In order not to take part in demonstrations against the military coup, supervision at a garment factory in Myanmar detained thousands of workers in the factory.

Thousands of workers who work at GY Sen, the factory that supplies the T-shirts to Jenama Primark, are prohibited from leaving the factory because they are feared that they will participate in demonstrations against the coup carried out by the Myanmar military.

As is known, since Myanmar was in a coup by the military on February 1, 2021, more than dozens of demonstrators have died because they were shot by pro-military armed forces while carrying out a demonstration.

The coup stems from military suspicion claiming that the results of elections won by Aung San Suu Kyi's party in November last year were rigged.

Although the election organizers considered that the fraud claim was not proven, the military continued its coup action. Now more than a dozen people have been reported killed as a result of clashes with the authorities, thousands of others have been detained.

Quoted by Pikiran-rakyat.com (PR) from The Guardian on March 13, 2021, thousands of GY Sen garment workers were prevented by their supervision from demonstrating in the capital city Yangon on February 18, 2021.

More than 1,000 workers locked up in the factory, they were only released in the next few hours. The workers also reported that about 20 people were fired because they failed to work to take part in the demonstration.

It happened after many workers in Myanmar refused to come to work to demonstrate. On the other hand, a spokesman for GY Sen dismissed accusations they had locked up workers at the factory from demonstrating.

Responding to this issue, Primark as the party working with GY Sen promised to coordinate with the supplier.

"If necessary, it may involve a trusted third party. If there are ethical rules that are violated by GY Sen, then we will jointly resolve this issue, "said Primark's official statement.

Primark also stated his commitment to side with the workers.

"We believe it is our responsibility to do all we can to support the workers involved in the production chain."

The workers said that GY Sen had often had problems treating workers who worked for him. Before the coup issue, another issue that had become a complaint of GY Sen workers was the excessive workload and the threat of dismissal if they refused overtime.