Myanmar police went door-to-door searching for pro-democracy protesters last night as the ruling generals try to stamp out protests against their military junta. Security forces sealed off a block of streets in Yangon and said they would punish residents if they found protesters from out of town hiding in their homes. But the military crackdown was continuing elsewhere with three protesters killed in demonstrations in northern Myanmar and the Irrawaddy Delta on Monday. Security forces started searching apartments after a nightly internet shutdown blanketed the country at 1am local time, residents said. By dawn, security forces appeared to have retreated, allowing some protesters to escape from the area.

Source: The Nation March 09, 2021 09:01 UTC