A woman rides past campaign billboards of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party ahead of the junta’s election in Mandalay Region’s Pyin Oo Lwin town on December 9. (AFP)

Myanmar junta seeks to prosecute hundreds for election ‘disruption’

Myanmar's junta said Wednesday it was seeking to prosecute more than 200 people for "disruption" of its upcoming election, wielding new legislation rights monitors say aims to crush dissent.

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