Hopes for democracy swept away

Rivals: Suu Kyi and General Min Aung attending a meeting in Naypyidaw in this file picture. — AFP

THERE was panic-buying of food, military roadblocks in the capital Naypyidaw and a triumphant pro-army rally in Yangon in the hours after a coup in Myanmar.

But there was also quiet anger simmering among those whose hopes for the country’s democratic future have been stolen.