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Aung San Suu Kyi detained in a military coup over election fraud allegations on Monday. She will remain under house arrest until the military trial concludes.
After Dethroning Aung San Suu Kyi, Army Forms New Govt in Myanmar The newly formed government included new appointments in the portfolios for finance, health, information, foreign affairs, defence, borders and interior. | 2 Feb 2021 7:27 AM GMT Myanmar: On February 1, Myanmar's military seized control of the country and detained Aung San Suu Kyi along with other key leaders. Notably, the military declaring a state of emergency alleged that election fraud took place in the November vote in which many members of its party lost. New members of the government is: 1) U Wunna Maung Lwin –...
Aung San Suu Kyi in Jail, What Now? Fourth coup in Myanmar Myanmar is seeing its fourth military coup since independence from the British in 1948. On February 1, the Myanmar military called the “Tatmadaw” had taken over the country from State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint. Early in the day, the military arrested Suu Kyi, Win Myint and some of the ruling National League for Democracy’s Central Executive Committee members, MPs and regional cabinet members. The state-run television service was cut off. Only the military-owned Myawaddy channel was accessible. Mobile...
Military reorganize government in Myanmar Military reorganize government in Myanmar Naypyidaw, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The Armed Forces of Myanmar announced a reorganization of the cabinet on Monday, hours after taking over power and declaring a one-year state of emergency. By virtue of that, they appointed 11 new ministers and removed 24 deputy ministers, according to a communiqué read on national television, which is also in the hands of the military. The newly appointed ministers are those of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Border Affairs, Planning, Finance and Industry, Investment and Foreign ...
Political Ghosts Come Back to Haunt Myanmar Political Ghosts Come Back to Haunt Myanmar Myanmar military commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (center) and deputy commander-in-chief Vice Senior General Soe Win (behind the senior general, to the left) attend the 21st-Century Panglong Peace Conference in Naypyitaw in 2018. / The Irrawaddy 9.1k By Kyaw Zwa Moe 29 January 2021 A familiar political specter is haunting Myanmar—the possibility of a coup d’etat. A military coup is never the right solution to a political problem, but the country’s powerful military leader has been ...