YANGON: Myanmar’s army has detained two Kachin Baptist leaders for giving journalists information about a church allegedly hit by military air-strikes, accusing them of spying for insurgents.
The two men, named by the army as Didi Naung Latt and Langyaw Gamsai, were arrested on Dec 24, in northern Shan state, where thousands have fled weeks of heavy fighting between the army and armed rebels.
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