Newsmaker - Comedian Arrested After Cyclone-Aid Trip
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › June 06, 2008
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YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military junta has detained a popular comedian who had just returned from an aid trip to the cyclone- ravaged delta, a region where a human rights group said Thursday that the regime is forcing survivors to do menial labor for food.
Maung Thura - whose stage name is Zarganar - was taken from his home in Yangon by police after going to the Irrawaddy delta to donate relief items to survivors, his family said.See the full content of this document
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Newsmaker - Comedian Arrested After Cyclone-Aid Trip
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