Hlegu Township resident Daw Khin Thet Maw she did not initially understand that she would be asked to repeat the false confession in front of police, or that the USDP members would name her as a witness when they filed an official complaint with police accusing the NLD of vote buying. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)
Hlegu Township resident Daw Khin Thet Maw said she did not initially understand that she would be asked to repeat the false confession in front of police, or that the USDP members would name her as a witness when they filed an official complaint with police accusing the NLD of vote buying. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

USDP vote-buying complaint driven by deceit and coercion, alleges witness

An illiterate woman from a Yangon Region village says members of the Union Development and Solidarity Party pressured her into signing a police statement falsely alleging the National League for Democracy bought her vote.

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