Episode 113: The fight against drug addiction

This week, a community fights back against the scourge of drug addiction in Sagaing region.

“Every time I go shopping at the market, I worry about my wife and kids being murdered or raped or robbed at home by drug users,” says U Ba Sein. 

Ba Sein is leading a community anti-narcotics team in one of Myanmar’s most drug-affected villages, Kyun Hla Khone near Kawlin.

Kyaw Lin Htoon brings you today’s program, brought to you in partnership with Frontier Myanmar. Listen in English and Burmese.

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