Myanmar Police Fleeing to India Say They Couldn't Shoot Their Own People
A woman constable said she fled after she was instructed to try to catch female protesters â an order she refused.
Tha Peng, a Myanmar national who said he was a police officer and recently fled to India shows his photograph in his phone wearing a police uniform following his interview with Reuters at Champhai town in Mizoram, March 9, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Devjyot Ghoshal
Champhai (Mizoram): When Tha Peng was ordered to shoot at protesters with his submachine gun to disperse them in the Myanmar town of Khampat on February 27, 2021, the police lance corporal said he refused. “The next day, an officer called to ask me if I will shoot,” he said. The 27-year-old refused again and then resigned from the force.