The detention on Monday of Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other senior officials and political figures, in what some were calling a coup by the military, followed months of escalating tensions in the southeast Asian country.
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Soldiers clear traffic as an armored personnel vehicle moves on a road in Yangon, Myanmar, January 28, 2021. /Reuters
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