YANGON: Myanmar’s army said it had dropped a criminal complaint against a religious leader who told US President Donald Trump the military was oppressing Christians, days after the United States voiced concern about the lawsuit.
Reverend Hkalam Samson, of the Kachin Baptist Convention, an organisation based in Kachin state representing Myanmar’s mostly Christian Kachin minority, took part in a gathering at the White House in July, when victims of religious persecution met with Trump and other US officials.
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