Coup in myanmar
26 that he did not rule out the possibility of a coup when asked about it at a media conference. Signs of an impending coup were building in recent weeks as a military spokesperson said on Jan. People hold up images of Myanmar's de-facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, while shouting at a protest outside the country's embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. There were also reports of phones and internet being cut in the capital of Nay Pyi Taw and in some parts of the commercial center of Yangon. The state-run Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) announced on its social media page that it was no longer working on Monday morning. Reuters reported that it subsequently was unable to contact him. NLD spokesman Myo Nyunt confirmed to Reuters that Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Win Myint and other NLD leaders were “taken” in the early hours of the morning, adding that he expected to be arrested himself. Suu Kyi had spent 15 years under house arrest while leading the struggle for democracy against the Burmese military junta and was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for her "nonviolent" efforts.
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was previously ruled by the military for nearly five decades before appearing to slowly transition to democratic rule a decade ago and holding its first general elections in years in 2015, which was also a landslide victory for the NLD. 1, 2021 that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the countryâs senior politicians including Suu Kyi had been detained. Myanmar military television said Monday, Feb. The constitution guarantees the military 25% of seats in Parliament and control of several key ministries.įILE - In this May 6, 2016, file photo, Aung San Suu Kyi, left, Myanmar's foreign minister, walks with senior General Min Aung Hlaing, right, Myanmar military's commander-in-chief, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. 8 election was meant to be a referendum on Suu Kyi’s popular civilian government but her party expanded their seats in Parliament, securing a clear majority and threatening the military's tight hold on power. The role of state counsellor, akin to a prime minister or a head of government, was created because Myanmar's 2008 constitution barred Suu Kyi from becoming president, since her late husband and children are foreign citizens. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate who is still revered in her country despite losing some of her international luster for her refusal to condemn the Myanmar army’s atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority, is understood to have had a tentative shared power agreement with the military since she was named state counsellor in 2016, offering the government a veneer of democratic legitimacy as they embarked on a decade of reforms. Myanmar's military has detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup on February 1, 2021. (FILES) In this file photo taken on July 19, 2018, Myanmar's Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar armed forces, salutes to pay his respects to Myanmar independence hero General Aung San and eight others assassinated in 1947, during a ceremony to mark the 71th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon.