Exclusive: From remote part of India, Myanmar's ousted lawmakers work on challenging junta


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  • Thursday, 15 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: An ousted member of parliament from Myanmar flashes a three-finger salute at an undisclosed location in northeastern India April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Devjyot Ghoshal

(Reuters) - In a spartan hillside room in India furnished only with a thin sleeping mat, the Myanmar member of parliament spends much of his days attentively listening to Zoom conference calls and tapping away messages on his smartphone.

The short, soft-spoken man is among roughly a dozen ousted Myanmar MPs who have fled across the border to India's remote northeastern region after the military's Feb. 1 coup and lethal crackdown on dissent.

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