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US businessman detained in Myanmar over his book on military coup
short by Soheib Ahsan / on Friday, 12 June, 2026
American businessman Adam Castillo, who wrote a book on living through Myanmar's military coup, was detained on his return to the country on Thursday, Reuters reported. He runs a security firm in Myanmar's Yangon and was stopped after arriving at an airport. Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing led a coup in 2021 and unseated Aung San Suu Kyi's government.
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