By the following afternoon, the death toll had risen to 58. A December 2021 Human Rights Watch report tallied at least 65 casualties, with victims ranging from the ages of 17 to 78. Many victims were buried at nearby Hteinbin Cemetery. No security force casualties were reported. Perpetrators The massacre was jointly executed by security forces from the Myanmar Army, under the command of Nyunt Win Swe, and the Myanmar Police Force, under the command of Myo Min Htike, the police chief of Yangon Region. Riot police (called lon htein) collaborated with soldiers from the 77th Light Infantry Division (LID) during protest crackdown. Aftermath As the events unfolded, at least 32 Chinese-owned factories in the township had been deliberately set on fire by unknown assailants, with losses totaling $37 million USD. Following the massacre, security forces established a heavy presence in the township's main areas. On the following Tuesday, 17 March, security forces killed at least 6 workers and arrested another 70 workers after a wage dispute at a Chinese-owned shoe factory in Hlaingthaya. In the immediate aftermath of the massacre, thousands of migrant workers fled the township, returning to their hometowns. By September 2021, at least 73 factories in Hlaing Thaya's three industrial zones - Hlaingthaya, Shwe Linban, and Shwe Thanlwin - had shuttered, rendering at least 20,000 workers unemployed. Reactions Domestic On the evening of 14 March, the military regime imposed martial law in Hlaing Thaya and neighbouring Shwepyitha townships, vesting judicial and executive authority with Nyunt Win Swe, the army commander of Yangon Region. Protesters were labelled by Burmese state media as "rioters" The following day, martial law was expanded to North Dagon, North Okkalapa, South Dagon, and Dagon Seikkan townships. International In the aftermath of the massacre, several United Nations bodies, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and International Organization for Migration, denounced the violent crackdown in Hlaingthaya. Christine Schraner Burgener, the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy on Myanmar, and Dan Chugg, the British ambassador to Myanmar, called for the immediate cessation of violence. Chinese state media focused attention on the financial damage caused by the crackdown. The Chinese embassy in Myanmar called for Burmese security forces to ensure the safety of Chinese companies and personnel, to protect major Chinese investments in the area. Anthony Blinken, the US secretary of state, condemned the military's lethal crackdown and called for the international