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Sabtu, 20 Februari 2021

Myanmar police arrest actor after two killed in protests - CNA

MANDALAY: Myanmar police arrested a famous actor wanted for supporting opposition to a Feb 1 coup, his wife said on Sunday (Feb 21), hours after two people were killed when police and soldiers fired to disperse protests in the second city of Mandalay.

The violence in Mandalay on Saturday was the bloodiest day in more than two weeks of demonstrations in cities and towns across Myanmar demanding an end to military rule and the release from detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others.

The demonstrations and a civil disobedience campaign of strikes and disruptions show no sign of dying down with opponents of the military sceptical of an army promise to hold a new election and hand power to the winner.

READ: Two dead as Myanmar police open fire on protesters in deadliest day since military coup

The actor, Lu Min, was one of six celebrities who the army said on Wednesday were wanted under an anti-incitement law for encouraging civil servants to join in the protest. The charges can carry a two-year prison sentence.

Lu Min has taken part in several protests in Yangon.

His wife, Khin Sabai Oo, said in a video posted on his Facebook page that police had come to their home in Yangon and taken him away.

"They forced open the door and took him away and didn't tell me where they were taking him. I couldn’t stop them. They didn’t tell me."

READ: Myanmar refugees in Malaysia face increasing uncertainty in wake of military coup

Myanmar Protest Feb 20 3 — Protesters hold out bullet cartridges and ammunition for slingshots after security forces fired on demonstrators at a rally against the military coup in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Military spokesman Zaw Min Tun, who is also the spokesman for the new military council, has not responded to repeated attempts by Reuters to contact him by telephone for comment.

An activist group, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, said on Saturday 569 people have been arrested, charged or sentenced in connection with the coup.

In another incident in Yangon on Saturday night, a night watchman was shot and killed. The Burmese service of Radio Free Asia said police had shot him but it was not clear why.

Communities have been posting more guards in fear of sweeps by the security forces.

"DEEPLY CONCERNED"

The more than two weeks of protests had been largely peaceful, unlike previous episodes of opposition during nearly half a century of direct military rule, which ended in 2011.

Members of ethnic minorities, poets, rappers and transport workers marched on Saturday in various places, but tension escalated quickly in Mandalay where police and soldiers confronted striking shipyard workers.

READ: Singapore says use of lethal force in Myanmar against unarmed protesters ‘inexcusable’ after deaths reported

Myanmar protest Feb 20 5 — A wounded man injured in his eye after being hit with a slingshot fired by security forces is treated by a medical team following a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Some of the demonstrators fired catapults at police as they played cat and mouse through riverside streets. Police responded with tear gas and gunfire at the protesters, witnesses said.

Video clips posed on social media also showed members of the security forces firing and witnesses said they found the cartridges of live rounds and rubber bullets on the ground.

Two people were shot and killed and 20 were wounded, said Ko Aung, a leader of the Parahita Darhi volunteer emergency service.

Police were not available for comment. State-run MRTV television made no mention of the protests or casualties in its news programme.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) condemned the violence in Mandalay as a crime against humanity.

READ: US 'deeply concerned' by reports Myanmar security forces fired on protesters

A young woman protester died on Friday after being shot in the head last week in the capital, Naypyitaw, the first death among anti-coup demonstrators.

The army says one policeman has died of injuries sustained in a protest.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterrres condemned the deadly violence. "The use of lethal force, intimidation and harassment against peaceful demonstrators is unacceptable," he said on Twitter.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States was "deeply concerned" by reports that security forces had fired on protesters and continued to detain and harass demonstrators and others.

France, Singapore and the UK also condemned the violence, with British foreign minister Dominic Raab saying the shooting of peaceful protesters was "beyond the pale".

"We will consider further action, with our international partners, against those crushing democracy & choking dissent," Raab said on Twitter.

The United States, Britain, Canada and New Zealand have announced limited sanctions since the coup, with a focus on military leaders.

The army seized back power after alleging fraud in Nov 8 elections that Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy swept, detaining her and others. The electoral commission had dismissed the fraud complaints.

Aung San Suu Kyi faces a charge of violating a Natural Disaster Management Law as well as illegally importing six walkie-talkie radios. Her next court appearance is on Mar 1.

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Two dead as Myanmar police open fire on protesters in deadliest day since military coup - CNA

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2021-02-20 16:02:11Z
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Two killed in Myanmar city of Mandalay after police fire live rounds - The Straits Times

MANDALAY (REUTERS, AFP) - Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second largest city Mandalay on Saturday (Feb 20) when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb 1 military coup, emergency workers said, the bloodiest day in more than two weeks of demonstrations.

The deaths came after a young woman protester died on Friday after being shot in the head last week as police dispersed a crowd in the capital, Naypyitaw, the first death among anti-coup demonstrators.

Protesters took to the streets on Saturday in several cities and towns with members of ethnic minorities, poets and transport workers among those demanding an end to military rule and the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others.

But tension escalated quickly in Mandalay where police and soldiers were confronting striking shipyard workers and other protesters at Yadanarbon shipyard in Mandalay, on the Irrawaddy river.

Some of the demonstrators fired catapults at police as they played cat and mouse through riverside streets. Police responded with tear gas and gun fire, though it was initially not clear if they were using live ammunition or rubber bullets.

“Twenty people were injured and two are dead,” said Ko Aung, a leader of the Parahita Darhi volunteer emergency service agency.

One man died from a head wound, media workers including Lin Khaing, an assistant editor with the Voice of Myanmar media outlet in the city, and a Mandalay emergency service said.

A volunteer doctor confirmed there had been two deaths. He said: “One shot in the head died at the spot. Another one died later with a bullet wound to the chest.”

A doctor at the scene confirmed that some protesters had been injured by live rounds.

“We do not have enough medicine for them to be treated here,” he said.

Police throwing projectiles towards protesters in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

A medical team treat a wounded man following a demonstration where security forces fired on and beat protesters in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021.

A medical aide to doctors at the scene, who declined to provide his name for fear of repercussions, told AFP: “We transferred those who were seriously injured and in a critical condition to another place for intensive care, but we cannot reveal the place.”

Police were not available for comment.

The authorities have arrested hundreds of people since the putsch, many of them civil servants who had been boycotting work as part of a civil disobedience campaign.

Around the protest site, empty bullet cartridges were found, as well as slingshot ammunition including metal balls.

Protesters holding out bullet cartridges and ammunition for slingshots after security forces fired on demonstrators in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Police officers stand in front of people protesting against the military coup in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021.

One woman received a head wound from a rubber bullet and emergency workers quickly administered first aid to her.

A Facebook video streamed live by a resident at the scene appeared to carry non-stop sounds of gunshots.

“They are shooting cruelly,” said the resident, who appeared to be taking shelter at a nearby construction site. “We have to find a safer place.”

Since the nationwide protests started two weeks ago, the authorities in some cities have deployed tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets against demonstrators, with isolated incidents of live rounds being fired.

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Two killed in Myanmar city of Mandalay after police fire live rounds - The Straits Times

MANDALAY (REUTERS, AFP) - Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second-largest city Mandalay on Saturday (Feb 20) when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb 1 military coup, emergency workers said.

“Twenty people were injured and two are dead,” said Ko Aung, a leader of the Parahita Darhi volunteer emergency service agency in the city.

Opponents of the coup took to the streets in several Myanmar cities and towns, with members of ethnic minorities, poets and transport workers among those demanding an end to military rule and the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others.

On Saturday, hundreds of police and soldiers gathered at Yadanarbon shipyard in Mandalay, on the Irrawaddy river.

Their presence sparked fears among nearby residents that the authorities would try to arrest workers for taking part in the anti-coup movement.

Banging pots and pans, in what has become a signature gesture of defiance, protesters started yelling at the police to leave.

But police opened fire with live rounds, rubber bullets and slingshot balls, dispersing the alarmed protesters.

Some protesters fired catapults at police, who responded with tear gas and gun fire, though it was initially not clear if they were using live ammunition or rubber bullets.

One man died from a head wound, media workers including Lin Khaing, an assistant editor with the Voice of Myanmar media outlet in the city, and a Mandalay emergency service said.

A volunteer doctor confirmed there had been two deaths. He said: “One shot in the head died at the spot. Another one died later with a bullet wound to the chest.”

A doctor at the scene confirmed that some protesters had been injured by live rounds.

“We do not have enough medicine for them to be treated here,” he said.

Police were not available for comment.

The authorities have arrested hundreds of people since the putsch, many of them civil servants who had been boycotting work as part of a civil disobedience campaign.

Around the protest site, empty bullet cartridges were found, as well as slingshot ammunition including metal balls.

One woman received a head wound from a rubber bullet and emergency workers quickly administered first aid to her.

A Facebook video streamed live by a resident at the scene appeared to carry non-stop sounds of gunshots.

“They are shooting cruelly,” said the resident, who appeared to be taking shelter at a nearby construction site. “We have to find a safer place.”

Since the nationwide protests started two weeks ago, the authorities in some cities have deployed tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets against demonstrators.

There have been isolated incidents of live rounds being fired.

An anti-coup protester who was shot in the head during a Feb 9 demonstration in Naypyitaw died on Friday. Her doctors had confirmed to AFP that her injury was from a live bullet.

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At least 1 dead, several injured in Myanmar after live rounds used to disperse protest, say medical staff - CNA

MANDALAY: A raid on a shipyard in Myanmar's second-largest city of Mandalay turned violent on Saturday (Feb 20) when police and soldiers fired live rounds and rubber bullets at protesters.

One man died of a head wound, according to a Mandalay emergency service and media workers including Lin Khaing, an assistant editor with the Voice of Myanmar media outlet in the city.

Myanmar protest Feb 20 6 — A wounded man is carried by a medical team after security forces opened fire on protesters during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

At least five people were injured by rubber bullets, a photographer at the scene reported, while emergency medical staff treating the injured confirmed at least six others were shot with live rounds.

"Six men with gunshot wounds arrived to our team. Two are seriously injured," a medical aide to the doctors told AFP.

The use of live rounds was confirmed by a doctor at the scene.

A protester receives treatment after being injured during the clashes in Myanmar. (Photo: AFP/STR)

According to the media and an ambulance service, police and striking shipyard workers faced off for hours and security forces fired guns to break up the crowd.

Much of the country has been in uproar since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on Feb 1, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets to protest against the junta.

Myanmar Protest Feb 20 4 — Protesters hold images of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on Feb 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP/YE AUNG THU)

Authorities have arrested hundreds of people since the putsch, many of them civil servants who had been boycotting work as part of a civil disobedience campaign.

READ: Rallies mourn anti-coup protester's death as US urges Myanmar junta to yield power

On Saturday, hundreds of police gathered at Yadanarbon shipyard in Mandalay, on the Irrawaddy river.

Their presence sparked fears among nearby residents that authorities would try to arrest workers for taking part in the anti-coup movement.

Banging pots and pans in what has become a signature gesture of defiance, protesters started yelling at the police to leave.

Myanmar protest Feb 20 7 — A police officer aims a gun towards protesters during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay on Feb 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

But police opened fire with rubber bullets and slingshot balls, dispersing the alarmed protesters and leaving at least five injured.

One woman received a head wound and emergency workers quickly administered first aid to her.

"Shooting is still ongoing. Some people are injured," the city's rescue service chairman told AFP.

Police throw projectiles towards protesters during the Mandalay disturbance. (Photo: AFP/STR)

A Facebook video streamed live by a resident on the scene appeared to carry non-stop sounds of gunshots.

"They are shooting cruelly," said the resident, who appeared to be taking shelter on a nearby construction site.

"We have to find a safer place."

An AFP reporter on the ground heard multiple gunshots.

READ: Diverse Myanmar protesters united in opposition to coup

Since the nationwide protests started two weeks ago, authorities in some cities have deployed tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets against demonstrators.

There have been isolated incidents of live rounds in the capital Naypyidaw.

An anti-coup protester who was shot in the head during a Feb 9 demonstration in Naypyidaw died on Friday.

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Diverse Myanmar protesters united in opposition to coup - CNA

Opponents of Myanmar's coup took to the streets again on Saturday (Feb 20) with members of ethnic minorities, writers and poets and transport workers among those coming out to demand an end to military rule and the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and others.

Protests against the Feb 1 coup that overthrew the elected government of the veteran democracy campaigner have shown no sign of dying down, with demonstrators sceptical of a military promise to hold a new election and hand power to the winner.

Police fired rubber bullets at protesting shipyard workers in the second city of Mandalay and one person was slightly hurt, pictures on social media showed.

A young woman protester died on Friday after being shot in the head last week as police dispersed a crowd in the capital, Naypyidaw, the first death among opponents of the coup in the demonstrations.

On Saturday, young people in the main city of Yangon carried a wreath and laid flowers at a memorial ceremony for the woman, Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, while a similar ceremony of remembrance took place in Naypyidaw.

"The sadness from her death is one thing, but we've also got courage to continue for her sake," student protester Khin Maw Maw Oo said at the Naypyidaw ceremony. "We need 100 people to stand up and take her place."

The United States was saddened by the death and condemned the use of force against demonstrators, a State Department spokesman said.

The army says one policeman has died of injuries sustained in a protest.

READ: US urges Myanmar junta to yield power after protester death

The demonstrators are demanding the restoration of the elected government, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and others and the scrapping of a 2008 Constitution, drawn up under military supervision, that gives the army a major role in politics.

Ke Jung, a youth leader from the Naga minority and an organiser of a Saturday protest by minorities in Yangon, said the protesters were also demanding a federal system.

While some minority parties doubted Aung San Suu Kyi's commitment to the cause of federalism, now was the time for all opponents of the military to unite, he said.

"We can't form a federal country under dictatorship. We can't accept the junta," he told Reuters. "We must win this fight. We stand together with the people. We will fight until the end of dictatorship."

Protest against the military coup in Yangon — Demonstrators protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Myanmar has experienced insurgencies by ethnic minority factions since shortly after its independence from Britain in 1948 and the army has long proclaimed itself the only institution capable of preserving national unity.

Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, like the top generals, is a member of the majority Burman community.

Her government promoted a peace process with insurgent groups but she faced a storm of international criticism over the plight of the Muslim Rohingya minority after more than 700,000 fled a deadly 2017 army crackdown.

"STAND TOGETHER"

The army seized back power after alleging fraud in the Nov 8 elections that the Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) swept, detaining her and others. The electoral commission had dismissed the allegations of fraud.

Ke Jung said some minority parties were not committed to the movement against the coup.

"It's a reflection of how Aung San Suu Kyi failed to build alliances with ethnic political parties," he said.

"However, we must win this fight. We stand together with the people. We will fight until the end of dictatorship."

Salai Mon Boi, a youth leader from the Chin minority, said the Saturday protest, which happened to fall on Chin National Day, was focused on four demands: Getting rid of the Constitution, ending dictatorship, a federal system and the release of all leaders.

"There are some people who don't like NLD but we're not talking about the NLD," he said.

As well as the colourful protest by minority members, several hundred people chanting slogans gathered behind police barricades sealing of a main Yangon protest site by the Sule Pagoda.

Military coup in Yangon, Myanmar — Police block a road where protesters use to gather against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Several thousand protesters gathered in the northern town of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, where police and soldiers have in recent days used batons and rubber bullets to break up crowds.

Crowds marched again through the ancient capital of Bagan and in Pathein town, in the Irrawaddy river delta.

In the second city of Mandalay, writers and poets held a march and later railway workers also protested.

The protests have been more peaceful than the bloodily suppressed demonstrations during nearly 50 years of direct military rule up to 2011.

In addition to the protests, a civil disobedience campaign has paralysed much government business.

The United States, Britain, Canada and New Zealand have announced limited sanctions, with a focus on military leaders, including banning travel and freezing assets.

READ: Myanmar's coup opponents welcome new British, Canadian sanctions

READ: Widespread sanctions on Myanmar would cause ordinary people to suffer - Vivian Balakrishnan

Japan and India have joined Western countries in calling for democracy to be restored quickly.

The junta has not reacted to the new sanctions. On Tuesday, an army spokesman told a news conference that sanctions had been expected.

There is little history of Myanmar's generals giving in to foreign pressure and they have closer ties to neighbouring China and to Russia, which have taken a softer approach than long critical Western countries.

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing was already under sanctions from Western countries following the 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya.

Myanmar's Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said 546 people had been detained, with 46 released, as of Friday.

Aung San Suu Kyi faces a charge of violating a Natural Disaster Management Law as well as charges of illegally importing six walkie-talkie radios. Her next court appearance has been set for Mar 1.

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2021-02-20 08:13:59Z
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Jumat, 19 Februari 2021

Singapore work pass holder from India Covid-positive despite two negative tests - The Straits Times

SINGAPORE - A work pass holder who arrived from India is among 14 new Covid-19 cases announced on Friday (Feb 19) - despite having previously tested negative twice.

The 48-year-old came to Singapore on Dec 30 and was on stay-home notice (SHN) until Jan 3. He was then immediately quarantined until Jan 13 after being identified as a close contact of another case.

The man tested negative when swabbed twice during quarantine - on Jan 4 and Jan 10. He only tested positive on Wednesday after taking a pre-departure test for his return to India.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said another sample taken from him on Thursday tested negative for the virus. His serological test has also come back positive.

"Given that these indicate likely past infection, we have classified the case as imported," said the MOH.

"He is likely to be shedding minute fragments of the virus RNA, which are no longer transmissible and infective to others."

All 14 cases confirmed by the ministry on Friday night were imported. They bring Singapore's total to 59,846.

The other 13 cases comprised one permanent resident, three dependant's pass holders, three other work pass holders, three work permit holders and three special pass holders.

The special pass holders are sea crew who arrived from Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They had not disembarked from their vessels and were tested onboard, said the MOH.

The permanent resident came from Indonesia, while the work pass holders came from India, Nepal and the UAE. The work permit holders arrived from Indonesia and Malaysia, while the dependant's pass holders came from India and Indonesia.

The number of new cases in the community has fallen to one in the past week, from eight two weeks ago.

The weekly number of unlinked cases in the community fell from five to one over the same period.

With 18 patients discharged yesterday, 59, 682 have fully recovered from the disease.

Twenty patients remain in hospital, including one in a critical condition in intensive care while 100 are recuperating in community facilities.

On Thursday, 11 Covid-19 cases were reported. All were imported cases, and had been placed on stay-home notice and tested on arrival.

None had symptoms, except a 31-year-old woman who had arrived from Italy on a student's pass and became ill on Feb 9.

The 10 others comprised a 63-year-old Singaporean woman, a permanent resident who had arrived from Bangladesh, a work pass holder who had come from the UAE and seven work permit holders from India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Globally, the virus has infected more than 109 million people and left 2.4 million dead.

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