Many Myanmar residents took to the streets on Monday to curse the leader of their country.

On 3 July, the birthday of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the people of Myanmar and revolutionary groups expressed their strong discontent through “cursing strikes” in several locations in the country.

Min Aung Hlaing is 67.

In Yangon, the Kyimyindaing Networks (KMD18) and the Mayangone Democratic Front (MDF) revolutionary groups joined forces to hold the strike on the birthday of the military leader by putting photos of Min Aung Hlaing’s on the ground and trampling on them. The strike was carried out in the city centre where security was tightened by junta forces.

An official of the Mayangone Democratic Front (MDF) told Mizzima, "When it was the birthday of the people's leader Mother Suu [Aung San Suu Kyi], the people wore flowers on their heads and wished her a happy birthday, but on the birthday of the terrorist leader Min Aung Hlaing, they trampled his picture on the ground and wished him a speedy death.”

In addition, the leading committee of the public strike of Yesakyo Township and the people of Yay Le Kyun joined together to curse the military leader Min Aung Hlaing and hold a mock funeral ceremony for him as a form of protest.

Similarly, the Yinmabin-Salingyi Villages Strike Committee orchestrated a cursing strike on the occasion of Min Aung Hlaing's birthday, utilizing this form of protest to voice their discontent and opposition.

On his birthday, a resident of Yangon told Mizzima that junta soldiers were conducting patrols in densely populated areas of the city, and the security measures implemented were notably stringent and tightly enforced.