UN envoy warns of possible civil war in Myanmar

United Nations special envoy for Myanmar has repeated her warning that civil war could erupt in country, saying people are arming mselves against military junta and protesters have started shifting from defensive to offensive actions.

Speaking at an event hosted by Foreign Press Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Christine Schraner Burgener said country's situation was worsening with a hampered health sector and a collapsing banking system.

"People will soon also suffer from hunger and clearly if y only see a way out through violence and if ethnic armed organisations continue to give m support _ which is also clearly good because y show unity _ but if y give support in a violent way n it goes in direction of a civil war," she said Friday.