Police and Tatmadaw soldiers erect a barricade across a major road in Nay Pyi Taw on February 2. (Frontier)
Tatmadaw soldiers erect a barricade across a major road in Nay Pyi Taw on February 2. (Frontier)

The view from Nay Pyi Taw: What it was like covering the coup in the capital

Journalists went to Nay Pyi Taw expecting to cover the opening of Myanmar’s national parliament following the November election; instead, they experienced an intense and confusing few days grappling with the fallout of a military coup.

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