Myanmar junta cuts internet as troops fire to break up protest

Myanmar's Junta cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday, to quell a burgeoning civil disobedience campaign. — AFP

Myanmar cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday in signs of a feared crackdown on anti-coup protests, hours after security forces fired to disperse a demonstration in the country's north.

The junta has escalated efforts to quell a burgeoning civil disobedience campaign which is demanding a return of the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.