Activists hold placards during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 1, 2021, after Myanmar's military seized power from a democratically elected civilian government and arrested its leaders. (CNS photo/Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters) Myanmar’s military again seized control of this majority Buddhist country of almost 55 million people early Monday morning, Feb. 1, and arrested Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and the country’s de-facto leader, state President Win Myint and leading democratically elected members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, which won over 80 percent of the votes in last November’s national elections. Commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing has taken control of the country.