Myanmar coup ‘darkness before a new dawn’, says daughter of top Aung San Suu Kyi aide

Exclusive: Chit Suu Win Htein was forced to flee weeks into the coup as growing numbers of activists were arrested. She tells Sara Perria how her father and other party leaders knew something was coming

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The fightback against Myanmar’s military after last month’s coup is not just taking place on its streets.

Some are playing their part as keyboard warriors, while others coordinate and support action from boltholes in other countries.

One of the latter group is Chit Suu Win Htein, the daughter of one of Aung San Suu Kyi’s closest confidantes, U Win Htein. She fled the country as more and more people were being arrested, and now maintains a constant dialogue with minority ethnic groups in Myanmar from an undisclosed safe location.