Buddhist nuns display images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a street march in Mandalay.Credit:
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership,alleging fraud in a November election her party won in a landslide.
Uncertainty has grown over Suu Kyi’s whereabouts,as the independent Myanmar Now website on Friday quoted officials of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party as saying she had been moved this week from house arrest to an undisclosed location.
The coup has brought hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets and drawn condemnation from Western countries,with some imposing limited sanctions.
Police were out in force in cities and towns from early on Saturday in their most determined bid to stamp out the protests.
Paramedics tend to a protester injured during a demonstration.Credit:
In the main city of Yangon,police took up positions at usual protest sites and detained people as they congregated,witnesses said. Several journalists were detained.
Confrontations developed as more people came out to demonstrate despite the police operation.