Myanmar swimmer ditches Olympic dream to protest junta violence ...Middle East

BANGKOK: A Myanmar swimmer has abandoned his dream of competing at the Tokyo Olympics in protest at the junta ruling his homeland, saying that taking part would be "propaganda" for the regime.Win Htet Oo is one of Myanmar's top swimmers but in early April, the 26-year-old said he was no longer interested in going to Tokyo."To accept the MOC (Myanmar Olympic Committee) as it is currently led is to recognise the legitimacy of a murderous regime," he wrote in a statement on Facebook."I shall not march in the (opening ceremony's) Parade of Nations under a flag steeped in my people's blood."Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup

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