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Myanmar political party chief arrested for prison escape

by Associated Press
| September 30, 2020 9:06 AM

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The leader of a party fielding the second highest number of candidates for Myanmar’s November elections has been arrested after local media reported allegations of a shady past, including a prison escape and financial finagling.

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