Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other government officials are being held in custody by the military - according to multiple sources.
"We have to assume that the military is staging a coup," a spokesman for Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy Party says after the arrests.
The arrests come amid escalating tensions between the civilian government and the powerful military, triggering concerns of a coup.
The 75-year-old former civil rights campaigner, Aung San Suu Kyi, won national elections in 2015, and was allowed to form a government with the military's approval, which prompted some to call her a sell-out to the military government. Other parties also questioned the fairness of the 2015 elections.
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