Explainer: All eyes on Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing as military seizes power


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  • Monday, 01 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's commander-in-chief, shakes hands with National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi before their meeting in Hlaing's office at Naypyitaw December 2, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

(Reuters) - Myanmar's powerful military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is in the spotlight after politicians from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party were detained and the army announced it was taking power.

Myanmar's military is notoriously reclusive and even sophisticated observers know little about its inner workings.

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