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ASEAN shouldn’t end up the loser in Myanmar’s election
By shunning its military rulers, ASEAN relinquishes control of a rogue member and influence over an increasingly unstable neighbourhood to hard-nosed strategic players like China.
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Myanmar electoral officers count early voting ballots after closing the first phase of the general election at a polling station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Dec 28.
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Anyone with even a faint interest in Myanmar would know at a glance that the election that has just been initiated in the troubled Indochinese state is one big farce.
Early reports from the first phase
