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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a visit in Thayarwaddy township, Bago region. Suu Kyi has been ‘detained’ by the military, her party spokesman said early on Monday. AFP
Myanmar coup: What we know
Mon, 1 February 2021
The Myanmar military’s seizure of power on February 1 follows weeks of tensions with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.
Suu Kyi and other top civilian leaders were taken into custody by soldiers on the same day as the first new parliamentary session was due to be held since a national election last November.
Here’s what we know so far:
Explainer: Why has the Myanmar military staged a coup and what happens next?
The military today declared it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency. By Hayley Halpin Monday 1 Feb 2021, 1:28 PM Feb 1st 2021, 1:28 PM 17,052 Views 5 Comments Military supporters drive-by police trucks parked aside the Streets in Yangon, Myanmar Source: SIPA USA/PA Images
EARLIER TODAY, MYANMAR’S military staged a coup, detaining democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The military declared it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency.
The intervention follows weeks of rising tensions between the military, which ruled the country for nearly five decades, and the civilian government over elections in November last year that Suu Kyi’s National League for Democrac
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A verified Facebook account from Myanmar s National League for Democracy (NLD) party has published a statement on behalf of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying that people should not accept a military coup and should protest.
The NLD said the statement, which was uploaded on a Facebook page used by the party during its election campaign, was written before Monday s coup had taken place. Reuters could not immediately reach NLD party officials for comment.
Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since she was detained in early morning raids along with other key party figures and activists.