By Chris Barrett
May 1, 2021 —
Singapore: It’s post-coup Myanmar’s version of the Underground Railroad, the network of people and routes that in the 19th century helped some African-Americans escape from slavery.
An ad hoc, multi-faceted support system stretching from the cities to the mountains and jungle of Myanmar’s borderlands that has assisted prominent and high-value “targets” of the south-east Asian nation’s military regime flee a reign of terror that has claimed more than 750 lives.
A police officer who fled Myanmar following the military coup is photographed by the AP at undisclosed location bordering Myanmar in March.CREDIT:AP
That is how it is described by David Eubank, a former US Special Forces soldier and an ordained minister who has run the humanitarian group Free Burma Rangers in Myanmar’s conflict regions for 25 years.