People queue to buy subsidised edible oil in Yangon on August 18. Junta policy decisions have caused the price of basic goods to skyrocket. (AFP)

Min Aung Hlaing follows former dictators down path of economic ruin

The senior general’s policies are focused on regime survival and will do little to revive Myanmar’s battered economy when his illegitimate rule is the main obstacle to stability and growth.

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