Myanmar junta takes census despite conflict, boycott calls

Census enumerators collecting information during a national census in Naypyidaw on Oct 1, 2024. - AFP

YANGON: Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged people to boycott.

The ruling junta is pressing ahead with the census even though it has lost control of large areas of the country to armed groups opposed to its rule.