Over 2,000 NLD members resign

Rangoon - Burma state media said yesterday more than 2,000 members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) had …

Rangoon - Burma state media said yesterday more than 2,000 members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) had resigned since October because they no longer wanted to be in politics.

Burma's official news agency said 2,012 NLD members had left the party and 17 NLD party offices had been dissolved by members in the wake of a series of anti-NLD rallies in Burmese cities.

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