Under the guise of inspecting the overnight guest lists, the Military Council is apprehending civilians including children in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State. Around 10:00 pm on November 18th, a group of approximately 20 soldiers arrived at Shwe Yaung Sone Monastery in Min Gan ward, Sittwe and apprehended 7-year-old Maung Maung Zan, and 20-year-old Ko Zaw Zaw. “These youngsters
Standing beside his cargo of Thai fruit and furniture, truck driver Ko Cho steels himself for a journey to Myanmar's Yangon that will demand bribes, dodging landslides and navigating a raging civil war.Once a truck is safely out on the road, "checkpoints" run by the military or its militia allies demand fees of roughly 150,000 kyat ($75) per truck per journey to Yangon, Aung Htoo said.
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