Late on Wednesday, security forces opened fire in Myanmar's second biggest city of Mandalay as they confronted railway workers who had stopped trains running as part of the civil disobedience movement. Early on Thursday, police ordered dozens of chanting protesters to disperse from a busy intersection near the main university in Yangon, the country's largest city. Despite junta appeals for civil servants to return to work and threats of actions if they do not, there has been no sign of the strikes easing. Coup opponents are deeply sceptical of junta promises to hand over power after a new election for which no date has yet been set. Suu Kyi, 75, spent nearly 15 years under house arrest for her efforts to bring democracy.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2021 03:00 UTC