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Using election fraud as a pretext, general Min Aung Hlaing has decided to take over Burma thanks to a rather vague interpretation of the 2008
constitution. What happened to lead to these events?
Myanmar (also known as Burma) is a former British colony that obtained its independence in 1948. From 1962 to 2011 the country was governed by an oppressive military junta. In 1990, the government held free elections that were won by the National League for Democracy – Aung San Suu Kyi’s party – with 80% of the seats in parliament (i.e 392 out of 492 seats). However, it was too good to be true and the military junta refused to leave and therefore continued to rule the nation since its dissolution in 2011.
As the Myanmar military took power over the weekend following their accusations of election fraud, internet disruption affected large parts of the country. The full extent of the disruption only lasted a few hours, after which many services returned. So what was happening? How the internet
BBC News
By Christopher Giles
The military takeover in Myanmar on Monday resulted in internet disruption in large parts of the country.
The authorities have now blocked access to Facebook, which they said was for the sake of stability .
How the internet dropped off
The restrictions to the internet were reported on Monday at 03:00 local time (20:30 GMT on Sunday).
Internet connectivity had dropped to 50% of normal levels by 08:00 local time that day, as people were waking up to the news of the military takeover. Army cut off the state media TV and radios, local phone line and internet getting disabled across the country, tweeted Burmese Reuters journalist Wa Lone.