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His comments couldnt immediately be confirmed. The coup came as lawmakers gathered in the capital for the opening of a new parliamentary session. The military said the seizure was necessary because the government had not acted on the militarys unsubstantiated claims of fraud in Novembers election, in which Suu Kyis party won a majority of seats. It claimed the takeover was legal under the constitution. The move was widely condemned abroad. The coup highlights the extent to which the generals ul...

Police in Myanmar have charged deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi with having several illegally imported walkie-talkies in her home, legally allowing her to be held until February 15, members of her party said Wednesday (local time). Suu Kyi was detained Monday along with other senior politicians when the military staged a coup the day the newly elected Parliament was supposed to open its session. Party officials say she has not been moved from her residence, where she was being held und...

Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi detained for 2 weeks under import-export laws following coup CNN 2/3/2021 By Helen Regan, CNN © Aung Shine Oo/AP FILE - In this Jan 27, 2021, file photo, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi watches the vaccination of health workers at hospital in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Reports says Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 a military coup has taken place in Myanmar and Suu Kyi has been detained under house arrest. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File) Myanmars deposed leader Aung Sa...

February 3, 2021 Share Myanmar’s new leader said the military government installed after Monday’s coup plans an investigation into alleged fraud in last year’s elections and will also prioritize the COVID-19 outbreak and the economy, a state newspaper reported Wednesday. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing announced the moves Tuesday at the first meeting of his new government in the capital, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said. The military has said one of its reasons...

Police have levelled their first formal charge against Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, members of her party said on Wednesday, giving military authorities who staged a coup a legal reason to detain her at least until the middle of the month. The charge — that Ms Suu Kyi was in possession of illegally imported walkie talkies — came to light two days after she was placed under house arrest and appeared to be an effort to lend a legal veneer to her detention, though the generals h...

YANGON (Myanmar): Police in Myanmar have charged deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi with having several illegally imported walkie-talkies in her home, legally allowing her to be held until Feb. 15, members of her party said Wednesday. Suu Kyi was detained Monday along with other senior politicians when the military staged a coup the day the newly elected Parliament was supposed to open its session. Party officials say she has not been moved from her residence, where she was being held un...

Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her February 4, 2021 GMT YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar authorities charged the country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, with possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies, her allies said Wednesday, a move that gives the generals who overthrew her legal grounds to detain her for two weeks. The charge came to light two days after Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest and appeared to be an effort to lend a legal veneer to her detention,...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi detained for 2 weeks under import-export laws following coup Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for two weeks, according to her party’s spokesperson, two days after the country’s powerful armed forces seized control in a coup. Suu Kyi, who was the country’s de facto leader under the title state counsellor, was issued with an arrest warrant for breaching the country’s import and export laws. National League for Democracy (NLD) spoke...

Myanmars Suu Kyi hit with import law charge after coup Issued on: 03/02/2021 - 12:04 2 min Yangon (AFP) A Myanmar court has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with breaching an import and export law, a spokesperson from her National League for Democracy (NLD) said Wednesday. The charges come days after the military staged a lightning coup, detaining Suu Kyi and Myanmar president Win Myint, and the army chief General Min Aung Hlaing was granted "legislative, judicial and executive powers"....

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar leader overthrown in a military coup two days ago, was on Wednesday charged with violating a trade rule, a party spokesman said. A court "ordered her to be remanded in custody for 14 days from February 1 to 15, accusing her of violating an import/export law," National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Kyi Toe wrote on Facebook. The violation is allegedly over illegally-imported radios. Former president Win Myint has meanwhile been charged with violating the Natu...