Myanmar protesters hope 'broken down' cars can stymie a crackdown

Demonstrators use their vehicles to block the road during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) - Opponents of Myanmar's military coup parked their cars in the middle of city streets and on bridges on Wednesday, pretending they had broken down to block police and army trucks moving around to break up protests.

Calls for a "broken-down car campaign" spread quickly on social media after the military's overnight block on the internet was lifted. Numerous pictures soon appeared of supposedly stalled cars, with bonnets raised, clogging up streets.