Kathmandu. February 10. A  team of Myanmar Defence Services on Tuesday raided and destroyed the headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy party in Yangon.

According to the official social media handle of the party, the security forces forcefully entered the buildings at around 9:30 pm(local time) and destroyed the property when no members of the party were present.

Earlier last week, the National Defence services claimed that the multiparty general elections held on November 8 were against the law. In charge of election fraud, the military arrested top ruling leaders including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and several regional and state ministers. The state announced a one-year emergency period. 

A huge number of protestors have staged peaceful rallies on the streets, demanding the release of Suu Kyi and other detainees of the NLD party. The Police have been cracking down on the protestors with tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets. The United Nations have shown concern over the violence seen in the past four days. 

Myanmar had recently gained independence from martial law in 2011 A.D. But, even after the shift to democracy, the military had retained much of the supreme powers in the constitution.

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