UN chief calls for international pressure to ensure Myanmar coup fails

The UN secretary-general has called for the international community, like these Burmese people living in Japan, to ensure the coup in Myanmar fails (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on international leaders to ensure Myanmar’s coup fails as police levelled their first formal charge against the country’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Top generals announced on Monday that they would take power for one year, accusing Ms Suu Kyi’s government of not investigating the military’s allegations of voter fraud in recent elections.