: How Myanmar security forces are using night raids to suppress protests against the coup #IndiaNEWS Since the Myanmar military – or Tatmadaw – took over power from the elected civilian government

How Myanmar security forces are using night raids to suppress protests against the coup #IndiaNEWS
Since the Myanmar military – or Tatmadaw – took over power from the elected civilian government in an effective coup on February 1, protests have gripped nearly all corners of the country. The Civil Disobedience Movement, as the historic resistance is now being widely called, has seen unprecedented participation from nearly all sections of Burmese society. In fact, the depth of participation has dwarfed even the iconic 1988 and 2008 uprisings against the military junta.What has, at the same time, escalated is the new military government’s crackdown on protestors and those refusing to go to work (including bureaucrats and even some police personnel). After a brief period of damp-to-nil police action in the first week of the coup, security forces are now using a slew of measures to close in on rebellious and non-compliant quarters.One of the tactics that the regime is using is night raids. They began in the second week of the takeover, with police in the late hours of February 9 raiding the Yangon headquarters of the National League for Democracy or NLD, Myanmar’s largest political party headed by Aung San Suu Kyi and winner of the November 8, 2020, general election.The next night, in a second wave...Read more

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