School teachers sit through polling station officer training at the Mingun monastery in Yangon's Insein Township on October 23. Now, nearly a dozen are being sued by the Union Solidarity and Development Party. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

USDP lawsuits target teachers who risked it all

Teachers risked their health to serve at polling stations on election day. Now several face lawsuits brought by the losing party.

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