Article 5EAVK 'Broken-down' cars bring Myanmar streets to standstill in coup protest

'Broken-down' cars bring Myanmar streets to standstill in coup protest

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A reporter in Yangon, and Rebecca Ratcliffe
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Some of the busiest streets in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, have been brought to a standstill for a second day running by slow-moving and broken-down" cars, as part of an evolving civil disobedience movement against the military coup.

Cars were parked across roads to block the movement of security forces and prevent civil servants from travelling to work. Some protesters walked in circles around a pedestrian crossing at a busy intersection. Don't attend the office, leave it. Join the civil disobedience movement," protesters chanted.

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