![]() (END VIDEO TAPE) ANDERSON: Well, there is widespread international condemnation of this coup. WATSON (voice over): A country with a long history of violence now headed into a new period of uncertainty. So we have extremely, you know, troubling situation from here on because the pretense of civility in politics, and the pretense of democratization is finished. MAUNG ZARNI, CO-FOUNDER, FORCES OF RENEWAL SOUTH EAST ASIA: The Burmese military have proven themselves very capable of slaughtering its own people. Without providing evidence, the military claimed electoral fraud and has now used these claims to justify its overthrow of the government. On November 8th 2020 the people of Myanmar went back to the ballot box in another national election despite the threat of COVID-19 they voted in huge numbers expanding Suu Kyi's mandate and all but crushing military backed candidates at the polls. The Nobel Peace Prize winner defended the military rejecting accusations of genocide. ![]() Though Aung San Suu Kyi was their ethnic cleansing in - state. But excitement over Myanmar's transition to civilian rule faded in 2017 amid disturbing scenes of hundreds of thousands of members of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority fleeing across border to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military crackdown. She entered an uneasy power sharing agreement with the military. WATSON (voice over): People celebrated in the streets after Suu Kyi and her party won by a landslide. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Some people who had decided that they must be involved in the political process of this country. That changed in 2015 when the military finally allowed the country's first modern democratic elections. WATSON (voice over): During military rule Suu Kyi became an international symbol of Myanmar's pro-democracy moment, winning a Nobel Peace Prize while under house arrest in -for some 15 years. ![]() MAUNBG: It's devastating because now people are wondering are we going to live under another five to seven decades of this shadow over us. There is just no way to verify where they are or what they are doing? WATSON (voice over): For many in Myanmar, the military's shocking power play is a dramatic reminder of what up until 2015 had been more than a half century of military dictatorship where any public decent was brutally crushed. MANNY MAUNG, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: We have also heard that activists and some student leaders and politicians from around the country and not just in the - they've been taken. WATSON (voice over): Now detain and held in Communique Caddo the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with the president and a growing number of other top government officials from her national league for democracy party. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the duration of the state of emergency is set to one year. An announcement read out on the military-owned TV channel declaring that this man, the Military Chief is now assuming control of the government. Troops showing up before dawn at the homes of elected lawmakers in Myanmar arresting them in the dark. Ivan Watson has more on the startling speed of this coup and how the latest detention of Suu Kyi highlights history of political turmoil in Myanmar? (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE) IVAN WATSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): It is a textbook example of a military coup. Well, democratically elected officials including de facto civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi now detained at their residences. And they say they will return power to whichever party wins a free and election though they did not say when that election will take place. Military leaders seen here meeting at the Presidential Palace say they have staged the coup because their allegations of voter fraud in November election were not properly investigated. There is a widespread internet outage, and the banks are closed and military propaganda videos appearing on the state television. Well, today the capital streets are blocked by soldiers. ![]() It is again under military rule the country's armed forces seizing power three months after their party suffered overwhelming defeat in national elections. It is 10:30 pm in Myanmar where we begin this hour. BECKY ANDERSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL HOST: Hello and welcome. This is CONNECT THE WORLD with Becky Anderson. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ANNOUNCER: Live from CNN, Abu Dhabi. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. Myanmar's Military Seizes Power, Detains Aung San Suu Kyi International Condemnation Of Military Takeover In Myanmar David Nabarro: "We Would Like To See A Fair Approach" On Vaccines Connecting You Through Our Pandemic Era World Health Organization Team In China To Investigate Origins Of Virus Scottish Fishermen: Red Tape Threatens To Kill Business.
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