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Myanmar shuts down internet in bid to stifle protest
Anti-coup demonstrators prepare to confront police during a protest in Tarmwe township, Yangon, Myanmar

MYANMAR’S wireless broadband internet services were shut down today as the coup regime sought to disrupt ongoing protests.

The move came following instructions issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

After weeks of overnight cutoffs of internet access, the military shut all links today apart from those using fibreoptic cable, which was working at drastically reduced speeds.

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