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Filipinos in Myanmar urged to stay at home amid political turmoil

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/02/01/20210130-myanmar-military-supporters.jpg"/><figcaption>Supporters of Myanmar&#x27;s military take part in a protest against Union Election Commission, the elected government and foreign embassies in Yangon, Myanmar, January 30, 2021. <em>Shwe Paw Mya Tin, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Filipinos in Myanmar are urged to remain calm and to stay home after the Southeast Asian nation was placed under a state of emergency due to a political turmoil, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/01/21/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-other-senior-figures-detained-in-late-night-raid">Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi</a></li></ul><p>The embassy is communicating with the Filipino community in Myanmar amid the military’s declaration of a state of emergency following a coup, the DFA said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;As standard, Phil Embassy is reaching out to Filipinos in Myanmar through Filipino community networks,&quot; said Ivy Banzon-Abalos, DFA&#x27;s Office of Strategic Communication and Research Executive Director. </p><p>&quot;At the moment, situation in Yangon and Mandalay seems stable, apart from COVID restrictions and mobile lines being down,&quot; she said, noting that communications are being done through online messaging apps.</p><p>In a post on its Facebook page, the embassy urged Filipinos in Myanmar to <a href="https://forms.gle/zsh11XR81HYThoxTA">register</a> and coordinate with officials.</p><p>Myanmar&#x27;s military seized power on Monday after allegations that Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party committed &quot;election fraud&quot;.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/01/21/explainer-crisis-in-myanmar-after-army-alleges-election-fraud">EXPLAINER: Crisis in Myanmar after army alleges election fraud</a></li></ul><p>The Philippine government hopes the situation in Myanmar will go back to normal even as it distances from what it regards as the country&#x27;s internal affairs, said Harry Roque, spokesman of President Rodrigo Duterte. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8I52H-_SBSk?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><strong>- report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>Filipinos in Myanmar are urged to remain calm and to stay home after the Southeast Asian nation was placed under a state of emergency due to a political turmoil, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.</p>

Filipinos in Myanmar are urged to remain calm and to stay home after the Southeast Asian nation was placed under a state of emergency due to a political turmoil, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.