Myanmar junta defends coup and accuses Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption

Armed police patrol a street in Yangon, Myanmar (AP)

Myanmar’s military junta has defended last month’s coup and its actions towards those opposed to it.

At a news conference in the capital Naypyitaw, the military presented a video of a former political colleague of ousted national leader Aung San Suu Kyi claiming he had handed over large amounts of cash and gold to her personally, in what the military has characterised as corruption. Such allegations were previously denied by her lawyer.