NLD staff survey residents of Yangon Region's Hmawbi Township on November 26, after complaints arose over which households did or did not receive payouts under the government's COVID-19 cash relief programme. (Thuya Zaw | Frontier)

Controversy surrounds government’s COVID-19 relief payouts

It was perhaps inevitable that the disbursement of billions of kyat to help needy households weather the COVID-19 storm would lead to questions about administrative.

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