Residents of Hlaing Tharyar who were left off the voter list talk with a electoral official at Basic Education High School 14 in Hlaing Tharyar on November 8. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)
Residents of Hlaing Tharyar who were left off the voter list talk with a polling official at Basic Education High School 14 on November 8. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)

‘Thousands’ left off voter lists and disenfranchised in Yangon’s industrial zones

Polling stations in Hlaing Tharyar and other factory suburbs were in uproar as some voters found they weren’t registered and couldn’t vote, though voter lists seem to have improved from 2015.

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