A Te Anau couple are fearful for their friends in Myanmar who have told them the military has killed and injured many more protesters than previously known. PHOTOS: SUPPLIEDKen and Marg Tustin have been receiving increasingly worrying reports of the Myanmar military’s violent crackdown on citizens protesting this month’s coup, especially in the city where their friends live, Mandalay. Protests have been gaining momentum throughout Myanmar since the military overthrew the elected government earlier this month. The Tustins’ friend protests against the Myanmar military coup, in Mandalay, in recent days. The Tustins’ friend said people were determined to not let their country return to the military rule that dominated Myanmar for decades, they said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 22, 2021 15:33 UTC