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Myanmar coup: Fitness coach unwittingly films video as takeover unfolds

| Updated: February 04, 2021 16:57:06


This oblivious aerobics instructor caught a moment of Myanmar's history on camera This oblivious aerobics instructor caught a moment of Myanmar's history on camera

Pumping her arms back and forth, fitness instructor Khing Hnin Wai dances for the camera, performing ordinary exercises on an extraordinary day in Myanmar, reports BBC.

At first glance, the video appears to show a routine dance workout.

But in the background, a convoy of armoured cars can be seen streaming by, suggesting all is not as it seems.

Ms Khing, an aerobics teacher, posted her exercise video to Facebook on Monday morning.

At the time, Myanmar's army was in the process of a military coup, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders from her party.

The military would later take power and declare a year-long state of emergency, accusing Ms Suu Kyi's party of fraud over its recent election win.

Meanwhile, Ms Khing gyrated her hips to the sound of an upbeat dance track, blissfully unaware of the gravity of events unfolding around her.

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