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- Tatmadaw officer accused of shooting district administrator
- MP likens religious conversion bill to Spanish inquisition
- Draft ethnic rights law to soon enter parliament
- JICA loan set to boost telecoms
- KIA releases captive police officers
- Students begin protest march from Mandalay
- U Wirathu defends 'whore' slur
| Tatmadaw officer accused of shooting district administrator Posted: 20 Jan 2015 08:18 PM PST A local official is battling for his life in hospital after being shot in the head, apparently over an affair with a woman. Police say the gunman is a serving army officer, whose name and regiment they have identified. |
| MP likens religious conversion bill to Spanish inquisition Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:53 PM PST A controversial religious conversion bill has passed the upper house of parliament, despite an opponent comparing it to the notorious Spanish Inquisition. |
| Draft ethnic rights law to soon enter parliament Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:49 PM PST A law to protect the rights of ethnic minorities could soon be passed, say parliamentarians. Though such rights are protected by the constitution, no specific law exists to give them effect, critics say. The new law would create a Union-level ethnic affairs ministry. |
| JICA loan set to boost telecoms Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:22 PM PST Japan is to provide a US$90 million loan to upgrade Myanmar's telecommunications systems, in a six-pronged plan aimed at improving mobile networks. |
| KIA releases captive police officers Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:05 PM PST Armed rebels in Myanmar's war-torn Kachin state on have announced the release of three captive police officers abducted in a raid last week during fresh clashes with the tatmadaw. |
| Students begin protest march from Mandalay Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:03 PM PST Dozens of Myanmar students began a protest march in Mandalay on January 20, vowing to intensify demonstrations against a new education bill they see as undemocratic after the government failed to meet their demands. |
| U Wirathu defends 'whore' slur Posted: 20 Jan 2015 06:47 PM PST Myanmar's most high profile radical nationalist monk has defended calling a UN rights envoy a "whore" over her objections to controversial draft bills seen as discriminatory to women and minorities. |
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