We’ll do everything to make sure Myanmar coup fails: UN chief

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “We’ll do everything we can to mobilise all the key actors and international community to put enough pressure on Myanmar to make sure that this coup fails.”

“It’s absolutely unacceptable to reverse the results of the elections and the will of the people. I hope that democracy will be able to make progress again in Myanmar but for that all the prisoners must be released, the constitutional order must be reestablished,” he added. Guterres also called for the release of detained political leaders.

Myanmar again went back to military rule on Monday after soldiers detained de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders in several raids.