[Newsmaker] Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, other senior figures detained in late-night raid: ruling party
Feb 1, 2021
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in anearly morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy (NLD) said on Monday. The move came 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 othe