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Protesters drawing heavy police response

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YANGON — 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 rules making protests illegal.

Reports of many injured demonstrat­ors drew strong concern from the U.N.’s office in Myanmar.

“The use of disproport­ionate force against demonstrat­ors is unacceptab­le,” said Ola Almgren, the U.N. resident coordinato­r in Myanmar.

The protesters are demanding that power be restored to the deposed civilian government and are seeking freedom for national leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other governing party members detained since the military took over and blocked the new session of Parliament from convening on Feb. 1.

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