Power tussle: Hlaing (left) is in full control of Myanmar after the coup toppled Suu Kyi’s government. Both are seen here in a 2015 file photo. — Reuters
Yangon: After an election last November, Myanmar’s army chief had faced imminent retirement, as well as the sidelining of the army’s favoured political party and foreign calls for him to be tried for war crimes against Rohingya Muslims.
On Monday, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was in full charge of Myanmar after a coup toppled elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose popularity for standing against decades of junta rule had won her another landslide.
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