Looters target Myanmar temple treasures in tourist slumpA squad of gun-toting police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to coronavirus restrictions. BAGAN, Myanmar: A squad of armed police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to coronavirus restrictions. "When there were tourists here, there were no burglaries," he explains, adding he believes this is the work of outsiders. Even if locals' livelihoods have been devastated by the tourist downturn, he says he does not believe they would "betray their heritage". "The Bagan temples will not tolerate it," she says.

Source: Bangkok Post July 06, 2020 02:15 UTC