Myanmar Migrant Workers Protest in Bangkok, Demand Abolition of Junta's CI System and Taxation
On International Workers' Day, Myanmar migrant workers in Bangkok staged a protest against the military junta, condemning Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing. Protesters specifically demanded the immediate abolition of the junta's unjust Certificate of Identity (CI) system and associated taxation.
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