AdvertisementArmoured vehicles pushed through crowds of protesters in Myanmar today as the country's military rulers threatened activists with 20 years in jail for opposing their coup. Soon afterwards, an internet blackout was imposed as military vehicles rolled out. But groups of protesters gathered outside the central bank and the Chinese embassy in Yangon today, with people holding placards calling on others to join a civil disobedience movement. 'Patrolling with armoured vehicles means they are threatening people,' said 46-year-old Nyein Moe, among the more than one thousand gathered in front of the bank. Through his spokesman, he also asked the military to 'urgently' allow Swiss diplomat Christine Schraner Burgener to visit Myanmar 'to assess the situation first hand'.

Source: Daily Mail February 15, 2021 12:05 UTC