A national emergency has been in force for the last six weeks since the coup in Myanmar, but late Sunday evening, the government broadcaster MRTV (Myanma Radio and Television) first bought up the martial law news, which appears to have taken the responsibility of security directly into the hands of the local police.
The declaration stated that it was to restore the security and law and order of the country, the regional commander of Yangon has been given administrative, judicial, and military powers in the area under his control.
The junta (military rule) in Myanmar announced the implementation of martial law in many parts of Yangon, the country’s largest city.
The military regime has taken this step amid the increasing number of people killed in the stern action being taken to control the demonstrations against the overthrow of the civilian government.
Myanmar’s military continues to persecute protesters in Myanmar. While the United Nations has asked the army not to use force on protesters.
The army also made fresh allegations against the elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted on February 1.
The army told in a press conference in the capital Naypyitaw that Suu Kyi illegally siphoned six million US dollars and gold from her political ally in Yangon with the former chief minister Phyo Min Thein in 2017-18.
Myanmar army spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun stated that Phyo Min Ten has accepted the offer of money and gold from AUNG San Suu Kyi. However, he did not present any evidence.
On Thursday, local media and social media posts and reports denoted that six people were killed in Myung, a town in the central Megeve region, out of which one person each died in Yangon, Mandalay, and Bago.
But the army did not stop there they used deadly force on the people who were protesting peacefully on Sunday.
Myanmar army forces opened fire on the people who were demonstrating peacefully against the military coup that took place last month. At least 30 protesters have allegedly died in this shootout.
Demonstrations are being held in Myanmar every day against the military coup that took place on February 1.
Sunday was one of the most violent days, as at least 30 people were killed in action against demonstrations, according to the independent group ‘Assistance Association for Political Prescribers’, which keeps tabs on the number of people killed in the violence. Also states that many other people have been severely injured.
According to a support group, a maximum of 34 people have died in Yangon on Sunday, while dozens of people were injured and a large number of junta forces are deployed in the area and martial law has been implemented in the two townships of Haliang thaya and neighboring Shwepiyata.
An alleged video of Haliang Thar Yar Township surfaced on the internet in which people are running and there are sounds of firing.
The footage released by the Independent Democratic Voice of Burma shows people who are running away carrying an injured person while trying to sensitize two others, one of whom appears to be dead or badly injured.
Apart from this, tear gas, rubber bullets, and water splashes were used to scatter the protestors and many protesters were also brutally beaten up in the scene.
The UN Security Force on Wednesday in New York appealed to withdraw the military coup in Myanmar and strongly condemned the violence against peaceful protesters.
