Myanmar’s online pop-up markets raise funds for protest

A file photo of an anti-coup protester raising a decorated Easter egg along with the three-fingered symbol of resistance during a protest against the military coup on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. Many in Myanmar have found a safer, more substantive way to protest the country’s military coup. Instead of facing down heavily armed soldiers from behind flimsy barricades, they're holding online rummage sales using sites like Facebook. — AP

BANGKOK: With security forces in Myanmar having shot dead at least 570 protesters and bystanders in the past two months, many of the country’s residents see venturing out onto the street as a brave but foolhardy act.

Online, many have found a safer, more substantive way to show their defiance against February’s military takeover – virtual rummage sales whose proceeds go to the protest movement’s shadow government and other related political causes.