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The leader of the coup in Myanmar has made his first TV address, seeking to justify the action amid mass protests. Min Aung Hlaing said November's election, won in a landslide by the party of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, had been unfair. The military has begun to impose restrictions in some areas, including curfews and limits to gatherings.

Soe Win Tan, the head of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Burmese service, believes that the military are planning to hold on to power 'for the long haul' and that their actions point to a more longterm clampdown.

Photo: Myanmar's military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing speaks in media broadcast in Naypyitaw 8 Feb 2021 Credit: MRTV via Reuters