Military Regime More Repressive, Residents Refuse Myanmar Police Burial

Myanmar police illustration. (Twitter/@SellieSwan)

JAKARTA - Residents and community-based free funeral service organizations in the Bago Region refused to assist with the funeral of a Myanmar police captain who was killed in the repressive action of the Myanmar military regime against anti-coup protesters on February 1.

"The police asked several funeral services to help with the funeral, but they all refused the request," said a Bago resident, reported The Irrawaddy.

Another resident who did not want to be named said the funeral for a Police Captain known as Kyaw Naing Oo was held at the Sinpyukwin funeral last Tuesday.

The funeral was carried out under the guard of the Myanmar police. They also used the Bago shortcut instead of the Shwethalyaung Pagoda Street which is usually used for funerals.

"They did not use the normal road to the cemetery, showing that they were suspicious of the public. There are problems between them and people who cannot be seen," said the resident.

The Bago Police Station said 37-year-old Captain Kyaw Naing Oo died of stab wounds when he broke up a demonstration against the Myanmar military regime.

As well as in Bago, two police officers were killed and another seriously injured when three police officers who were driving were attacked by residents after a protest, near the village of Boke Htan Taw while they were on their way to Depayin City, Myanmar.

Two policemen were killed on the spot, while another policeman known to be a captain was seriously injured. He was in a military hospital, the state-owned newspaper said.

The resistance from citizens to the Myanmar military regime continues to increase, in response to the repressive actions of the security forces against the Myanmar military anti-coup protesters.

The residents are not afraid, even though the number of victims killed and detained continues to increase every day. As of noon Friday, some 232 people have been killed and 2,258 others detained, arrested, charged, or sentenced, as a result of the Myanmar military regime anti-coup protests, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).

Meanwhile, in the border area, the Myanmar military regime has also begun to frequently engage in armed clashes with ethnic armed groups who control the Myanmar border area. For example, in the Kachin State region which borders China, and the Karen National Union (KNU) which borders Thailand.

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