Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained amid reports a military coup is underway in the country.
The National League for Democracy, Myanmar's governing party, said that Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid.
The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent.
Spokesman Myo Nyunt told Reuters by phone that 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.
Click the link to the rest of the article. Sounds a lot like a plan we have all been reading about, no?
My thoughts exactly
Agreed and of course it’s a coup by the military and not preservation of democracy
Cant preserve what’s not there.
We haven’t been a democracy in a long fucking time friendo.
What was No Names dog that died randomly? Burma. Burma = Myanmar?
Where was No Name laundering lobby monies etc?! Myanmar.
Random coincidence I’ve been playing Crusader Kings 3 as the Mon people... had no idea about the political situation in Myanmar just liked the map position.
Too bad I can’t play in the US in case my magical video game powers are real.
My thoughts exactly. Why does Burma get to have a military coup while we're stuck with our system in America. Sucks man
Cue Oprah: YOU GET A MILITARY COUP!
YOU GET A MILITARY COUP!
YOU GET A MILITARY COUP!
We had a coup, it put Biden in office.
Underrated comment
Boooooo! Double coup! Let's go!
two scoops, two coups!
BASED AF ?
Truth
First Saudi Purge, now this.
These are the coming attractions, and when it happens here, it will be the "feature presentation."
Didn't Q 88 say
SA (1) , US (2), Asia (3), EU (4)?
Go USA!
Looks like (2) & (3) may happen near simultaneously
That they did... weird... wow.
Enjoy the show
CNN: BURY THIS
They're actually taking the angle that the Military was in the wrong. Biden has encouraged them to release their president. Like he knows if there was fraud or not? He and the media are simply planting the seed that that is the wrong thing to do.
The timing of all of this is really really really suspect.
Wish that was us.