- A fashion model from Myanmar who feared being arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced back home from exile has flown to Canada.
- Thaw Nandar Aung had been stuck at Bangkok’s airport after Thai authorities denied her entry when she arrived Sept. 21 from a short trip to Vietnam.
- New York-based Human Rights Watch accused Myanmar’s military government of revoking or otherwise interfering with Thaw Nandar Aung’s passport, making her “the victim of a deliberate political act by the junta to make her stateless when she flew back from Vietnam to Thailand”.
Model fearing Myanmar military heads to asylum in Canada
