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Sister Ann Roza knelt in the streets of Myitkyina, Kachin state, to plead with the armed police to stop the violence against the protesters and to challenge them.
Sister Ann Roza wore a white coat and black scarf as she knelt in front of armed police in Myitkyina city during a March 8 protest. “If you want to open fire, you have to go past me,” he told police.
“At around 12 o’clock, the security forces were about to crack down, so once again I pleaded with them, knelt in front of them and begged them not to shoot, not to arrest people,” he said. “The police also got down on their knees and told me they had to do it to stop the protest.”
Sister Ann Roza knelt before the police in Myitkyina City, Kachin State, on March 8, while the two policemen also knelt with her. Picture: AFP.
“The police then fired tear gas and I had difficulty breathing and was dizzy. Then I saw a man fall down the street and hit a bullet,” he added, adding that due to the tear gas he could not see anyone. hopefully it wasn’t the police who spoke to her.
Ann Roza also stood in front of the police, kneeling and pleading with them not to shoot protesters on February 28, saying she was ready to die to save others.
Local media said that two more people were killed during yesterday’s protest in Myitkyina. Video on social media showed protesters backing away when tear gas fired at them, responded with stones, but then apparently fled from automatic weapons.
The protesters rushed to move several injured people, including one dead and one seriously injured. Then a second body appeared on a stretcher, its head covered with a cloth.
Sister Ann Roza confronted the armed police in Myitkyina on February 28. Video: SCMP.
Security forces also dealt with protesters in other locations, including tear gas to disperse crowds of about 1,000 in the capital Naypyitaw. Protesters used fire extinguishers to create smoke screens as they fled. Thousands of protesters in Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city, dissolved amid fears that soldiers and police plan to use force.
Myanmar fell into chaos after the military arrested State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi and senior civilian government officials on February 1. During the past month, there have been daily protests demanding the release of Ms. Suu Kyi and respecting the results of the November 2020 elections that the military accused of cheating.
According to United Nations data, the Myanmar police and army have killed more than 60 people since protests against the coup broke out.
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