BANGKOK - Sean Turnell, an Australian economic advisor to deposed Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was arrested by the military who took power in Rangoon.
The BBC reports.
This is the first known arrest of a foreign citizen after the coup.
Turnell is the director of the Myanmar Development Institute and on social media he described the news of the coup as "heartbreaking and a disaster for the economy".
"I was arrested, perhaps accused of something, it can be anything, of course," he said, quoted by the BBC.
About a thousand Burmese demonstrated in Yangon (formerly Rangoon) to protest against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi.
"Down with the military dictatorship", protesters shouted, waving red flags in the colors of the former leader's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD).
Meanwhile, "internet blackouts" across the country, a few days after the coup d'état that overthrew the government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
This was announced by the NGO NetBlocks.
The service outages "began at around 10:00" local time (4:30 in Italy), the web surveillance organization said.
These blackouts are similar in magnitude to those that were noted at the time of Monday's coup, according to the NGO.
Twitter condemned the order of the Burmese army to block access to its platform in Myanmar, a few days after the coup that overthrew the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
"We are deeply concerned about the order to block internet services," a spokesperson for the social network said, adding that this undermines "people's right to have their voices heard. We will continue to call for an end to government-led service outages. ".
