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.
Statues of independence hero General Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
BY AFP
