Calls for Australia to offer asylum to Myanmar temporary visa holders critical of the military coup

Community leaders are calling for the Australian government to provide asylum to temporary visa holders from Myanmar as violence continues in the South-East Asian nation.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Myanmar since the military seized power and detained government leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.

Dozens of people have been injured and at least five killed amid violent clashes between protesters and police in the country’s major cities including Yangon,…