Coup leaders say they will control Myanmar for one year before election

A vehicle with Myanmar and military flags and supporters of the Myanmar military and the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party passes by a row of police vehicles with police security onboard parked near the Kyauktada police station in Yangon, Myanmar (AP)

Myanmar’s military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule.

An announcement read on military-owned Myawaddy TV said the military would take control of the country for one year.