Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party on Monday (February 01) said its leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on the public not to accept a coup by the military and urged them to protest.

“The actions of the military are actions to put the country back under a dictatorship,” the NLD said in a statement which carried leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s name.

“I urge people not to accept this, to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the military.”

The statement, released on the Facebook page of its party head, Aung San Suu Kyi, said the military’s actions were unjustified and went against the constitution and the will of voters.

Several Myanmar political figures, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, have been detained amid escalating tensions between the country’s civilian government and the military.

A spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders were “taken” in the early hours of Monday (February 01).

The move comes after an election that the army says was fraudulent, an allegation that Myanmar’s election commission has rejected._Agencies