the United Nations for them to be allowed to leave.
In Sanchaung, police firing guns and using stun grenades announced on Monday they would check houses for anyone from outside the district and would punish anyone caught hiding them. Another protester posted on social media that they had been able to leave the area at around 5 a.m. after security forces pulled out.
Three protesters were killed in demonstrations in northern Myanmar and the Irrawaddy Delta on Monday, according to witnesses and local media.Demonstrations have been held daily for more than a month to demand the release of Suu Kyi and respect for the election her National League for Democracy party won last November.
This time it is also under pressure from a civil disobedience movement that has crippled government business and from strikes at banks, factories and shops that shut much of Yangon on Monday.