Military blocks access to the Chin State town by boat and road as it continues to investigate twin explosions on May 28; residents say basic food prices are soaring.
The mother of wanted activists was jailed; a USDP member was shot dead in Sagaing; troops killed three people in Magwe; and blasts occurred in Yangon, Chin and Magwe.
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With Myanmar’s mass anti-coup demonstrations showing no sign of letting up and even drawing more civil servants, the military junta that seized power this month stepped up arrests of protesters on Thursday and attacked journalists covering the rallies.
Authorities have arrested, charged, or sentenced 521 people since the coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi and her elected government on Feb. 1, with 44 of them now released, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP Burma). The figure includes top leaders detained in the coup as well as protesters.
Security forces are beating reporters with police batons at protest sites while cracking down on demonstrators, with plainclothes officers photographing and tailing reporters covering the rallies, witnesses said.