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Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared at a court hearing via video conferencing Monday as supporters marched in several towns and cities in defiance of a crackdown after the bloodiest day since the Feb. 1 military coup.
Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in the main city of Yangon on Monday, witnesses said. They later combed through side streets firing rubber bullets and at least one person was hurt, media reported.
Myanmar's military junta guaranteed on Tuesday that it would hold an election and hand over power, denied its ouster of an elected government was a coup or that its leaders were detained, and accused protesters of violence and intimidation.
02 Feb 2021 / 17:02 H.
(Corrects date of the Saffron Revolution to 2007 in paragraph 17)
By Antoni Slodkowski
Feb 1 (Reuters) - After an election last November, Myanmar s army chief had faced imminent retirement, as well as the sidelining of the army s favoured political party and foreign calls for him to be tried for war crimes against Rohingya Muslims.
On Monday, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was in full charge of Myanmar after a coup toppled elected leader Aug San Suu Kyi, whose popularity for standing against decades of junta rule had won her another landslide.
The army acted in the name of alleged election malpractices - which the electoral commission had denied - and said it would hold a fair ballot when conditions were right and hand over to the winner.
(This Feb. 1 story corrects date of the Saffron Revolution to 2007 in paragraph 17)
(Reuters) - After an election last November, Myanmar s army chief had faced imminent retirement, as well as the sidelining of the army s favoured political party and foreign calls for him to be tried for war crimes against Rohingya Muslims.
On Monday, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was in full charge of Myanmar after a coup toppled elected leader Aug San Suu Kyi, whose popularity for standing against decades of junta rule had won her another landslide.
The army acted in the name of alleged election malpractices - which the electoral commission had denied - and said it would hold a fair ballot when conditions were right and hand over to the winner.