Refugees head back to Burma
The exodus underlined Burma’s vulnerability to unrest following the country’s first election in 20 years on Sunday, which was billed by the ruling junta as a key stage in its self-proclaimed road to democracy.
Privately, officials of the junta’s proxy party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, claim to have won up to 80% of the vote, even though just a handful of official results have been announced.
