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- Rules for campaigning mark a return to 2010
- Campaign period starts, but only for some parties
- Strong demand for month-long election police assignment
- Ex-government official files complaint against NLD leader
- Electoral officials ignore citizenship complaint against Union minister
- More trafficking victims run away in Rakhine
- Minister promises Christians removal of dream-inspired stupa
- Refugee in Cambodia asks to return home
- Thailand releases UK academic
- Ceasefire could be signed this month
| Rules for campaigning mark a return to 2010 Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:51 PM PDT Insulting the government or the Tatmadaw, disturbing national unity, and interrupting law and order could earn campaigning candidates a sedition charge, while events must be pre-approved and speeches vetted. |
| Campaign period starts, but only for some parties Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:47 PM PDT
As with most deadlines and dates this election season, the start of the official candidate campaign period is rolling by today only partially heeded. |
| Strong demand for month-long election police assignment Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:46 PM PDT Applications to serve in a special election police force have poured in to Mandalay Region, surpassing the amount needed to bolster security around the November vote. |
| Ex-government official files complaint against NLD leader Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:41 PM PDT
An independent candidate at the centre of a vote-buying scandal has lodged a formal complaint against National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, alleging a recent "voter education" event in Nay Pyi Taw breached campaign rules. |
| Electoral officials ignore citizenship complaint against Union minister Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:35 PM PDT
Minister for the President's Office and ruling-party member U Thein Nyunt minister has been cleared to stand for election despite claims that he fails to meet citizenship criteria, which the UEC dismissed. |
| More trafficking victims run away in Rakhine Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:31 PM PDT
Seven people rescued from a human smuggling boat ran away from a temporary shelter ahead of their repatriation to Bangladesh, according to immigration officials. |
| Minister promises Christians removal of dream-inspired stupa Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:29 PM PDT
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| Refugee in Cambodia asks to return home Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:27 PM PDT One of the first four refugees resettled in Cambodia under a deal with Australia has requested to return to his native Rakhine State – the latest controversy to smack the much-ridiculed refugee arrangement. |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:25 PM PDT A British scientist has been released by Thai authorities after being held for five days in a detention centre at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport following a long-running dispute linked to his exposure of a senior Thai official and academic as a plagiarist. |
| Ceasefire could be signed this month Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:23 PM PDT Negotiators from both sides confident a high-level meeting in Nay Pyi Taw will result in a deal on the nationwide ceasefire agreement. |
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