Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canadian pastor David Lah, rear, is escorted by police to a township court for a hearing Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Yangon, ...

A Canadian pastor charged in Myanmar with violating a ban on large gatherings made his first court appearance after being released from a quarantine reportedly because he had contracted COVID-19.

David Lah was charged in mid-April and faces possible punishment of up to three years in prison, a fine, or both. The law was invoked in mid-March to combat the spread of the coronavirus, and the ...

Dozens of confirmed cases traced back to service held by Myanmar-born David Lah Myanmar police have arrested a Canadian pastor for allegedly holding a service in defiance of a coronavirus ban on mass ...