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Exclusive: inside Suu Kyi’s party offices after Myanmar military raid

By AFP
11 February 2021   |   11:00 am
AFP gained exclusive access to the National League for Democracy political party headquarters in Yangon that witnesses said was raided by security forces as a night curfew came into force last night. U Soe Win, the NLD HQ temporary representative shows the damage.

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