Army confines Myanmar MPs to government housing after coup
Myanmarese residents living in Japan holding portraits of Myanmar s de facto government leader Aung San Suu Kyi stage a protest rally in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, after Myanmar s military was taking cont Hundreds of members of Myanmar s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Suu Kyi s National League for Democracy party, meanwhile, released a statement calling for the military to honour the results of last November s election and release all of those detained.