Two loudspeakers, as large as the guys carrying them, are transported to the rocky mountaintop. A vast Myanmar army installation can be found 800 meters below ground in the town of Hpasang.
It’s a scorching hot day (over 40 degrees Celsius), and behind them, on bamboo poles, additional teenage resistance fighters carry a massive, hefty battery pack and amplifier. Nay Myo Zin, a former army captain who joined the resistance after serving for 12 years, is leading the uprising.
With his dark green camouflage jacket slung over one shoulder, he has the presence of a performer poised to take the stage. He is here to persuade the soldiers on the base below, who support the country’s ruling military, to change sides.
