1/3/22, 11:28 AM Myanmar’s internet suppression MILITARY COUP A few hours later, at around 3 a.m. on Feb. 1, internet connectivity across Myanmar drops dramatically. Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other senior figures from the National League for Democracy (NLD) are detained in an early morning raid. The military declares a state of emergency for a year and says it carried out the detentions in response to alleged election fraud, handing power to army chief Min Aung Hlaing. The internet is restored that afternoon. The NLD publishes a statement on behalf of Suu Kyi written before she was detained, urging people to protest the military coup. https://graphics.reuters.com/MYANMAR-POLITICS/INTERNET-RESTRICTION/rlgpdbreepo/ 6/31