Coming in full force: Police charging to disperse protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. — AFP
The country’s police moved decisively in a bid to prevent opponents of military rule gathering throughout the country after Myanmar’s UN envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop the Feb 1 coup.
The South-East Asian country has been in turmoil since the army seized power and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership, alleging fraud in a November election her party had won in a landslide.
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