Coup in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi detained
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Coup in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi detained
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's governing National League for Democracy (NLD) party, has been arrested, the spokesman for the party said.
It comes amid tensions between the civilian government and the military, stoking fears of a coup.
The NLD won enough seats in parliament to form a government in November, but the army says the vote was fraudulent.
The army has called on the government to postpone convening parliament, which was due to take place on Monday.
Spokesman Myo Nyunt told the Reuters news agency by phone that Ms Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders had been "taken" in the early hours of the morning.
"I want to tell our people not to respond rashly and I want them to act according to the law," he said, adding he also expected to be detained.
Aung San Suu Kyi: Democracy icon who fell from grace
The BBC's South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, says there are soldiers on the streets of the capital, Naypyitaw, and the main city, Yangon.
Telephone and internet lines in Naypyitaw have been cut, the BBC's Burmese Service reports.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55882489
Soldiers also visited the homes of chief ministers in several regions and took them away, family members said.
On Saturday Myanmar's armed forces promised to abide by the constitution as concerns grew that they were preparing to stage a coup.
It comes amid tensions between the civilian government and the military, stoking fears of a coup.
The NLD won enough seats in parliament to form a government in November, but the army says the vote was fraudulent.
The army has called on the government to postpone convening parliament, which was due to take place on Monday.
Spokesman Myo Nyunt told the Reuters news agency by phone that Ms Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders had been "taken" in the early hours of the morning.
"I want to tell our people not to respond rashly and I want them to act according to the law," he said, adding he also expected to be detained.
Aung San Suu Kyi: Democracy icon who fell from grace
The BBC's South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, says there are soldiers on the streets of the capital, Naypyitaw, and the main city, Yangon.
Telephone and internet lines in Naypyitaw have been cut, the BBC's Burmese Service reports.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55882489
Soldiers also visited the homes of chief ministers in several regions and took them away, family members said.
On Saturday Myanmar's armed forces promised to abide by the constitution as concerns grew that they were preparing to stage a coup.
Bringing the news. You stay classy, nas, Cambodia.
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Same same, but same.
#SEAsia #Dictatorship #Coup #Dictatorship
#SEAsia #Dictatorship #Coup #Dictatorship
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Depressing to open the newspaper and see this. Now we have assholes across the board running all of Southeast Asia. Same same same ASEAN.... Same same same: no democracy anywhere near for thousands of miles, kilometres and light years.
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Given her appalling support for the military - and thus her tacit approval - of atrocities against the Rohingya population, I’m finding it hard to give a flying fuck about her or the country’s plight.
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Since when was it ever any different?
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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It's obvious that she's was under tremendous amounts of internal pressure. What you would have done differently In her shoes?
You really don't want to see Scooby in women's shoes ... #allegedlyFred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:58 amIt's obvious that she's was under tremendous amounts of internal pressure. What you would have done differently In her shoes?
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
He would've happily spent another 15 years under house arrest, calling them "the happiest days of my life."Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:58 amIt's obvious that she's was under tremendous amounts of internal pressure. What you would have done differently In her shoes?
She took every opportunity she could to support them and their genocide. There are numerous interviews where she actively states there was nothing done wrong. She even acted as a defence witness for them in the ICC.Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:58 amIt's obvious that she's was under tremendous amounts of internal pressure. What you would have done differently In her shoes?
Saying she was under pressure is giving her a pass. Perhaps Eichmann should have said he was under pressure too, and got off too.
Fuck her. She’s always been a bigot but then she is simply playing to the religious bigotism that is deeply ingrained in Myanmar society.
There is no such thing as rohingya, they a Bangladeshi and its time for them to go home.
Yes mate. You posted the same thing under your regular ID several months ago. It was as twattish then as it is now.Jumpjump wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:00 pmThere is no such thing as rohingya, they a Bangladeshi and its time for them to go home.
The rohingya people have been settled in Rakhine area of western myanmar for over a thousand years, long before Bangladesh became a nation. To say they should sod off back to Bangladesh shows a stunning lack of historic understanding. Many of them - around 700,000 were forced to flee into Bangladesh for safety during 2016 and 2017.
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