
Myanmar’s military junta has killed eight more people in the country, raising the death toll in protests against the Feb. 1 coup to 857, according to a local monitoring group.
Two men were killed after being chased on a motorbike and crashed into by a military vehicle in Pyigyidagun Township, Mandalay Region, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said in its latest update.
On the same night, the group said, Chit Ko, a local treasurer of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the ruling party ousted by the military, was arrested in Bhamo Township, Kachin State.
Three civilians from Nat Myaung and Nat Chaung Village in Kale Township, Sagaing Region, were beaten and arrested, it added.
A total of 4,677 people are currently under detention in Myanmar, with 162 of them having been sentenced.
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