17 Countries With the Worst Police Brutality

5. Burma

With its authoritarian government, the nation of Burma has a police force to match. Often working against the interests of the country’s citizens, the Burma police force has been accused many times of demanding pay from crime victims in order to launch an investigation.

If they’re willing to stick it crime victims, there’s no telling what they’ll do if you need their help…

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