At Least 39 Reported Killed in Burma as Chinese Factories Burn

People look at smoke believed to be from a factory fire during the security force crack down on anti-coup protesters at Hlaingthaya, Yangon, Burma, on March 14, 2021. Stringer/Reuters

Security forces killed at least 22 anti-coup protesters in the poor, industrial Hlaingthaya suburb of Yangon, Burma (also known as Myanmar), on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories were set ablaze there, an advocacy group said.

A further 16 protesters were killed in other places, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said, as well as one policeman, making it the bloodiest day since the Feb. 1 coup against elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.