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Myanmar polls body defends canceled voting in insecure areas

by Pyae Sone Win
| October 20, 2020 6:09 AM

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s election supervisory body on Tuesday defended its decision to cancel voting in several areas of the country in next month’s general election, saying it could not be free and fair because of ongoing conflicts with armed ethnic rebel groups.

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