Myanmar security forces arrest prominent protest leader

This photo taken and received from an anonymous source via Facebook on March 28,2021 shows activist Wai Moe Naing (centre) walking with protesters during a demonstration against the military coup in Monywa, Sagaing region. - Facebook/AFP

YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar security forces arrested on Thursday (April 15) one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after driving into him with a car as he led a motorbike protest rally, friends and colleagues said.

Opponents of a Feb 1 coup that ousted an elected government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi have kept up their campaign against the military this traditional New Year week with marches and various other displays of resistance.