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Jun
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on trial, thanks people for birthday wishes

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on trial, thanks people for birthday wishes

WORLD
MYANMAR’S deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has thanked people for birthday greetings, in a message she sent through her lawyer while standing trial accused of crimes that could see her jailed for up to 15 years. "They made birthday wishes for her and told her about the countrywide and worldwide birthday-wishing events for her," Suu Kyi's chief lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said in a text message, describing the defence team's meeting with her. "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi told the lawyers to convey her thanks and share her wishes for the people," he said, using the Myanmar honorific. Suu…
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Feb
11
2021
By The African Mirror
‘It was her spirit’: Myanmar teen shot by police was determined to protest coup

‘It was her spirit’: Myanmar teen shot by police was determined to protest coup

WORLD
MYANMAR teenager Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing was supposed to be celebrating her 20th birthday today. Instead, she is fighting for her life in a hospital in the capital Naypyitaw after she was shot in the head when police cracked down on a protest against the military coup. Myanmar's army seized power on February 1 and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending a long transition towards democracy and bringing tens of thousands of demonstrators onto the streets. The shooting of the teenager - the first known serious casualty of the protests - has roused anger across the nation and…
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