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Myanmar junta cracks down on crowds defying protest ban

| February 9, 2021 6:27 AM

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police cracked down on demonstrators opposing Myanmar’s military coup, firing warning shots and shooting water cannons to disperse crowds that took to the streets again Tuesday in defiance of new protest bans.

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