Myanmar MPs say army guarding their housing after coup

Myanmar’s military stand guard at a checkpoint manned with an armored vehicle in a road leading to the parliament building on Tuesday in Naypyitaw (AP)

Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, meanwhile, released a statement calling for the military to honour the results of last November’s election and release all of those detained.