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Protesters at Japan's Toyo University call for the ostracism of student Ma Nan Lin Lae Oo. Activists say the student's father, General Kyaw Swar Oo, is responsible for the fatal shootings of peaceful protesters in Mandalay. (Facebook)

‘Social punishment’ campaign turns the tables on military elite

Many see a growing online movement to ostracise the families of Tatmadaw generals as retribution for the decades of social exclusion previous juntas have foisted on the families of dissidents.

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