NLD official, Zaw Myat Linn, died in custody after he was arrested early Tuesday, the second party figure to die in detention in two days, as security forces broke up street protests against the military junta. Police also cracked down on independent media, raiding the offices of two news outlets and detaining two journalists.

Myanmar recalled its British ambassador Tuesday, a day after he urged the military junta to release detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, state media reported. The MRTV news channel said Kyaw Swar Min had released the statement without following orders. Hundreds of young Myanmar protesters who’d been trapped by security forces in the Sanchaung district of Yangon have been able to leave the area, activists said.

The US is ‘repulsed’ by Myanmar army’s continued use of lethal force against its people and urged the military to exercise ‘maximum restraint, State Dept spokesman Ned Price said Tuesday.