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Airstrikes and attacks continue as Myanmar junta presses ahead with election
The attacks, by both regime and resistance forces, highlight the ongoing violence in the country amid military-organised polls
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Tightly controlled Myanmar election begins amid low turnout and heavy security
The election, the first in five years, has been widely dismissed as a bid to entrench authoritarian rule
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Myanmar civil servants pressured to prove they voted in junta’s elections
Security has also been tightened in Mandalay following reports of two rockets landing near a polling station in the city
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Security risks impede haphazard election preparations in Sagaing Region
While the resistance campaigns to discourage participation, polling station locations are still unknown to locals in the capital, Monywa, and other towns due to the secrecy surrounding the military regime’s plans for the vote
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Conflict puts planned junta-controlled elections at risk in Chin State
The Myanmar military has stepped up offensive operations in a final bid to exert control in the five Chin townships where elections have been scheduled in the coming weeks
