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FRANCESCA REGALADO, ADAM SAPRINSANGA, FAISAL MAHMUD, THUREIN HLA HTWAY and SHAUN TURTON

Residents of Sailulak, a quiet village in northeastern India that lies close to the border with Myanmar, found two things out of the ordinary in the summer of 2019.First, there were the unrelenting monsoon rains, earlier than usual. And then there were the four young strangers who began frequenting the area, carrying six large nylon bags.

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