The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar has urged authorities in Myanmar to take effective measures to stop violence and punish the perpetrators after several Chinese-invested factories in Yangon were smashed, looted or burnt and some Chinese employees were injured.  

The Violence by pro-democracy protesters against Chinese properties are mounting in Myanmar and security forces are opening indiscriminate fire to check the attacks.

At least 38 protesters were killed on Sunday after two Chinese-financed factories were set on fire and a host of other Chinese properties attacked.

Many posts in Burmese social media even carried threats to "set fire" to an oil and gas pipeline that connects the China-financed port of Kyaukphyu in Myanmar's Rakhine state to China's Yunnan province .

Protesters have been carrying placards saying "Myanmar military coup, Made in China", reflecting huge Burmese anger over Beijing's muted response to the coup that has been severely criticized by the West.

India has avoided direct criticism of the takeover but expressed "serious concern" at the Myanmar situation and called for an "orderly democratic transition". Late on Sunday, the Chinese embassy described the situation as "very severe" after pro-democracy protesters set ablaze two Chinese-financed garment factories in Hlaingthaya suburb of Yangon.

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) claimed that at least 22 protesters had died in the Hlaingthaya firings.

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