Thousands have gathered in Yangon and Mandalay, while water cannons were deployed in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. It comes a day after Myanmar saw its largest protest in more than a decade. The military seized power in a coup after claiming without evidence that an earlier election was fraudulent. ‘We aren’t going to work’By Monday morning, tens of thousands of people had gathered in Nay Pyi Taw, with other cities also reporting significant numbers, according to BBC Burmese. In Nay Pyi Taw, police used water cannon on protesters and there were reports of a few injuries.

Source: The Nation February 08, 2021 05:26 UTC