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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi in remand till Feb 17; Internet cut, then restored
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been remanded in custody until Wednesday (Feb 17), not Monday as previously thought, her lawyer said. The junta cut Internet service and deployed troops around the country in signs of a feared crackdown on anti-coup protests, hours after security forces fired to disperse a demonstration in the country s north. The Internet outage lasted until about 9am.
In recent days, Western newspapers have zeroed in on what Myanmar s political crisis means for America s rivalry with China, US correspondent Charissa Yong writes in Power Play (for subscribers). But regional experts caution against overstating the importance of the Sino-US competition in understanding and responding to the coup. In reality, both great powers actually have limited leverage