Trishaw rider Ko Maung Win Myo lies in bed at his home in Yangon on May 28. He has been unable to work since he was shot in the leg at an anti-coup protest in March, and has had to seek costly private treatment because he’s too afraid to go to junta-controlled hospitals. (AFP)
Trishaw rider Ko Maung Win Myo lies in bed at his home in Yangon on May 28. He has been unable to work since he was shot in the leg at an anti-coup protest in March, and has had to seek costly private treatment because he’s too afraid to go to junta-controlled hospitals. (AFP)

Wounded protesters fear arrest in junta hospitals

Protesters shot during anti-coup protests are avoiding treatment for their wounds, fearing arrest if they visit junta-run hospitals and searching desperately for sympathetic doctors to operate on them in secret.

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