They took power in a rash, reacts to Myanmar's imprisoned leader

The leader, caught this morning, said the army was trying to re-establish the dictatorship.

“I urge the people not to accept this, to respond and wholeheartedly protest against the puchi from the army,” says in a statement issued in her name, the Guardian, translates Periscopi.

Military television reported this morning that the military had taken over the country for a year, with power giving commander Min Aung Hling.

It said that the army had declared a state of emergency, and had imprisoned the leading government leaders as response to “fraud” during the last general election.

Mobile phones and the internet were stopped in this beautiful place. All the banks were closed. /Periscope