Myanmar Cops Fled to India after Refusing Orders to Kill their own People

NEW DELHI: After the political turmoil in the Myanmar government, the military decided to seize all the power of the Aung San Suu Kyi led government and detained the leader and other stakeholders of the elected body.

This comes after the parliamentary elections were lost by the army-backed opposition and demanded a re-run of the election, raising allegations of widespread fraud that were not backed by the electoral commission.

Meanwhile, more than 60 protesters have been killed and 1,900 people have been arrested since the coup, an advocacy group said to the media.

In the latest round of reports, a Myanmar Cop identified as Tha Peng was ordered to shoot at protesters with his submachine gun to disperse them in the Myanmar town, however, he refused to kill his own people.

Notably after refusing the "shoot to kill" order for the second time, Peng resigned from the force and left his home and family behind and travelled for three days, mostly at night to avoid detection, before crossing into India's northeastern Mizoram state.

It is to be mentioned that the Myanmar authorities have requested India to send back their eight police officers, who have crossed into Mizoram since last Wednesday to take refuge after last month's military coup and declaration of emergency in the neighbouring country, officials said on Saturday.

In a letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Champai district in Mizoram, Maria C.T. Zuali, his counterpart in Falam district in Myanmar, Saw Htun Win, requested to detain the eight Myanmar police personnel and hand them over to the country.

On the other hand, in a recent face-off between the military and the protestors, a sister identified as Ann Rose Nu Tawng, a Nun in Myanmar made herself a bullet shield to protect children who would have been the victims of the junta's forced power.

She stood in front of their guns without protection and begged them not to shoot. When they told her to leave she told them that if they wanted to kill everyone they'd have to kill her first.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, was ruled by the armed forces from 1962 until 2011 when the military decided to take back the controls from the Aung San Suu Kyi led government.

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