People buying food and other grocery items at a supermarket Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. The announcement of a state of emergency by Duwa Lashi triggered panic buying in Yangon. - AFP
BANGKOK, Sept 7 (The Straits Times/ANN): Long queues formed at supermarkets and petrol stations in Yangon on Tuesday shortly after Myanmar's shadow government declared a "people's defensive war" against the junta.
In a video message broadcast online in the morning, the National Unity Government's (NUG) acting president, Mr Duwa Lashi La, declared a state of emergency that would end only when a civilian government was restored to power.
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