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Armed soldiers travel in a convoy of army vehicles patrolling in Mandalay, Myanmar on Wednesday (AP) YANGON, MYANMAR: 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 on Wednesday. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing announced the moves on 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 for ous...

Police in Myanmar charge deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possessing illegal radios Police in Myanmar have charged deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi with having several illegally imported walkie-talkies in her home, members of her party said on Wednesday. Ms Suu Kyi was detained on 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 said she had not been moved from her residence, where she was being held under house arrest. The charges against Ms Suu Kyi ap...

Myanmar's ousted leader charged with possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies Thibault Camus/AP FILE - In this June 28, 2012 file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits Sorbonne University in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) and last updated 2021-02-03 07:29:51-05 YANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar have charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possessing several illegally imported walkie-talkies in her home, legally allowing her to be held until Feb. 15. Police charge sheets say the radios were found when Suu Kyi was detained Monday after the military sta...

New charge against Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives military legal basis to detain her after coup Updated on: February 3, 2021 / 2:52 PM / CBS/AP Myanmar's leader detained as military takes power Police leveled their first formal charge against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, her allies said Wednesday, accusing her of possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies and giving the military authorities who staged a coup a legal reason to detain her for two weeks. The charge came to light two days after she was placed under house arrest and appeared to be an effort to lend a lega...

Anger and anxiety over what’s to come following Myanmar’s coup The streets of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, appeared outwardly calm Tuesday morning, as residents made their way to work a day after the military detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically-elected leaders and seized control of the country. But behind the business-as-usual facade, anxiety is growing among many as to what will come next. Memories of living under the brutal military rule of the past are seared into the minds and bodies of many Burmese people. Critics, activists, journalists, academics and artists wer...