Myanmar Imposes Martial Law After Chinese Factories Set Ablaze
- Order in 6 Yangon townships comes as death toll rises
- Chinese Embassy asked for protection of investments, citizens
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Myanmar’s junta on Monday extended “full martial law” to additional areas in Yangon following a weekend of nationwide protests that left at least 50 people dead in the wake of a brutal crackdown by security forces.
Coup leaders first imposed the measure in two townships late Sunday after the Chinese Embassy asked authorities to guarantee the safety of Chinese investments and citizens they said were attacked earlier in the day, leaving an undisclosed number of injuries. The orders were later expanded to four more townships in Yangon.