University teachers hold up three-finger salutes and signs with red ribbons calling for civil disobedience during a protest against the military coup at Dagon University in Yangon on February 5, 2021. - AFP
YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar's junta leader on Thursday (Feb 11) urged government employees to return to work after absences that he blamed on harassment by "unscrupulous persons", in his first public remarks on the protests against him and a growing civil disobedience campaign.
In a statement issued by the ruling military's official information service, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who led last week's coup against Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, urged people to avoid gatherings, which he said would fuel the spread of the coronavirus.
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