A street in Monywa town, seen in June 2012. (Douglas Long | Frontier)

‘We are living in fear’: Kidnappings menace Monywa

Residents of the central Myanmar town say they face a daily risk of abduction by both pro-military and pro-democracy militias, with perpetrators increasingly targeting children to force families to pay steep ransoms.

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