Officials of the National League for Democracy announced that the Yangon headquarters of the party was raided by the armed forces of Myanmar, which recently detained the government’s senior members in a coup. The raid was carried out just hours after the United Nations denounced the actions in Myanmar and urged a rollback of democracy. 

“The military dictator raided and destroyed NLD headquarters at around 9:30 pm,” the National League for Democracy wrote on its official Facebook page. No further details were given by the party about the raid. 

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The rallies came despite a warning from the junta that it would take action against demonstrations that threatened “stability”, and a new ban on gatherings of more than five people.

“They fired warning shots to the sky two times, then they fired (at protesters) with rubber bullets,” a resident told AFP.

According to a doctor responding to emergency cases in protest sites, the police were equipped with live rounds which left at least two people in a critical state. He said, “We believe they are actual bullets because of the wounds and their injuries. We don’t operate on their wounds because they could die right away — we are 100 percent sure they will die if we operate — that’s why we are watching their condition by treating them medically.”

As night fell the United Nations voiced its “strong concern” over the violence.

The United Nations resident coordinator in Myanmar, Ola Almgren, expressed a “strong concern” on behalf of the organisation and said, “The use of disproportionate force against demonstrators is unacceptable.”

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Meanwhile, a disobedience movement, which is picking up pace in the country, has been joined by the country’s air traffic controllers and workers in civil aviation and is going to put a dent in the country’s economy with a loss of over $182,000 every day due to lack of overflight fee. 

“Without us they can’t get the money anymore,” one air traffic controller told AFP.

The military forces of the country refused to accept the election results of November 2020, which highlighted a landslide victory for the National League for Democracy. However, a year-long emergency was announced following the removal of the government which was later promised to conclude with fresh elections in the country.