"At last we can do some true stories from here... the world's waiting for a good film from Myanmar," Anthony tells me.
Saw Kyaw's hijacking is certainly quite a tale. Afterwards, he managed to avoid capture for several years before becoming a Baptist minister and then a go-between in talks between the government and the rebel leadership.
Incredibly, after more than 60 years, the Karen conflict is still unresolved.
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First Man Who Hijacked Airplane
Historical FictionThe man who carried out one of the world's earliest hijackings
