YANGON – Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets again on Tuesday to protest last month’s seizure of power by the military, as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian countries prepared to meet to discuss the political crisis.
Police in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, used tear gas against the protesters. The planned special meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations comes in the wake of worsening violence in Myanmar.
The country’s new military rulers over the weekend escalated their use of deadly force and mass arrests to try to quash protests against the Feb.
1 coup that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. The U.N. said it believed at least 18 people in several cities were killed on Sunday when security