A police officer at a highway checkpoint. (Frontier)
A police officer at a highway checkpoint. (Frontier)

Anxiety, bribes and bullies: A journey through post-coup Myanmar

This is not a good time to travel without a Citizenship Scrutiny Card. Those who do are advised to carry extra cash to pay off soldiers and police at checkpoints… and to scrub their phones before their journey.

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