Myanmar outwardly calm, on the 2nd day after coup

Myanmar's largest city remained outwardly calm on Wednesday, two days after the military seized power in a coup, but signs of opposition are growing.

On Tuesday night residents in Yangon and other cities leaned out of doors and balconies and banged pots and pans in a sustained cacophony of protest against the generals and in support of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy.

Earlier in the day a senior NLD figure, Win Htein, called on the public to begin a campaign of civil disobedience.

The coup came as lawmakers gathered in the capital of Naypyitaw for the opening of a new parliamentary session on Monday.

The military said the seizure was necessary because the government had not acted on the military's unsubstantiated claims of fraud in November's election, in which Suu Kyi's party won a majority of seats.

It claimed the takeover was legal under the constitution. The move was widely condemned abroad.