
MORE than 50 people have now been killed and 1,000 arrested in a brutal crackdown by the police and the military on the people of Myanmar, who have been demonstrating in the country’s streets since February 1.
The military mounted a military coup that ousted the government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi after her party won an overwhelming rate of 80 percent in the election. The military then took over and instated its own government.
Some 1,800 people have now been arrested all over Myanmar. There is no end in sought to the stand-off, with the military obviously determined to prevent it as it has prevailed in previous clashes with the people.
