An underground network armed with Facebook and Telegram accounts is helping those who want to leave.
Mr Lay is now a part of the organisation to which he once turned. He works remotely from a "liberated area" - one of the regions controlled by rebels, where minority ethnic groups are concentrated and the civilian National Unity Government holds sway.
People's Embrace has more than 100,000 Facebook followers. Would-be defectors who make contact online are vetted, and those who are successfully extracted are provided with food, shelter, security and a stipend.The key role that social media plays in the defector pipeline is just the latest twist in the unusual and often troubling use of technology in the modern history of Myanmar.But as costs declined, social media spread quickly.
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