Myanmar coup poetasters at Tokyo Olympics

Members of Burmese community in Tokyo gathered in front of the National Stadium to protest and bring attention to the coup in Myanmar.

The group said that athletes from Myanmar participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games were not representatives of the whole country.

"How can the Olympics start in the spirit of peace and equality and yet ignore what is happening in Myanmar" said Lae lae Lwin, a Burmese nurse living in Japan.

Fellow protester Thant Zaw Htet said he wanted to hear from the athletes themselves, and whom they represent.

"If they accept the Myanmar military, I am against them," he said.

The military took power of Myanmar in February after ousting Aung San Suu Kyi elected government and arresting her and other top officials in her government.

The party was about to begin a second five-year term in office after a landslide election victory last November.