Myanmar military declares one year emergency after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi.
Yangon, Myanmar:
Myanmar's military declared a one-year state of emergency on Monday, handing power to a former general after arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior officials.
An announcement read out on military-owned Myawaddy TV said the move was needed to preserve the "stability" of the state, accusing the country's election commission of failing to address "huge irregularities" in a November election.
Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, was detained in the early hours along with the president and other top politicians after weeks of tensions with the military over the allegations of vote-rigging.