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Myanmar s Military Didn t Just Overthrow Aung San Suu Kyi s Government It s Cracking Down on All Forms of Dissent

Myanmar’s Military Didn’t Just Overthrow Aung San Suu Kyi s Government. It’s Cracking Down on All Forms of Dissent Time 2/2/2021 Emily Fishbein © STR/AFP/Getty Images Soldiers sit inside a military truck outside a Hindu temple in Yangon on Feb. 2, 2021, as Myanmar s generals appeared in firm control a day after a coup that saw the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi overthrown. Just before 5 a.m. Monday, three officers from Myanmar’s national police force showed up at Po Po’s home in Yangon. The officers, two of whom carried rifles, asked for her husband Min Thway Thit, a former leader of a prominent dissident student union. “They said they wanted to ask some questions,” says Po Po. “I asked whether they had a search warrant to enter his room, and they told me it wasn’t necessary.”

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Leaders detained, internet cut off and banks closed: How Myanmar woke to a military coup

Leaders detained, internet cut off and banks closed: How Myanmar woke to a military coup. Mamamia 2/02/2021 Billi Fitzsimons © Getty Images Leaders detained, internet cut off and banks closed: How Myanmar woke to a military coup. On Monday morning, the 54 million people of Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia, awoke to an attempt to dismantle their relatively new democratic government. At dawn, Myanmar s military seized control of the country after detaining their democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other government officials. Amid the political unrest, the country s internet was temporarily cut off, banks were closed and flights have been cancelled.

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