Country’s powerful military have previously threatened to ‘take action’ over alleged fraud in a November election

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s president and other senior ruling party figures have been detained by the military in an early morning raid, a party spokesman said on Monday.

Spokesman Myo Nyunt told Reuters that Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders had been “taken” early in the morning. “I want to tell our people not to respond rashly and I want them to act according to the law,” he said, adding he also expected to be detained.

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