With Myanmar’s currency plunging and inflation soaring, the owner of three cellphone shops in Mandalay announced he was giving his employees a raise.
Word of his generosity quickly spread on Facebook, and his workers cheered the news.
Mr. Pyae Phyo Zaw is one of at least 10 business owners arrested in recent weeks after word circulated online that they were increasing their workers’ pay.
Hiking wages has not been outlawed, but the business owners are charged with undermining the regime by making people believe that inflation is rising, one legal expert said.
Soldiers posted a notice outside one of Mr. Pyae Phyo Zaw’s shops saying it was closed for disturbing “the peace and order of the community.”
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Pyae, ”
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Facebook
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Mandalay, Myanmar