Ethnic Rakhine people listen to an Arakan National Party campaign speech for the November election in Yangon on October 25. (AFP)

1.1 million in Rakhine State barred from voting

More than 1.1 million voters in Myanmar's western Rakhine state will be disenfranchised in upcoming national polls, according to data released by the election commission Friday, a move experts warned could fuel yet more conflict.

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