Tag: Win Myint

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘in quarantine’ after staff tests Covid-19 positive

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with knowledge of the case said Monday. The 76-year-old’s civilian government was ousted in a coup last year that triggered mass protests, and she faces a raft of charges that could see her jailed for more […]

US gov’t demands immediate release of Suu Kyi, other Myanmar leaders detained by military

  (Eagle News) — The United States government said it is “alarmed” over reports of the detention of Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior officials of the country as it called on the Myanmar military to immediately release the officials it had detained. “The United States is alarmed by reports that the Burmese military has taken steps to undermine the country’s democratic transition, including the arrest of State Counselor Aung San […]

News channels blocked as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, President Win Myint, other ministers detained

  News channels have been cut off in Myanmar and internet connection were severely disrupted on Monday, Feb. 1, as the nation’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar President Win Myint, had been “detained” in the capital Naypyidaw. Along with Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, the chief minister of Karen state and several other regional ministers were also held, according to party sources, on the very day when the new parliament was […]