Security
forces in Myanmar on Tuesday used rubber bullets and tear gas against anti-coup
protesters who rallied to defy a ban on gatherings. Demonstrators want power
restored to the deposed civilian government and freedom for the nation's de
facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her allies. Protesters against the Myanmar
military coup took to the streets of the country's major cities for the fourth
day in succession. Police in the capital, Naypyidaw, fired rubber bullets at
the demonstrators after earlier blasting them with water cannon.
Coup
leaders had issued decrees on Monday night that banned gatherings of more than
five people in the remote capital, which was purpose-built by the previous
military regime. It was also imposed in the largest and second-largest cities
of Yangon and Mandalay. Thousands of people have been demonstrating in both
places since Saturday.
Protesters
want power restored to the deposed elected government and freedom for Suu Kyi.
The military detained her and other members of her National League for
Democracy (NLD) when it blocked a new session of parliament from convening on
February 1.
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