We cannot continue campaigning yet, as Zakhung Ting Ying has stopped us and his fellow militiamen have guns.
an NLD candidate in Kachin State, referring to a letter from the local militia leader ordering candidates from Burma’s main opposition party not to campaign in areas in which the armed group operates
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