It is reported that the Myanmar military, which caused the coup on the 1st, began cracking down on medical staff at the national hospital participating in the civil disobedience movement.
The protests by medical staff at the National Hospital triggered widespread participation by public officials, and the fact that the police fired live ammunition at the protesters on the 9th was also known to the world through medical staff exposure.
Myanmar medical staff participating in the coup protest▶ Click here to enlarge
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According to local media such as Irrawaddy on the 13th, police raided the home of Mandalay Medical School President Kin Maung Lewin, who supported the civil disobedience movement, in Mandalay, the second city of Myanmar the morning of the previous day, and tried to arrest President Lewin without a warrant.
However, he stepped down when neighbors tapped pots and pans and protested strongly.
Prior to this, on the night of the 11th, police in the central Magwe area tried to arrest the medical director of Aunglan Hospital, who supported the civil disobedience movement, but was defeated by opposition from neighbors.
Also around the same time, in northern Shan State, two plain-clothed policemen struck the home of a surgeon participating in the civil disobedience movement.
On the same day, in the southwestern Eyawadi area, a scene where a doctor who was treating patients for free was arrested by the police was filmed on a closed circuit TV (CCTV).
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Myanmar medical personnel wearing’red ribbon’ chest to protest coup▶ Click here to enlarge
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Hundreds of medical staff, including doctors and nurses, initiated a civil disobedience campaign in places like Yangon and Mandalay, the largest cities of Myanmar, on the 3rd, when protests took place for the first time since the military coup, local media said. Said.
On the 12th, 1,000 doctors in Yangon dressed in gowns and marched through the city center, urging the immediate release of civilian government officials, including national advisor Aung San Suu Kyi.
In addition, on the 9th, the police fired live ammunition at the protesters in the capital Naepido, and the related doctor informed the local media and foreign media that two people were in serious condition, and the military was criticized by the international community.
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Myanmar protesters confront the police with’three-finger salute’▶ Click here to enlarge
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Myanmar’s military government held a coup on the 1st, saying that serious misconduct occurred in the general election held in November last year, but the government did not properly investigate it.
For this reason, street protests condemning the coup are continuing across Myanmar, despite the supreme commander’s call to return to work as public officials and refrain from protests.
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