The Burmese military’s coup seizure of power has sparked the people’s anger, not shaking off the ban on rallies and demonstrating on the streets for four consecutive days to demand the release of the substantive leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the police fired water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the people this (9) day, four people were wounded by bullets, including a woman who was shot in the head and died.
The Burmese military launched a coup against the elected government of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) on February 1 on the grounds of “election fraud,” and a number of senior members of the ruling party, including Ung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, were arrested by the military and a one-year state of emergency was declared.
After the military coup, tens of thousands of people have been gathering around the country for days to demonstrate. Although the military has sternly warned against further protests and declared martial law in the second largest city of Wa (Mandalay), Burma’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing made a rare speech to the nation today, saying that the junta will hold new elections and hand over power to the winner, it still could not stop the people’s voice against the coup.
Reuters reports that police in the capital Naypyidaw (Naypyidaw), following the use of water cannons to disperse people, today fired into the air and fired rubber bullets, causing four people to be injured and sent to the hospital, including a woman shot in the head. A doctor said the woman suffered a potentially fatal head wound, with the bullet lodged in her body, and is still in intensive care, “according to X-rays, it was a live round.
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