Enumerators prepare for the collection of household data in Yangon ahead of the last nationwide census on March 30, 2014. (AFP)

Myanmar’s census is a blunt counterinsurgency tool

The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.

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