A man looking at his mobile phone walks past a KBZ bank's branch in Yangon on September 6, 2019. (AFP)

KBZ users struggle under junta surveillance 

Thousands of customers have lost access to their accounts and others are facing arrest, as the regime puts Myanmar’s largest private bank in a stranglehold in order to block funding to the resistance.  

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