Ex-jailed activist contests Suu Kyi’s seat in Myanmar

Former pro-democracy activist Kyaw Kyaw Htwe, once jailed by Myanmar's junta, is contesting elections in Aung San Suu Kyi's former constituency under a military-managed poll. Calling it a compromise, not a betrayal, he hopes participation can slowly restore politics in a nation fractured by civil war, despite widespread criticism that the vote legitimises continued military rule.