As part of a larger civil disobedience campaign in the wake of the February 1 coup, activists opposed to Myanmar’s junta have called for refusal to pay electricity bills and agricultural loans. The campaign has crippled the economy and raised the prospect of hunger, international aid agencies warned.
Khant Wai Phyo, a pro-democracy activist, said that parents should keep their children away from school, Press TV reported. In the central town of Monywa on Sunday, in a speech at a protest, he said, “We don’t participate in their systems, we don’t cooperate with them.”
According to a tally by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), so far about 3,500 people were detained by the military government. By alleging widespread fraud in the November 2020 elections, the junta justifies the coup.
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