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A parallel government opposed to military rule in Myanmar announced on Tuesday it was forming its own police force, in its latest effort to hamper the junta鈥檚 efforts to govern after a coup last year.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi鈥檚 elected government, which ended a decade of tentative democracy and sparked nationwide opposition by groups determined to force the generals to cede power.

The military has labelled its opponents 鈥渢errorists鈥�, including the shadow National Unity Government (NUG), an alliance of anti-junta groups of which many members are in hiding or in self-imposed exile.

The NUG said it was ready to take responsibility for domestic law enforcement with a police force accepted by the people.

Its purpose was 鈥渢o take lawful action against the terrorist military council for committing human rights violations, war crimes and terrorism acts against the people,鈥� the NUG said in a statement.

It is not immediately clear how and when the NUG would form and operate a police force and how many personnel it would recruit. Spokespersons for the NUG and the ruling military council could not immediately be reached by Reuters for comment.

The NUG has since last year led a campaign to raise funds and stifle the military鈥檚 efforts to consolidate power, ranging from tax boycotts and overseas bond issues to a mock sale of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing鈥檚 mansion.

The NUG last year called for the public to rise up against the military in a 鈥減eople鈥檚 defensive war鈥�, announcing the formation of People鈥檚 Defence Forces, which have battled troops in the countryside.

About 700,000 people have been displaced by fighting and instability in Myanmar since the coup, according to the United Nations.

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