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In a dramatic turn of political events in Myanmar, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint, and other senior officials have been detained by the military, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said reported PTI.
Myanmar military television says that the military has taken control of the country for one year.
“I received internal reports about our state counsellor and the president being taken by the military. As far as I was informed, Shan State’s Planning and Finance Minister U Soe Nyunt Lwin, Kayah state’s NLD chairman Thaung Htay and some NLD representatives of the Ayeyarwady region’s Parliament have been detained,” the spokesperson said.
“Two members of the Central Executive Committee of the party were taken and I am also waiting to be detained as I was informed by our members that my turn will come shortly,” he added.
Phone lines to Naypyitaw, the capital, were not reachable in the early hours of Monday.
Parliament had been due to start sitting there on Monday after a November election the NLD had won in a landslide.
According to Sputnik, In January, Myanmar’s military raised the prospect of a coup d’etat after what they believed was widespread voter fraud during the November 8 election, which was the country’s second general election since the end of military rule in 2011.
US President Joe Biden administration has reacted the developments with A White House Spokesperson saying : The US opposes any attempt to alter outcome of recent elections or impede Myanmar’s democratic transition & will take action against those responsible if these steps aren’t reversed. We’re monitoring the situation closely & stand with the people of Burma:
