Police fired rubber bullets at protesters in the Myanmar capital today to disperse the protest against the military coup.

"They fired two warnings into the sky, then fired rubber bullets at protesters," said a resident of the capital Naypyidaw, adding that he saw some people injured.

Before that, the police repeatedly used tornadoes to disperse protesters, but they still marched and shouted, demanding an end to the military ruling.

Today is the fourth person in a row to protest against the coup across Myanmar.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, demanding the release of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and a series of government officials arrested by the military after the February 1 military coup.

Myanmar military leaders yesterday ordered martial law in the two largest cities, Yangon and Mandalay, to prohibit people from demonstrating or gather large numbers of people, and asked people not to go out from 20:00 the day before to 4:00.

Many activists announced they would continue fighting.

Today New Zealand became the first foreign government to take concrete action against the Myanmar coup, announcing a cessation of high-level military and political contact with Myanmar.

The US, Great Britain, the United Nations and the European Union have condemned the coup, calling on the Myanmar military to soon return power to the civilian government.

The United Nations Human Rights Council announced it will hold an emergency meeting later this week to discuss the crisis in Myanmar.