Myanmar’s shadow government hopes to raise US$1bil from revolution bond

YANGON (Bloomberg): A parallel government floated by the supporters of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi aims to raise as much as US$1 billion from a sale of bonds to fund its efforts to topple the military regime.

The National Unity Government raised $9.5 million within 24 hours of the opening of the sale of its so-called spring revolution special bonds, Public Voice Television, a channel run by the group, reported Wednesday (Nov 24).