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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Burma s military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have been detained. Here are some possible reasons why the military has taken over now: FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Myanmar s Vice President Myint Swe, right, smiles while sitting with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and then President Htin Kyaw during a photo session after the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
Myanmar’s army seized power in an apparent coup during the early morning hours Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with members of her party and declaring a state of emergency, which signaled an end to the Southeast Asian nation s nascent democratic experiment.
A newsreader on the military-owned Myawaddy TV confirmed the coup hours later, citing widespread voter fraud in the country s general elections this past November, which Suu Kyi’s party National League for Democracy (NLD) won in a landslide. The newsreader said Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of
Myanmar s armed forces, would be in charge of the country while Vice President Myint Swe, a retired general and close ally of
Biden threatens sanctions after military stages coup in Myanmar, detains Aung San Suu Kyi
The takeover came the morning the country’s new parliamentary session was to begin and follows days of concern that the military was plotting a coup.
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NAYPYITAW, Myanmar Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule.
An announcement read on military-owned Myawaddy TV said Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing would be in charge of the country for one year. It said the seizure was necessary because the government had not acted on the military’s claims of fraud in November’s elections in which Suu Kyi’s ruling party won a majority of the parliamentary seats up for grabs and because it allowed the election to go ahead des
Read more about India expresses deep concern after military coup in Myanmar on Business Standard. India on Monday expressed deep concern on the developments in Myanmar and said it believes that the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld
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A vehicle with Myanmar and military flags and supporters of the Myanmar military and the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party passes by a row of police vehicles with police security onboard parked near the Kyauktada police station in Yan
Myanmar’s military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule.
An announcement read on military-owned Myawaddy TV said the military would take control of the country for one year.