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March 05, 2021
Protesters take cover as they clash with riot police officers during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 28, 2021.
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The Singapore Government on Thursday (March 4) urged its citizens currently in Myanmar to leave the protest-riven country as soon as they can.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) also asks Singaporeans to avoid travelling to Myanmar, where civilians protesting the Feb 1 military coup have clashed with security forces across the country.
The United Nations said that 38 people were killed on Wednesday in the bloodiest face-off since the coup when police and soldiers opened fire with live rounds in several cities and towns.
Students, protesters undaunted despite deaths in crackdown
Students and civilians are still gathering in the streets to reject the 1 February military coup in Myanmar despite a death toll that reached 38 on Wednesday after the military cracked down violently on peaceful protesters.
Some 90% of students and teachers from 40 universities across Myanmar have joined the civil disobedience movement and student protesters are among those who have been killed. Students and academics have been abducted after the military raided homes.
This week the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) – the elected lawmakers of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy – appointed four acting ministers including education minister Zaw Wai Soe, a former rector of the University of Medicine (1,2), who has already spoken out, urging people to join the ongoing civil disobedience movement.
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