Kawhmu, Myanmar, Dec 23, 2025 (AFP) - Ex-junta prisoner runs for Suu Kyi's seat in Myanmar election

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2025-12-23

Myanmar parliamentary candidate Kyaw Kyaw Htwe was once jailed by the junta for pro-democracy activism. Now he is vying for votes in a military-managed poll starting on Sunday, coveting the former seat of the country's best known political prisoner -- Aung San Suu Kyi. For the 60-year-old, the decision to contest the ousted Nobel Peace Prize laureate's constituency is not a betrayal of principles but a compromise in a country crippled by division......

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