we begin in myanmar where thousands of
people have defied
threats of violence to take part in a
new day of protest against the country's
military rulers
this comes a day after police fired live
ammunition to disperse protesters in the
city of mandalay
killing at least two people and injuring
several others
the crowds were forced to flee as
security forces
chased after them using slingshots
rubber bullets and water cannon
the protesters were repeating their call
for an end to military rule after a coup
nearly three weeks ago
they return despite the risk the reality
now crystal clear for these
demonstrators
after police killed two more people with
live ammunition on saturday
it was the worst violence since mass
rallies began weeks ago
past uprisings against the military have
failed these demonstrators want them
gone
for good
i remember my parents fought against the
military coup
during the 1988 revolution and i too
have to stand against this dictatorship
if we fail to stand against them this
time
our next generation will live under the
military dictatorship
so we can't stop this time
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i want to say through the media
to the dictator and his henchmen
we are peaceful demonstrators
stop the genocide stop
using lethal weapons
but they can't go it alone protesters
are appealing to the international
community
for solidarity
the number of people has increased today
and we will not stop
we will keep going until we reach our
goal of democracy
we want other countries to take more
severe actions
than sanctions
on sunday facebook deleted the
military's page for inciting violence
following saturday's deadly crackdown
the killings have only strengthened the
protesters resolve
they hope that this time perhaps they
can free myanmar
from a military that refuses to
relinquish
power journalist dave grunibaum is
following developments in myanmar from
malaysia's capital kuala lumpur and he
joins us now
for the latest hello to you dave so
um more protests today people seem
undeterred
by yesterday's fatal clashes with the
riot police
what are you hearing on the ground in
myanmar
yeah i mean we're already seeing video
thousands of demonstrators out on the
streets in yangon today out on the
streets of mandalay today
again these deaths happen yesterday
these these this fatal incident it is
just becoming a rallying cry for the
demonstrators i've spoken to people
in yangon the biggest city since
yesterday's fatal incident
and they tell me that this they are just
rallying behind these people they see
them
as absolute modders and it's just adding
more fuel to the protest movement they
have no intention
of backing down the police the people
are just out in force and it's not just
in mandalay and yangon we talk a lot
about them because they're the two
biggest cities as well as native to the
capital
but there are people demonstrating in
cities towns and small villages
across the country now much of the
international community has condemned
the deadly force
used by the military against protesters
but
dave are we going to see any further
consequences i mean
is there going to be anything more than
declarations
yeah so we're seeing you know sanctions
that are coming from the west
um economic sanctions targeted economic
sanctions at certain generals and
military-aligned businesses but
here's the thing the generals were
prepared for this before they went
forward with the military coup they knew
that there would be sanctions coming
from the west
to really have any chance to get the
generals to
reverse course you're gonna have to get
some asian countries
on board china would be a big player in
this because china's got some leverage
but
they show no signs of wanting to
pressure the generals to reverse
course uh they've called for no violence
they've called for the release of aung
sang su chi and other leaders who've
been
uh put under house arrest are locked up
but they don't seem to want to be able
to
show no signs of pressure in the
channels to make changes when it comes
to the association of southeast asian
nations again they're calling for no
violence
but they tend to have a policy of
non-interference
in each other's internal affairs so
without pressure from some asian
countries
there seems to be little hope that the
generals would reverse course
journalist dave gruenbaum thank you so
much for your reporting
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