Anti-regime groups have threatened to target the election.
“Those who have to go to polling stations for voting, you go,” said an officer of an anti-coup People’s Defence Force group, from Pale township in Sagaing region.
“But go home straight afterwards for your safety.”
Some people had been forced to take part, he added: “We have understood people have had guns pointed at them as a type of pressure for voting.”
In Yangon many voters declined to identify their preferences, or discuss the turnout, but Wai Phyo Kyaw, a candidate for the junta-allied People’s Pioneer Party, shrugged off concerns.
“You should vote for the candidate you like. If you don’t, you’ll end up with no one you support,” he said.
“Some people choose not to vote,” he added, “but it may not be good for them”.
Source: CNA
