Soldiers and police blocked off the headquarters of the National League for Democracy in Yangon this afternoon and demanded to search the building. There were at least 16 party members inside, and they refused to let them enter. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the police’s blockade and prevented more police and military vehicles from entering the area. The police and soldiers left without entering the building.
Soldiers and police blocked off the NLDs headquarters in Yangon this afternoon and demanded to search the building. There were at least 16 party members inside, and they refused to let them enter. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/JQVg46LSY5 pic.twitter.com/TKZleRY4BZ
— Nwe Oo Hlaing (@NweOoHlaing12) February 15, 2021
Soldiers and police blocked off the NLD’s headquarters in Yangon this afternoon and demanded to search the building. There were at least 16 party members inside, and they refused to let them enter. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/DebzAs9ai1
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021
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Civil disobedience movement blocks administration
A significant aspect of ongoing protests against the military rule is the refusal of civil servants to go to work. This Civil Disobedience Movement has largely shut down the entire bureaucracy. On Monday staff from Ministry of Electric Power in Yangon has demonstrated.
The most significant aspect of ongoing protests against the military rule is the refusal of civil servants to go to work. This Civil Disobedience Movement has largely shut down the entire bureaucracy. Here is the latest protest of staff from Ministry of Electric Power in Yangon. pic.twitter.com/IOMSkE1HTg
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021
Naypyitaw: Police released protesters
Police in the afternoon have released at least 24 high school and university students who were among 40 detained in the morning in the capital Naypyitaw during a protest against the military regime.
Police this afternoon have released at least 24 high school and university students who were among 40 detained this morning in the capital Naypyitaw during a protest against the military regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/1OvIePObq2
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021
Brutal crackdown on protesters in Mandalay
Demonstrators were calling on Myanma Economic Bank staff to join the civil disobedience. At about 4pm soldiers and police fired steel balls from air guns and used slingshots.
Soldiers and police used rubber bullets and slingshots to crack down on protesters in Mandalay this afternoon. At least three people were injured. It’s still unclear how many people were arrested. #WhatsHappeningInMaynmar #militarycoup pic.twitter.com/0e6wLCUzkE
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) February 15, 2021
မန္တလေးတွင် ဆန္ဒပြပြည်သူများကို စစ်တပ်ဖြိုခွင်း
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now) February 15, 2021
မန္တလေး မြန်မာ့စီးပွားရေး ဘဏ်ခွဲ ၁ ရှေ့တွင် စစ်အာဏာရှင်ဆန့်ကျင်ရေးဆန္ဒပြနေသူတွေကို စစ်တပ်က သေနတ်များ၊ လေးခွများဖြင့် ပစ်ခတ်ဖြိုခွဲခဲ့ပြီး မြင်ကွင်းပုံများ။ pic.twitter.com/seuunx6n2r