Myanmar power grab – what we know so far

Up in arms: Myanmar migrants holding up a poster with the image of Myanmar’s Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during a demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok. — AFP

Yangon: The military’s seizure of power follows weeks of tensions with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.

Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders were taken into custody by soldiers yesterday as the first new parliamentary session was due to be held.