The leader of a party fielding the second highest number of candidates for Myanmar’s November
elections has been arrested after local media reported allegations of a shady past, including a
prison escape and financial finagling.
Despite the arrest of Kyaw Myint, another executive of his United
Democratic Party said it will continue campaigning.
Despite fielding 1,131 candidates for the Nov. 8 polls — second only to the ruling National League for Democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi — the party has not won a single seat in the last two elections.