MyanmarKyaw Tint Swe, who is considered to be the right hand of Ms. Suu Kyi, and several people connected to the civilian government were arrested on the night of February 10.

Kyi Toe, a member of the National Coalition for Democracy (NLD) party information committee, said today Tint Swe Kyaw, a close aide regarded as the right hand man of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, together

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A police officer stands behind a warning sign using lethal weapons on a road in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 8 Photo: Reuters

Myanmar officials have not yet commented on the arrest of Counselor Suu Kyi's closest aide.

The Myanmar people's protest has entered Friday. Hundreds of workers gather on a street in the capital Naypyitaw to support the civil disobedience movement, chanting slogans against the military government and

Hundreds of protesters protested outside the Chinese embassy in Yangon, accusing Beijing of supporting the military government despite denying it.

The Myanmar army on February 1 arrested Suu Kyi and many Myanmar government officials for widespread fraud in the November 2020 election.

The Myanmar army on February 8 ordered martial law in the two largest cities, Yangon and Mandalay, to prohibit people from demonstrating or gathering too many, and asked people not to go to the street from 20 a.m. to 4 a.m.

Many activists announced they would continue to fight.