Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in Myanmar's second biggest city: witness

YANGON: Police fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar's second biggest city, according to a witness.

"The police fired tear gas only at demonstrators who were holding (National League for Democracy) flags," a witness at the scene told AFP, referring to the party headed by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The witness declined to be named for fear of her safety.