Myanmar's coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing took part in an online video conference with other ASEAN defence chiefs on Thursday, his first international engagement since seizing power, state-run television showed.

Meanwhile, protesters against the military coup came under fire from police on Wednesday in Yangon's Hlaing Township.

Video obtained by Reuters showed bottles, some lit, being launched by a group of protesters over a makeshift barrier, as live fire can be heard. Security forces also torched protesters' barricades, detaining 20 people, the Irrawaddy and Myanmar Now news portal reported. There was no word on casualties.

Western countries have condemned the military coup and called for an end to the violence and for the release of Myanmar's elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others. Countries like Thailand have offered to help find a solution, as hundreds of people who have fled are sheltering in areas controlled by ethnic militias on the Thai border, an official from one of the groups said Thursday.

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