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Aung San Suu Kyi pictured before the military coup of February 2021.

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NLD supporters celebrate in front of the party's headquarters in Yangon following a landslide victory in the November 2020 election (Photo: YE AUNG THU/AFP via Getty Images)

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A soldier stands guard in City Hall in Yangon on Monday, after Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency. (Picture: STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Aung San Suu Kyi, seen here in February last year, has been arrested following a military coup in Myanmar (Picture: Thet Aung/AFP via Getty Images)

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A soldier stands guard in City Hall in Yangon on Monday, after Myanmar's military seized power

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Picture: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File

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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the Freedom of Edinburgh. Picture; Getty

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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks during an interview at her residence in Yangon in this May 25, 1996 file photo.

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Pope Francis receives flowers upon his arrival at Yangon International Airport. Picture: VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images

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Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement covering the return of Rohingya Muslims who fled. Picture: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

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Aung San Suu Kyi is an Oxford alumnus. Picture: PA

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Student protest leader Min Thawe Thit, 33, is welcomed as he arrives at the court yesterday. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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President-elect Htin Kyaw with NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Picture: AP

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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a party meeting yesterday. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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Aung San Suu Kyi, centre, with NLD MPs in parliament yesterday in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Picture: AP

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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for the meeting in Naypyitaw. Picture: AP

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Aung San Suu Kyi meets outgoing leader and military commander-in-chief General Min Aung Hlaing. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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A sunset at Bagan, Myanmar. Picture: PA

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Supporters of Myanmars National League for Democracy shout slogans outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. Picture: AP

President vows smooth handover after Suu Kyi victory

Aung San Suu Kyi, whose NLD party has won Myanmar's historic election. Picture: AP

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Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from taking up the presidency. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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Crowds gathered for the election result announcement in front of the National League for Democracy's headquarters. Picture: Getty

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A woman casts her vote in a polling station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, yesterday. Picture: AP

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Aung San Suu Kyi addresses a press conference from her lakeside villa in Yangon. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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A man checks voter lists in the village of Wartheinkha, in Kawtmu township, about two hours from Rangoon. Picture: Getty

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Suu Kyi arrives at Beijing international airport yesterday. Picture: AP

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Myanmar police force are deployed on the streets of Mandalay in central Myanmar. Picture: Getty

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991 but, under house arrest, she was unable to attend the ceremony. Picture: AFP

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