Defiant abroad: Myanmar nationals including those who said they are police and firemen flashing the three-finger salute at an undisclosed location in India’s state of Mizoram, near the Myanmar border. — Reuters
MORE than 400 people from Myanmar, many of them policemen, have crossed into neighbouring India since late February, an Indian police officer said, as Myanmar security forces seek to crush pro-democracy demonstrators after last month’s coup.
The policemen said they had fled because they feared persecution after refusing to obey the military’s orders to shoot protesters.
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