Five performers of a traditional form of satirical theatre are languishing in jail, thanks to a criminal complaint from the Tatmadaw, whose attitude to Thangyat differs sharply to rulers in Myanmar’s past.
A brutal digital crackdown is underway in Myanmar, with the junta tracking SIMs, scanning faces, banning VPNs and turning technology into a weapon of total control – yet resistance persists in the shadows.
BY Frontier
