Electricity supplies were cut in many parts of Myanmar on Friday because of a system failure, a utility official in the biggest city of Yangon said.
Published : 05 Mar 2021, 03:05 PM
Residents of cities from the capital Naypyitaw, to Yangon and Mawlamyine in the south reported the power going off in the early afternoon.
"It happened because of a system breakdown, we didn't cut the power. It'll be back in the evening," said a utility official in Yangon.
The power cut came after weeks of protests over a Feb 1 military coup that has included a civil disobedience campaign of strikes by many state workers that has disrupted daily life.