Pots and pans clanged in protest in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, and honking car horns marked the first widespread protest against this week's military coup.

Nobel Peace laureate Souci and other politicians were arrested on Monday, cutting short Myanmar's long transition to democracy.

Some shouted evil begone!

A traditional gesture to drive out evil or bad karma.

The army has refused to accept the election victory of Souci and her National League for Democracy party, which won by a landslide last November.

It has alleged electoral fraud and imposed a state of emergency.

The G seven condemned the coup on Wednesday and said the election result must be respected.

China has not specifically condemned the coup in the neighboring country, but its foreign Ministry rejected the suggestion that it supported or gave tacit consent to it.

Accusations filed by police against Souci said six illegally imported walkie talkie radios were found in a search of her home in the capital Naypyidaw.

A separate document showed police filed charges against ousted President Win Mint for violating protocols to stop the spread of coronavirus during the campaigning for the election late Tuesday.

A senior party officials said he learned that Suki was under house arrest in Napi Door and was in good health but would not be moved.

Also on Wednesday, 70 hospitals and medical departments across Myanmar stopped work to protest against the coup, according to a statement posted on Facebook.