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Leaders held as Myanmar declares 1-year emergency By YANG HAN in Hong Kong | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-02-02 07:22 Soldiers are seen inside City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday. The Myanmar military said that it will rerun multiparty general elections after a one-year state of emergency declared earlier in the day.[Photo/Agencies]
A yearlong state of emergency was announced in Myanmar after the detention of senior government leaders on Monday.
A declaration signed on Monday morning by First Vice-President U Myint Swe, a former general who is serving as acting president, and announced on the military-owned Myawaddy TV, also stated that state power is being handed over to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing.