Traumatised residents have fled the industrial neighbourhood in Yangon that has become one of the flashpoint sites in a nationwide uprising against the military's coup nearly seven weeks ago.
The junta on Sunday imposed martial law on Hlaing Tharyar and later on other protest hotspot townships -- effectively placing nearly two million people under complete control of military commanders. "They were checking cars, motorbikes and the mobile phones of people going around the streets," he told AFP.
Some protesters threw petrol bombs at the security forces, but otherwise appeared defenceless as they hid behind makeshift shields. More than 200 people have died in anti-coup unrest, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a local monitoring group.
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