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.
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