Myanmars stay alert when violence flares at home


GEORGE TOWN: Whenever news of communal clashes in their homeland reaches here, factory worker Soe Kyaw Kyaw will stay alert whenever he goes out.

He said there was always the fear that he could be attacked by his countrymen using helmets or being kicked to the ground while cycling on the road.

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