Chin refugees in Delhi lend their weight to anti-coup movement in Myanmar

Members of the Chin community still have family members and friends in the country who have taken part in the anti-coup protests. PHOTO: CHIN REFUGEE COMMITTEE
Sang Thang Mami (seated right), a Chin refugee widow, at her vegetable stall in west Delhi. ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
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NEW DELHI - Business at Ms Sang Thang Mami's roadside vegetable stall gathered pace as evening descended with office-goers picking up fresh produce on their way home.

As she packed an order of green chillies and coriander, the 55-year-old widow, a Chin refugee, speaking through an interpreter, said her thoughts were with friends and family back in Myanmar, the country she fled in 2009.

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