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Myanmar Military Targets Sector Professionals as Demonstrations Continue

Tommy Walker

   HONG KONG AND TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Myanmar's widespread protests continued
   for an eighth day Saturday, after Friday's demonstrations in the city
   of Mawlamyine saw several arrests and rubber bullets fired.

   In Yangon, protesters held signs reading "Stop kidnapping at night" in
   response to night raids that occurred in recent days.

   It is those raids that have local communities anxious, as the junta has
   attempted to arrest prominent protesters from their homes and offices.

   Since protests against the coup began, medical staff members have
   joined the Civil Disobedience Movement, a strike campaign that rejects
   the rule of the military, referred to as CDM.

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