Is it Business-as-usual? Myanmar Military Hold First Cabinet Meeting After Coup Published February 3rd, 2021 - 08:54 GMT
A car leaves the residence of Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on February 2, 2021, as Myanmar s generals appeared in firm control a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Suu Kyi detained. STR / AFP
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Myanmar held the first meeting of its new Cabinet Wednesday after the military seized power.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers was held at the presidential palace with the participation of the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and President Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Vice President Myint Swe, and nine Cabinet members appointed to replace ministers who were dismissed on Tuesday, according to a statement by the information unit of the Myanmar army.