Policemen stand guard behind a road barricade, as a part of security preparations ahead of next week's opening of Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. Photo: AP Policemen stand guard behind a road barricade, as a part of security preparations ahead of next week's opening of Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. Photo: AP
Policemen stand guard behind a road barricade, as a part of security preparations ahead of next week's opening of Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. Photo: AP
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Myanmar coup fears mount as military refuses to accept election results

  • Myanmar's election commission rejected the military’s allegations of fraud in the November poll won by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy
  • The UN and foreign embassies have sounded alarm and security is tight after the military refused to rule out a coup if its complaints were ignored

Topic |   Myanmar
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 10:09pm, 29 Jan, 2021

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Policemen stand guard behind a road barricade, as a part of security preparations ahead of next week's opening of Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. Photo: AP Policemen stand guard behind a road barricade, as a part of security preparations ahead of next week's opening of Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. Photo: AP
Policemen stand guard behind a road barricade, as a part of security preparations ahead of next week's opening of Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. Photo: AP
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