Myanmar Coup: Military Crackdown Tightened With Win Htein Arrest; People Bang Pots & Pans In Protest

Myanmar's military is tightening its crackdown on the former civilian government, with the arrest of a senior leader from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party. Win Htein was taken from his Yangon home early on February 5. BBC reported that he was arrested under sedition laws. Suu Kyi and other leaders have been detained since the military launched its coup on February 1. Their whereabouts still remain unknown. The military overthrew Suu Kyi's government after it claimed a November election won by the NLD was fraudulent, though the country's election commission said there was no evidence to back up these allegations. The act has been met with global outrage. Residents in some cities including Yangon have conducted nightly protests from their homes, where they have been banging pots and pans and singing revolutionary songs. Some healthcare workers, teachers and civil servants have either organised small protests or gone on strike, while others have continued to work wearing symbols of defiance such as a red ribbon. Many have also turned online to protest the coup. The military has since temporarily banned Facebook, which is widely used across the country. Watch the video to know more.