Myanmar's military government prevents access to Facebook

Myanmar's new military government has prevented access to Facebook as opposed to Monday's coup surged. There were calls for the civil strike to protest the ousting of the elected civilian administration and its chief Aung San Suu Kyi.

Facebook is very popular in Myanmar, and the ousted regime had commonly made public statements on the social media site.

Internet users said the division began late Wednesday night, and mobile service provider Telenor Myanmar affirmed in a statement that mobile workers and internet service providers in Myanmar had got a directive from the information ministry to briefly block Facebook.

Telenor Myanmar, which is section of the Norwegian Telenor Group, announced it would also observe, though the order was a violation of human rights.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said outside Myanmar should make sure Monday's move fails.

He described the military action as "unacceptable", adding its perpetrators should be shown this is not how a country should be run.

The UN Security Council is considering a possible statement, but China is expected to block any form of information condemning the coup.

But despite the UN envoy for Myanmar urging an emergency conference of the Security Council on Tuesday to ensure that "democracy is expeditiously restored" to the Southeast Asian nation, the United Nations' most powerful body took no direct action.

A prepared statement was not issued because it requires support from all 15 council posts and the U.N. missions for China and Russia stated they wanted to forward it to their capitals for investigation, the diplomats said, speaking on situation of anonymity because the conference was closed. China has close relations to Myanmar.

The political party ousted in the coup, and other activists in Myanmar are asked for a battle of civil revolution to resist the takeover.

In the front are medical personnel, who have declared they won't work for the military power and highly regarded for their work that too during the coronavirus pandemic that is putting pressure on the country's now weak health system.

For a second night Wednesday, residents in Yangon were engaged in protests with people hitting pots and pans and honking car points under cover of darkness.

Recent protests have revived an anthem closely associated with the failed 1988 uprising against the military dictatorship.

Myanmar was under martial rule for five decades after a 1962 coup, and Suu Kyi's five years as a general are it is most democratic.