Members of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army patrol in Namkhan Township, in northern Shan State, on March 9. (AFP)

Law and order, or frontier justice? Shan’s armed group judiciaries

Amid a power vacuum and surging crime, Shan State’s varied armed groups are increasingly dispensing justice, but their judicial systems often violate human rights norms and are inspired by the Myanmar state that they claim to oppose.

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