Police patrol on a street in Yangon on July 19. (AFP)

Loved ones left waiting or extorted for news of missing detainees

Many of those taken prisoner by Myanmar’s military regime disappear without a trace, leaving their desperate partners and family members to navigate a cruel and complex bureaucracy rife with corruption.

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