YANGON: An anti-drug vigilante group in northern Myanmar said at least 20 of its members were wounded in gunfire and explosions Thursday as they pressed ahead with a controversial mission to destroy opium poppy crops.
The violence comes a day after police allowed hundreds of members of Pat Jasan, a hardline Christian group known for flogging drug users, to advance towards poppy fields against the wishes of local opium farmers.
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