Myanmar junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors


According to The Global New Light of Myanmar, "individuals who returned to the legal fold with arms and ammunition will be offered specific cash rewards". - AFP

YANGON: Myanmar's junta said Friday (July 18) it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and "return to the legal fold" ahead of a slated election.

The South-East Asian country has been consumed by civil war since a 2021 coup, with the embattled junta facing an array of pro-democracy guerillas and ethnic armed rebels.

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