Myanmar’s generals have amassed billions of dollars through a secretive business empire. Aye Min Thant tracks the growing movements to dismantle it.
Sai, a software engineer in central Myanmar, didn’t vote in last November’s general election. He paid little attention to politics. The coup, for the 24-year-old, was a brutal awakening.
Within days he began developing an app that listed every company and product he could find with ties to the Myanmar military. Working with a friend from his downtown apartment – circumventing erratic internet shutdowns and blocked websites – he launched Way Way Nay (‘Stay Far Away’).
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