MORE than 100,000 people flooded the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city yesterday, joining Buddhist monks in the strongest show of dissent against the ruling generals in nearly two decades.

In swelling tides of humanity, two major marches snaked their way through Yangon led by robed monks chanting prayers of peace and compassion, witnesses said.

About 800 of them stopped to pray near a roadblock guarded by 100 riot police blocking the street to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s home.

A second march estimated by witnesses at up to 100,000 people headed north of the city.

It appeared to stretch for as long as a kilometer, blocking traffic on one of the city’s major thoroughfares.

Analysts believe the junta is holding back because any violence against the monks in this nation would spark a huge outcry.

(SD-Agencies)