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But first... This weekend, voting began in Myanmar's election.

It's the first poll since the military hunter sees power five years ago.

But it's widely viewed as a sham.

In the regions and in the cities, rebels have long been trying to oppose the ruling generals.

Recently, demonstrators in Mandalay staged a protest against the proposed ballot.

Their leader was a wiry, bespectacled doctor.

I first met Tezaa San about 10 years ago on my first trip to Mandalay.

Aaron Connolly is our Asia diplomatic editor.

He's a doctor by training, but he was there to introduce me to different people in the city

who are working to try and bridge relations between Muslims and Buddhists at what was a pretty tense time between the two faiths in Myanmar.

The day after the military launched a Kudaita in 2021, he showed up leading the very first protest against military rule in Myanmar.

That led to massive protests around the country, millions of people turning out,

and he became a kind of national icon at that point. Earlier this month, Tezaan appeared at a market in the heart of Mandalay, not far from military headquarters, to protest the regime's sham election. That appearance was one of Tezaan's most daring yet.

Okay, so Aaron, fill in a bit of the context for me.

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