After elected member Aung San Suu Kyi was detained by the military
in an attempt to take back control of the state, Myanmar’s ousted National
League for Democracy (NLD) party called for the release of Suu Kyi and
other detained leaders on Tuesday, AFP reported.

“Release all detainees including the president (Win Myint) and the
State Counsellor (Suu Kyi),” the party said in a document posted on its
official Facebook page.

NLD described the coup as a “stain” on the military’s history, demanding
that they “recognise the confirmed result of the 2020 general election.”

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“We see this (the coup) as a stain on the history of the State and
the Tatmadaw,” it said, referring to the military by its Burmese name.

Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader, was detained by the military on Monday
along with President Win Myint.

The military established its control after a 10-year experiment with
democracy, with ex-general assuming the role of President and army chief Min
Aung Hlaing being handed over the “legislative, judicial and executive powers.”

There has been no official news on Suu Kyi’s whereabouts since the
takeover although party sources have told AFP they believe she is currently
under “house arrest” in the capital Naypyidaw.

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The NLD swept the November polls with a landslide victory with voters
delivering a drubbing to military-linked parties.

Since then the military have alleged vote irregularities and demanded an
investigation into voter lists, and cited this as a justification for the coup.

It imposed a one-year state of emergency, after which it said it will
hold elections before returning the country back to a civilian government.

It remains unclear how many NLD members and MPs are detained, but mobile
communications have been severed with many party members since Monday.

Party sources say some 25 NLD MPs are currently confined to their
resident dorms in Naypyidaw.