NEW DELHI - A bus packed with around 50 passengers left Yangon on the afternoon of March 19. It was headed for Tamu, a town in north-western Myanmar on the border with India.
Among the passengers was Mr Win Maung (not his real name), a 44-year-old reporter and video journalist who was leaving his wife and parents behind. He was fleeing his homeland for safety.
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