,” described a protest leader in the southern Myanmar city of Dawei. “What should we do if we don’t rebel against them? We have to rebel and fight,” he said firmly.
Protesters raised barriers to support the police on March 7 – Photo: REUTERS
Leaf Myanmar New Global Light Myanmar’s own military government explained that the arrests were part of an attempt to handle the protesters in accordance with the law. The flyer further defended police action, arguing that stun grenades should be used to disperse violent mobs that impede travel.
Reuters reported that unofficial statistics from a Myanmar human rights group said that as of March 6, more than 1,700 people had been arrested, not including the number of people arrested on the morning of March 7. The protest movement to protest the February 1 military coup erupted with more force after police opened fire on the crowd.
Cases of “repression”, as the Western media call them, have generated outrage around the world. The United States and some Western countries have imposed sanctions against Myanmar generals.
However, according to Thomas Andrews, the United Nations reporter on the Myanmar situation, these sanctions have no effect. He then called on the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo to end the violence.
In response to the arrests and the use of police force, a coalition of Myanmar unions has called a nationwide “general strike” since March 8. The call stressed that the move would cause Myanmar’s economy to “come to a complete standstill, drag on” and lead to the failure of the military coup.
