Myanmar Rebel Group Denies Role in Alleged Drugs-for-Weapons

A prominent armed group in Myanmar fighting the military regime that seized control of the country’s government last year denies claims in a U.S. court complaint of conspiring with Japan’s yakuza crime syndicate to buy surface-to-air missiles with a mix of cash and drugs. The claims surfaced after the arrest this month of four men…

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