In this file photo taken on March 30, 2016, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (R) arrive for the handover ceremony at the presidential palace in Naypyidaw. - Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup on February 1, 2021, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi as it imposed a one-year state of emergency. - AFP
YANGON, Feb 1 (AFP): There was panic-buying of food, military roadblocks in the capital Naypyidaw and a triumphant pro-army rally in Yangon in the hours after a coup in Myanmar.
But there was also quiet anger simmering among those whose hopes for the country's democratic future have been stolen.
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