This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on June 28, 2021 shows protesters holding flaming torches during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. AFP PHOTO / DAWEI WATCH
This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on June 28, 2021 shows protesters holding flaming torches during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. AFP PHOTO / DAWEI WATCH


YANGON:
Ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi asked the people of Myanmar to stay "united" in the face of military rule, her lawyers said Tuesday, as she reappeared in a junta court.

The Nobel laureate, and daughter of independence hero General Aung San, has been under house arrest since a February coup that sparked huge pro-democracy protests the junta has tried to crush with deadly force.

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