Japan chief of Myanmar's shadow gov't calls for solidarity

The new chief of a Myanmar pro-democracy organization in Japan on Sunday called on its people to band together for the Southeast Asian country's shadow government formed after a military coup more than a year ago."Let's remember the people who lost their lives through the democracy movement," said Saw Ba Hla Thein, the head of the Japanese representative office for the National Unity Government, before holding a silent prayer at a fund-raising event in a park in central Tokyo, attended by more than 1,000 people.Having worked on human rights issues for many years, Saw Ba Hla Thein, of Myanma…READ FULL ARTICLE