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Burmese hide when Manchester United loses

[Burmese living in Thailand] without papers go into hiding if Manchester United loses a game of football,” said Burma expert Dr Jane Ferguson rather cryptically at last week’s Burma Update Conference at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Then she explained how Thai police generally support Manchester United and have a syndicate betting on the team. [...]