Last year, pupils at more than a dozen Thai high schools raised three-finger “Hunger Games” salutes during the national anthem in a sign of spreading support for student-led anti-government protests.
In fact, Japan will grant asylum to a footballer from Myanmar’s national team who raised the anti-coup salute during a match outside Tokyo and refused to fly home, reports said. Substitute goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung raised the three-finger salute as the national anthem played before a World Cup qualifier against Japan in May. He then said he had decided to seek asylum in Japan because his life would be “in danger” if he returned to Myanmar.
Mizoram is bracing for a second wave of refugees from Myanmar as supporters of the Burmese government-in-exile, National Unity Government, which called for a nationwide uprising earlier this week, clashed with the military junta’s forces. Already over 150 more people have moved across the border in the wake of the military crackdown after the uprising call on Tuesday, September 7.
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