YANGON: More than 50 Myanmar factory workers and labour rights protesters have been charged after scuffles broke out when they were blocked from marching into the capital, police said.
The arrests come as parliament, dominated by members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), debates possible changes to the laws on public demonstrations which allow police to clamp down on such protests.
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