A school official stands behind the entrance of a school in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe on June 1, 2021. (AFP)

Unpaid and abandoned: Myanmar junta fails displaced civil servants

State employees who have fled conflict say they feel betrayed by the regime for failing to reassign or keep paying them, while those still serving in conflict zones go months without salaries.

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