Rage in the streets: Protesters burning Myanmar flags during an anti-military rally in Yangon. — AFP
With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition.In the last week, the per capita death rate in Myanmar surpassed those of Indonesia and Malaysia to become the worst in South-East Asia.
The country’s crippled health care system has rapidly become overwhelmed with new patients.
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