An aerobic instructor’s work-out video captures Myanmar military coup, Twitter, naturally, can’t keep calm!

A young woman in who was casually going on about her workout routine and recording herself, unknowingly captured military forces driving behind her in the video to stage a coup in the country. Needless to say, the clip soon found its way on the Internet and has gone viral, with many calling it fake or a set-up in disbelief.

So what's the story behind the video and the girl?

The event unfolded outside the parliament building in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw where the woman, identified as Khing Hnin Wai, an aerobics instructor, does her elaborate work-out, oblivious to the dramatic incident taking place in the background. The video captures a convoy of army trucks and a roadblock driving towards the parliament building to lay siege while an unaware Wai continues with her routine.


"It is edited... Check the half shadow... Where is other half," a Twitter user said.


Soon enough, Twitterati got to work to find the truth behind the video. After digging deep, Internet warriors finally concluded that the video is real and this spot actually happens to be Wai's regular for her workout sessions as her social media is flooded with similar clips.



"Life goes on, even in a pandemic and a military coup," another user wrote.



The video has been making all kinds of noise on social media as it has left netizens in a spot. Many were surprised by how freely the woman kept performing her routing without a clue about the military coup underway behind her. "We don't even know how to coup over here," one replied.

Here’s how the video took Twitter by storm:
















Early on Monday, Myanmar was caught up in chaos as armed forces took charge of the government and declared a one-year state of emergency. The military also arrested State Counsellor Suu Kyi and dozens of her allies. The incident drew a lot of sharp criticism from the world leaders as the country engulfed in outrage. The military takeover followed a landslide win for Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) in elections which took place on November 8 last year, a result the armed forces refused to acknowledge citing serious allegations of fraud.