A formal complaint has been filed against Myanmar's state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi. The pro-democracy leader has been remanded in custody for two weeks. According to CNN and the Saudi Gazette, Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) says Suu Kyi, 75, will remain in custody until February 15.
Earlier, Suu Kyi was arrested on charges of violating import-export laws. The country's military TV confirmed that a one-year state of emergency had been declared in the country. Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD won a majority in the November election last year. But the army made allegations of election fraud.
Later on Monday, Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Laing took power. Meanwhile, after the military coup in Myanmar, hundreds of the country's parliamentarians have been detained under the open sky in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.
A day after the arrest of the president and several government officials, including Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy, members of parliament were detained and held under the open sky. According to media reports on Tuesday, at least 400 more lawmakers were detained inside their official residence complex. Not being allowed to come.
Several lawmakers said police were deployed inside the residence complex and army members were patrolling outside.
