we start in myanmar where there are
reports that two major cities have been
put
under curfew the u.s embassy in myanmar
says it's been told that both yangon and
mandalay now have a curfew between
eight at night and four in the morning
the leader of the military coup which
took power last week has made his first
nationwide address
a day after the country saw its largest
protests
in a decade let's have a listen
myanmar's army the tapmador is there for
the citizens as always
citizens are the mothers citizens of the
fathers
the tatmador always acts according to
the law and obeys the constitution of
2008.
the tatmador held the election for
justice for all the parties
which leads to democracy the way the
people always wanted
well for a third consecutive day
thousands have taken to the streets
across myanmar
demanding that democracy be restored and
calling for the release of the civilian
leader anxious
police use water cannon on the crowd
state tv has warned the protesters that
action will be taken if they threaten
the rule of law with the latest here's
jonathan head
monday morning and much of myanmar was
on the move
in packed lines marching to make their
feelings known
numbers are hard to estimate but these
protests are big
and gaining momentum confidence and
organization
today they came in professional groups
teachers
engineers and here in the city of
mandalay
an early morning mobilization of lawyers
this isn't yet the general strike talked
about by opponents of the
coup but that's where it's heading
something like
a nationwide uprising against the
military
in the capital nepador the city designed
by the generals to insulate themselves
from unrest
a chaotic standoff between police and
protesters
with occasional blasts of water cannon
to little effect
the hunter's authority is being
challenged even in its stronghold
something has to give younger burmese
have little experience of military
repression
but their parents know what's possible
here
the last protests against military rule
13 years ago
ended in bloodshed
even with today's scrutiny by hundreds
of smartphones
broadcasting on social media no one can
be sure that this crisis
won't end in the same way jonathan head
bbc news bangkok
well let's speak to tinto assay who's
the former editor of the
bbc burmese service she joins me live on
the program and thank you so much
for your time here what do you make of
what the general has been saying
the protests and the threats from state
tv
the general was rather persuasive
in his tone and he just reinstated what
he has been
saying ever since he took power he took
over power
from the uh sansuchi-led government
what um what is interesting is
he didn't address the people that
took to the street since weekend
he just mentioned about the road map the
five steps road map they are going to
carry out
and he repeatedly said
he's going to honor the projects and the
trade agreement made by the previous uh
made by
ansan tsuji's government and he
also what the
the general is saying is that people are
out in the street although he didn't
address this but he said don't judge
things
with emotion he said the from their own
investigation
the union election commission belonged
to the previous government
they there are a lot of discrepancies
they've just fought
they found out so they're going to
address that investigate that
and after that he talks about facts not
feelings
and yet didn't produce any of the facts
himself how ominous do you think it is
though
that uh those warnings uh to protesters
how long do you think it is likely to be
for the military
actually has a rather more brutal
crackdown we know what they are capable
of
the military it looks like they are
they have a strategy and they are
following their plan
today they their counter protesters came
out
it they were in there yesterday a day
before yesterday on the third day
counter protester game
came out and they they could it could
break into violence and disorder but
today
they just display their force the
counter protesters
and tomorrow the people there is curfew
as the news mentioned just now curfew is
imposed on
across the country several towns and
major cities
the people we have to wait and see
whether the people
will come out again tomorrow if the
people start protesting tomorrow
and if very likely the counter protester
will be on the ground as well if there
is any violence or disorder happened
drastic action can be expected from the
police
this has this has happened before this
have
happened before and it wouldn't be
surprised
if this repeat if this kind of action is
repeated again
well we shall see it into our survey
thank you very much for being on the
program thanks so much for your time