Actor Lu Min has taken part in several protests in Yangon. - Reuters/Facebook via The Straits Times/ANN
YANGON, Feb 21 (Reuters): Myanmar police arrested a famous actor wanted for supporting opposition to a Feb 1 coup, his wife said on Sunday, hours after two people were killed when police and soldiers fired at protesters in the second city of Mandalay.
The violence in Mandalay on Saturday was the bloodiest day in more than two weeks of demonstrations in cities and towns across Myanmar demanding an end to military rule and the release from detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others.
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