YANGON: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he would do everything in his power to pressure Myanmar and “make sure that this coup fails.”

Myanmar plunged back into direct military rule on Monday when soldiers detained de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids, ending the country’s brief experiment with democracy.

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