Demonstrators flash a three-finger salute during a protest against the military coup in Dawei, Myanmar April 13, 2021. ― Picture courtesy of Dawei Watch via ReutersYANGON, April 26 — Activists opposed to Myanmar’s junta called today for people to stop paying electricity bills and agricultural loans, and keep their children away from school, scorning the top general’s pledge at a regional summit to end the post-coup crisis.
An estimated 750 people have been killed by security forces, as Myanmar’s generals unleashed lethal force in the face of sustained protests against their February 1 coup. Reuters is unable to confirm the death toll, as the junta has significantly curbed media freedoms, and many journalists have been detained.
“All of us, people in townships, wards and then regions and states must work together to make a successful boycott against the military junta,” activist Khant Wai Phyo said in a speech at a protest in the central town of Monywa on Sunday.A spokesman for the junta did not answer calls seeking comment.