Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar’s regime leader holds on to power

His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election underway in Myanmar: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The 69-year-old regime leader has ruled the impoverished Southeast Asian nation since ousting Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in a […] The post Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar’s regime leader holds on to power appeared first on DVB .