Myanmar's military seizes power in coup, detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi urges revolt

[sandensea]

Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's civilian government, urged people across the country to rise up and oppose a military takeover that saw the army take control of the country Monday.

Suu Kyi and other leading officials were detained earlier, the day before legislators elected in November were due to start a new parliamentary term in office.

"I urge people not to accept this, to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the military," according to a statement that carried Suu Kyi's name but not her signature. "Only the people are important."

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party (NLD) won 83% of votes in November's election and the country's election commission has rejected allegations of impropriety. The army has declared state of emergency for a year and says it will hold elections after that.

Military leader Min Aung-Hliang will now head the government, according to Myawaddy TV, which is controlled by the army. The military said it seized control of the Asian country of 55 million in response to "election fraud."

At: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/aung-san-suu-kyi-urges-people-resist-military-coup-n1256316

[CaptainTruth]

1. Imagine if Trump had retained command of the DC Guard.

He might have tried to use them on January 6 to do this here in America. Instead, the Pentagon disarmed him, effectively disarming the DC Guard & taking him out of the chain of command in a January 4 memo. One day after all 10 living former defense secretaries published a letter to Trump warning him to not try to use the military in his effort to overturn the election.

I'm really looking forward to the truth behind that memo coming out.

[sandensea]

2. +1

May the real story behind 1/06 come out - though I suspect people will start falling out of windows soon (if they haven't already).