Nieces of self-immolating farmer charged with trespassing
Charges have been brought against two nieces of a farmer who died after setting himself alight in protest of military confiscation of his family’s land.
Charges have been brought against two nieces of a farmer who died after setting himself alight in protest of military confiscation of his family’s land.
Myint Aung, 63, doused himself in gasoline and self-immolated after being told that a residential project was planned for land seized two decades ago.
The nationalist monk rejects widespread rumours on social media that he vowed to carry out self-immolation as a protest if Burma fails to adopt proposed Race Protection Laws.