Myanmar coup: security forces kill 13 people as Chinese factory set alight in Yangon

China is viewed as being supportive of the military junta and last month there were arson attacks against 32 Chinese-invested factories in Yangon

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military junta, said the civil disobedient movement was ‘an activity to destroy the country’

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Anti-coup protesters throw red paint on a street during a demonstration in Yangon on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Published: 3:31pm, 7 Apr 2021Updated: 8:41pm, 7 Apr 2021

Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding several, media said, as a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire in the commercial capital Yangon and activists burned the Chinese flag.

A fire broke out in the Chinese-owned JOC Garment Factory in Yangon on Wednesday, news reports and the Fire Department said. There were no reports of casualties and no details on the extent of damage.

In another Yangon neighbourhood, activists set fire to the Chinese flag, according to pictures posted on Facebook.

China is viewed as being supportive of the military junta and last month there were arson attacks against 32 Chinese-invested factories in Yangon.

Anti-coup protesters during a demonstration in Yangon. Photo: AP

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the junta, said in a statement published on Wednesday that the civil disobedience movement, known as CDM, had halted the working of hospitals, schools, roads, offices and factories.

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