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Feb
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar police file charges against Aung San Suu Kyi after coup

Myanmar police file charges against Aung San Suu Kyi after coup

WORLD
MYANMAR police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment and she will be detained until February 15 for investigations, according to a police document. The move followed a military coup on Monday and the detention of Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and other civilian politicians. The takeover cut short Myanmar's long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from the United States and other Western countries. A police request to a court detailing the accusations against Suu Kyi, 75, said six walkie-talkie radios had been found in a search of her home in…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
U.N. fears for Myanmar Rohingya after coup, Security Council due to meet

U.N. fears for Myanmar Rohingya after coup, Security Council due to meet

WORLD
MICHELLE NICHOLS  THE United Nations fears the coup in Myanmar will worsen the plight of some 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in the country, a U.N. spokesman said as the Security Council planned to meet today on the latest developments. Myanmar's military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other political leaders in early morning raids. A 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine State sent more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing into Bangladesh, where they are still stranded in refugee camps. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi

WORLD
MYANMAR’s military seized power yesterday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to "election fraud", handing power to military chief General Min Aung Hlaing and imposing a state of emergency for one year, according to a statement. Suu Kyi's party said she had called on people to protest against the military takeover, quoting comments it said had been written in anticipation of…
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