Myanmar ruling party announces arrest of president and party leader

Unidentified persons detained the leader of the ruling National League for Democracy party and the de facto head of government, Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as the country's president, Vin Myin, a representative of the party reports to Reuters.

“I would like to tell people not to react rashly and to act in accordance with the law,” said a spokesman for the party.

The representative of the party noted that he himself expects detention.

TV and radio broadcasts in the country have been interrupted, the state-owned broadcaster MRTV reported on Facebook. The company referred to technical problems.

The report of the detention appeared against the backdrop of the political crisis that emerged after the parliamentary elections in November 2020.

According to the Myanmar CEC, the National League for Democracy won 396 parliamentary seats and the right to form a government. The "Party of Solidarity and Development of the Union", which is supported by the military, won 33 seats. After that, the military began to declare fraud during the vote, and the commander of the armed forces of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlain, announced the possibility of repealing the country's Constitution.

In January, the military dismissed reports of an impending seizure of power in Myanmar unfounded. The Associated Press reported yesterday that a cluster of military equipment was seen on the streets of Myanmar cities.