Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior members of Myanmar’s ruling party have been detained by the military after several days of rising tensions over the results of a recent election, raising fears of a coup in the south-east Asian country.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s 75-year-old state counsellor, President Win Myint and other members of the National League of Democracy were arrested at their residences in the capital Naypyidaw early on Monday, according to reports on BBC’s Burmese service and Reuters.
Sean Turnell, an Australian academic who serves as an adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, confirmed the reports, and said that internet and phone service in the capital were down.