A shop owner advertises the Wave Money mobile banking service. (AFP)

Junta weaponises digital banking transition to starve resistance funding

Resistance fighters say ramped-up financial surveillance has made it harder to fund their struggle, as new central bank rules separate ordinary people and business owners from their money.

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