Coup in Myanmar

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Myanmar’s army has declared that it has taken control of the country and announced a state of emergency, hours after it detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party. Phone and internet access to the capital Naypyitaw were lost on Monday morning, state-run MRTV television said it had been unable to broadcast, and soldiers were reportedly deployed outside City Hall in the main city of Yangon on Monday morning. Military television later reported that the army had taken control of the country for one year, with power handed to commander-in-chief General Min Aung Hlaing. It said it had detained senior government leaders in response to fraud during last year’s general election.

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Not that long ago, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Aung San Suu Kyi was a hero of the democratic struggle. I wonder if there will be as much of an outcry now that the military have taken over, as there would have been only a few years ago.

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