Two nights before Myanmar's November 8 election, hundreds of leaflets were scattered on the sun-baked streets of Mandalay, the former royal capital.
"It's time for change," they said, echoing the slogan of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD).
But the plain white fliers were not printed by the NLD. Instead, they warned that a vote for the party would lead to a takeover by the 'kalar'- a derogatory word for Myanmar's Muslim minority.
"The kalar have the Muslim peacock in their hands," they concluded, referring to the NLD's logo.
Some fliers were more vulgar: one featured a badly manipulated image of the NLD's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi embracing a Muslim leader; another showed her in cartoon form, breast-feeding a Muslim man, while neglecting her child, the nation of Myanmar. Full story...
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"It's time for change," they said, echoing the slogan of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD).
But the plain white fliers were not printed by the NLD. Instead, they warned that a vote for the party would lead to a takeover by the 'kalar'- a derogatory word for Myanmar's Muslim minority.
"The kalar have the Muslim peacock in their hands," they concluded, referring to the NLD's logo.
Some fliers were more vulgar: one featured a badly manipulated image of the NLD's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi embracing a Muslim leader; another showed her in cartoon form, breast-feeding a Muslim man, while neglecting her child, the nation of Myanmar. Full story...
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