Myanmar junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors


Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since a 2021 coup. -- PHOTO: AFP

YANGON (AFP): Myanmar's junta said Friday 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 Southeast 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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