and our focus is not just on their suffering but also on the more after live and inspiring stories people trust our duty to tell them what's happening in their communities in a clear and i'm biased and as an african i couldn't be more proud to be part of. a military coup in men more army generals say they're seizing power for one year alleging fraud and november's elections. hello there i'm laura karl this is al jazeera live from doha. the facts only to unsung suchi and other political leaders are detained parsi is calling for protests . in the military says power has been transferred to the commander in chief general

men flying. also had knowledge of their investigation uncovers a criminal network colluding with bangladeshi security forces and profiting from links with the prime minister shake us ina. began and man maher by the military has seized power and declared a state of emergency the democratically elected leader unsung suchi has been detained along with other senior politicians from the ruling party the military says it's a response to alleged fraud in november's election that returned the national league for democracy to power and says it will hold new elections and hand over power at the end of the one the state of emergency. l d policy is calling on the people to wholeheartedly protest against the coup it's got to hide the reports. myanmar was supposed to mark an exercise in democracy on monday but instead the military rounded up the nation's democratically elected

leadership including on song suchi it then announced a coup on military run t.v. . in the name of the state to the merge and see is in effect nationwide and the generation of the state of emergency is set to one year military chief men playing now rules the country monday was to be the 1st session of a new parliament after on songs to cheese party the national league for democracy a landslide victory in november. recently the army made accusations of election fraud and tension between the civilian government and the military increased last week when a general refused to rule out the possibility of a coup and the malware like this member of parliament and all the leaders in military critics were taken into detention before dawn this is our worst nightmare quite clearly this is the myanmar military scrapping the democratic experiment you know you're talking about a party that won a landslide election truly

a landslide election and all of the sudden we have. sunk sochi we have the president and other top people. under detention and a state of emergency manufactured by the military to justify your long seizure of power there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation in myanmar as well as the united nations the u.s. state department has called on the military to release all those who have been detained australia's prime minister says his country is keeping a close watch. rather disturbing. developments i'm aware of those troubling reports in the foreign minister has been following the the banks in myanmar have shut due to poor internet connection and not knowing what might come next people are stocking up on supplies it's got hardly al-jazeera. let's take a look at the general now in charge being on flying took over the military in 2011 that was the same year that man maher began undergoing major political

transformation under power sharing agreements the military has had a may just say in defense and border affairs as also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament. has been credited for his involvement in critical national security issues such as cease fire agreements with ethnic groups but 2 years ago he was signed by the us for his role in a military crackdown on rango muslims which led to more than 730000 people fleeing to neighboring bangladesh in recent interviews with local media general klein said he'd be open to entering politics once he's stepped away from the minute train. joins us now live from yang gone the situation there now in herring no makers say that they are under guard at their residences in nathan dogs and get a bit more information from the actual capitol itself yeah a little bit more information is coming out from the capital now this morning old

from around 4 in the morning. phone connection was cut off there so for the 1st few hours of this it was really unclear what was going on which is a great to be on moving lots of people lots of rumors lots of people worrying about what's going on when they're hearing that most. people who have been detained are being detained within their own homes or their own compound the military and the m.p.'s for example all stay in one big compound together so it's reasonably easy to keep them detained and rounded up but it seems that they're still able to communicate so there is some information coming out from there and we were just talking a little bit about the general who has taken power men on flying the l.t. is said that this could is about his a personal ambitions rather than concern for the country what are you hearing people saying about why this is happened. yeah that's definitely what people have

definitely been speculating about that many on line himself was he was due to retire in july july when he turned 65 because according to law that says that he's got to leave his post then and i think you know he had been hoping to enter politics he mentioned in interviews as he said in your intro and also he has said in other interviews that he wants to continue working for the country so it's obvious that he wants to still be involved in some way in politics he wanted to continue that leadership but it's very difficult for him to do that without legal or do that legally without sort of extending his term which can only be done if you call on the national security council which can only be done with the ok of the president to at the met before today was a presidential nominee from the n l d so. his. guy so he's following uncensored she in the end of the party line he's and they have decided to refuse to hold that

council because it gives the military lots of different powers that cancel his majority military so it's parts a 1000000000 military but they would have the majority vote on any kind of decision including the extension of minong lines. and so because they haven't been able to do that he hasn't had any legal way of doing that and i think it's important to note that the military are very unlikely to want to get rid of this constitution they spent years writing it they spent years implementing it and getting to the stage where they are quite comfortable i mean a lot of them they still have a huge amount of power and influence all the former generals have great business interests they're all living quite comfortably so i think it does really come down to men on lying and his personal ambitions and the way he sort of doing this so he the military is saying that this was done lead. really under comes the constitution

but they've had to stretch that a little bit because under the constitution you can hand power to the military in a state during a time states see or a national emergency but the president has to allow that so what's happened is that the president has been arrested in the early hours of the morning and the vice president who is a military nominee has become acting president and then he has put that cools of the constitution into effect he's handed over power to the military leader saying that it's neagle but of course that 1st step the key step of taking the president to power doesn't seem to have any legal basis for i am saying developments in the fall thanks very much for keeping us abreast of all the developments in that man mall today on the u.n. official assigned to mammal has condemned the coup and he says it's illegal and requires a swift on suffer as democracy has been overturned by by the generals many people are now in their intention the constitution of the

generals wrote. that they pledged just 48 hours ago to what we abide by has now been been overturned so it's it's nothing short of a religious deeply disturbing and i think what's important is for the international community 1st and foremost to speak out very clearly very unequivocal this is unacceptable. the training is and beijing and she has reaction now from china. well china's foreign ministry has released a quite brief statement in response to what's happening in myanmar its it said that china hopes that all sides could properly manage their differences under the constitution and legal framework and appalled stability beijing also described itself as a good friendly neighbor to myanmar and said it was watching closely and waiting to see how things develop to there so quite

a muted statement no criticism whatsoever china has tended to take a noninterference approach to these matters and most importantly beijing seems to be concerned about stability the stability in myanmar and if things should escalate how that might affect the greater stability of the asia region but of course man mark is very close to china relies on china economically china is the biggest trading partner 2nd largest source of foreign direct investment but what is true is that the military will certainly need backing going forward especially if any other into international players place any economic sanctions on myanmar on the military beijing's economic support will be a sort of lifeline for military going forward certainly hasn't commented on that directly but it's watching very closely the main thing for beijing is ensuring that its own interests of very well protected and they're also going to be watching and waiting to see whether this transition author is china any other opportunity to

expand its influence in the region to. world leaders have condemned the military's seizure of power in mere monitors has more from paris. the head of the european union commission on delenn put out a tweet a bit earlier saying that she strongly condemns the coup and that also she says that there must be a rapid return to a legitimate civilian government those sentiments echoed by the head of the e.u. council sharma shell also condemning the coup saying that the vote that was held at the end of last year must be upheld must be respected he also called for all of those that have been unlawfully detained in myanmar to be released we've had reaction here in france as well from the french government's the french government spokesperson. speaking a bit earlier he said that france is watching the situation very closely indeed

with a lot of concerned paris watching hour by hour were his words he also said that paris is talking to international organizations and partners including the united nations as concern grows and those sentiments echoed by the german foreign ministry who also put out statements condemning the coup the european union has been very adamant over the last months that it is very important that we are mar continue to go down what it calls what the e.u. calls a democratic path they were supporters of the elections at the end of last years a lot of concern here in the european union. we've got more on them in our still ahead on al-jazeera and also a bail hearing in hong kong for jimmy lie the billionaire media tycoon charged with violating beijing's national security law. i urge.

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or. hello again you're watching al-jazeera as reminder our top story our military has seized power and detainees the 1000000000 leader unsung suchi and other officials says it will hold elections after a year when a state of emergency has expired and the takeover comes after the military allege widespread voter fraud in november's election. party is urging people to reject the coup and protest this heavy military presence and may just traits throughout mayor mark green occasion lines have been disrupted following the military takeover of power banks are also temporarily closed. and there's been widespread international

condemnation of the u.n. is calling it a serious blow to democratic reforms was the european union is calling for the outcome of recent elections to be respected. or above money has more unsung suit she's turbulent relationship with the main man military. she was once considered a beacon of democracy who stood up to the country's powerful military leaders now that military has seized control and the rest of her replacing her with a military general it says the action is legally justified but many reject their concerns as an institution that the election results will trigger government policies that will weaken the military's power system i think everyone in myanmar understands that that they're using the law to their advantage the coup is a culmination of a turbulent relationship between fucci and the military that's been going on for

decades suchi is the daughter of the late nationalist leader aung san and she spent much of her youth overseas. she returned home in 1808 when she joined student that protests against the military the. taken power and in 1962. the movement was crushed and hundreds of protesters killed. a year later she was imprisoned in her family home and would spend 15 years in detention. in 2010 the military released see chief who walked free among a large crowd of supporters and. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly. in an historic shift for military rule cheese national democratic party came to power in 2015 she became state councillor and the de facto leader of. but after 5 decades in power the military

maintained much control. the constitution allowed to control the defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it another power to veto changes to the constitution. suchi is extremely popular in the. in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice where she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n.d.l. party won a landslide victory the military claim the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking widespread criticism of. city's previous detention did little to undermine her popularity but now it's unclear how active and vocal her supporters will be on the threat of military action. al-jazeera.

officials and bangladesh call for peace and stability and men are but this could cause doubts over the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of our hanger refugees living in cox's bazaar time which has more than a capsule dhaka. well the 1st official reaction was from the foreign minister he said it really doesn't matter who is in power the repatriation agreement must be followed through now the foreign ministry itself send out a press release saying that it hopes that the constitutional arrangement and the democratic process will be upheld in myanmar although i spoke to some official off the record they're still concerned that things that might military might take a hardline approach need to be saving concept there has been recent trilateral meeting between china bangladesh and me and mark china is a very close ally of bangladesh it has been trying to influence china to exert pressure on me and mark to start their repaired creation process and there was some

progress there was going to be another meeting in director general level of foreign office about the country to start the process. on my side that it won't be anytime soon. till june or july not that whole thing might just fall apart because they'll be too busy with domestic politics right now there's been interesting reaction from the camp i spoke to a lot of the rowing a leaders as well as some community people i know they're happy actually they said that she is behind bars they're rather detention they said she has been a big failure for us she gave us a lot of hope we we even voted for so many of us during 2015 election but she let us down it was during her time that janet genocide and their trust that it took place they're not very happy with the military because the military has been the key from sixty's onwards to systematically. crack down on joining us and deal them. activists and refugees and he joins us by telephone from

cox as bizarre. can you just tell us how you felt when you heard news of this scale . so thank you so much for having me here. the current situation that is happening in men martini so this morning. when i was hearing the news and they paid counselor don't think. any other. senior ruling party of canada will be we are 'd restricted by military government to the really very shocking news for me i'm. usually in. on the ground in many more is really concerning and really read situation much firmly. that i have been experiencing genocide and. right

no i am staying in the largest refugee camp in consular bangladesh i mean really really thinking and worrying for the people of myanmar so i don't want to suffer any other people in myanmar like we had severed in myanmar so absolutely 'd. it doesn't make any difference for me whoever was in the election meters. into a a big government of telling me who had suffered they didn't cite a memory again in this town. in the election it was in a levy or it was there. but not didn't make difference to me because. we are the people who have been accusing. action of genocide and this is really. very much situation that is going on in

myanmar are you. bound to hasten agreements to screen me and i'm trying to you know concern that you know well i'm going to want to really. a read writing to me. if these kinds of creation both of us are on in myanmar 'd. we are waiting to go back to our country. we are waiting to rebut your country so if these kinds of situation burns down in myanmar so we believe. in our government it will make for our rebirth creation which is a great concern for us since we have already stated here in one of the. course for years now. ok mohammad to fellow leave at the moment thank you for joining us with your concerns from cox's bazaar. we're going to move on to some other news now and al-jazeera is and best bit of unit has uncovered a criminal network colluding with the security forces of bangladesh and profiting

from powerful links with the country's prime minister investigation found evidence that general as head of the bangladesh army helped criminals to of aids justice and make money from state corruption well for one has this exclusive report. generalising heads of the bangladesh show me a man appointed by prime minister sheikh hasina to defend the country. civilians team follows the general to malaysia and discover that he's also guarding his own secret waiting for him as his brother i recently met. he's a convicted murderer and an international fugitive from a notorious dukkha crime gang bang to dish police put him on their most wanted list another brother is also there joseph was on death row but freed after he was pardoned by president abdul hamid in 2080. we then tracked down the 4th armored brother anis as with harry's he's on the run after fleeing

a conviction for the same killing of a political activist mr for rahman in takar back in 1996 the men get a diplomatic escort from the bangladesh high commission their bond was shake a scene or began when the brothers worked as her bodyguards in the 1990 s. in a covertly recorded call general as he says the prime minister recently praised the loyalty of the brothers while speaking to prominent members of her ruling party. haris has been in hiding for 20 years protected by the general before he was part of a crime gang on the streets of dhaka now he says he can exert influence over state institutions. people here. are going to.

play nothing that point out for nothing. we found harry soon hungry where he runs numerous businesses under a false identity he tells our undercover source that he has shaikh has seen a support. contract you know get up at 7200000 to go to the store to get him but little. because of that there. is a hurry so also acts as a middleman for business deals in bangladesh. the man on the left is her son's business associate they think they're talking to a fund manager in london who wants to invest millions in a bangladesh hotel to do so this is really great because he. usually is. but the meeting is a sting set up by al jazeera is investigative unit. and. his

son says he takes 20 percent from every deal. this is. basic. using. because mr leave everything to me children are going. out as you're invited all those involved including prime minister shaikh a senior and general as he's are made to respond to its findings none did so well thought out his era. and you can watch the full investigation all the prime minister's men on al-jazeera at 20100 g.m.t. . hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lai will remain in jail walls judges consider his burial application and 73 year old is accused of conspiring with foreign forces under china's sweeping national security law in a hearing on monday government lawyers argued those charged under the law should be

held in custody but lies said he has agreed to strict house arrest measures the judges said they would deliver the ruling at a later date to figure palomas outside the court in hong kong she has more on the background of this case. this case in particular is of great interest to beijing it's a very sensitive case and it's also the 1st national security law case to reach the final court of appeal now he was granted bail in december 23rd already but due to noises from beijing mostly in the form of state media commenting on how hong kong's courts were not well versed in the national security law and hong kong's national security the department of justice brought that cave back to the courts on december 31st and he was returned to jail jimmy lie as a media mogul and one of the most high profile pro-democracy activists it's

a very strong international tie this case is set to set aside to set a precedent for a national security law key to in hong kong law was imposed by beijing on july 1st it's very vague and you know it's draconian and it seemed to have many moving goalposts so lawyers here and prosecutors here are still said to be finding their way and this particular case is said to be able to define certain parameters from hans national security law more and more cases are expected to be brought to prosecution in the future. drugmaker. an additional $75000000.00 vaccines and the european union for the 2nd quarter of this year brings the total number of doses for the block to $600000000.00 according to european commission president delay in the vaccine rollout has been slower than hoped and taunt due to supply issues of make-a reduced its quota of doses to the

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