The military coup in Myanmar: freedom icon Aung San Suu Kyi arrested

Since the days there were rumors about a possible impending military coup in Myanmar. Now the former freedom icon and De is Facto head of government, Aung San Suu Kyi firmly.

According to the information of your party are taken in addition to your other high-ranking politicians of the country by the military. It came in on Monday night (local time), as a spokesman for the government party said National League for democracy (NLD), the German press Agency.

The party spokesman himself considered according to the information provided also with his soon-to-be capture by security officials. “I would like to say to our people that they should not react hastily, and I want you to act according to the law,” said the government spokesman.

Myanmar soldiers in 2019, at a military parade photo: Ann Wang/REUTERS

An eye-witness, Reuters reported that at least a dozen soldiers were positioned in front of the city hall of the capital city and several military vehicles in the vicinity had taken a position. More the phone since the morning hours lines to the seat of government in Naypyitaw interrupted. Residents reported outages in Internet services and mobile communications. The state TV channel MRTV wrote on Facebook that he could not send due to technical problems.

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