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• Enormous crowd gathers to say farewells to beloved NLD lawyer
• WFP resumes food support in northern Rakhine State
• Factory owners say fake ‘squatters’ extorting them
• Shooter worked with others, police say
• Defence expenditure ranks third in 2017-18 Union budget proposal
• Roadwork takes large chunk of Magwe Region budget
• U Ko Ni’s colleagues remember a humble legal scholar

Enormous crowd gathers to say farewells to beloved NLD lawyer Posted: 31 Jan 2017 12:00 AM PST The heat of the day began to rise at 10am yesterday, just as the crowd began amassing at the Yay Way Cemetery in Yangon, the mourners coming to pay their respects to slain lawyer U Ko Ni.

WFP resumes food support in northern Rakhine State Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:55 PM PST The World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed aid deliveries to northern Rakhine State, signalling an end to access restrictions put in place amid a counter-insurgency campaign following October 9 attacks on police outposts.

Factory owners say fake ‘squatters’ extorting them Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:52 PM PST The issue of illegal tenants and land compensation remains a major challenge for the Yangon Region government, and, in the absence of solutions, the matter has taken a new turn with factory owners now accusing farmers of trespassing and extortion.

Shooter worked with others, police say Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:51 PM PST Police believe the man who murdered prominent lawyer U Ko Ni was not working alone.

Defence expenditure ranks third in 2017-18 Union budget proposal Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:48 PM PST The National League for Democracy-led government's first crack at formulating an annual Union budget has proposed only a modest increase in defence spending, with the lion's share earmarked for the Ministry of Planning and Finance.

Roadwork takes large chunk of Magwe Region budget Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:40 PM PST The construction and upkeep of roads is squeezing the Magwe Region coffers, so much so that that other ministries and departments are having to fight for budgetary crumbs, region lawmakers have heard.

U Ko Ni’s colleagues remember a humble legal scholar Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:27 PM PST "The bullet [that killed U Ko Ni] targeted against NLD. He was a brave and virtuous lawyer. Before he left Indonesia, he told me to take care of my health. He said you cannot die at this time. But, he has died now." Friends and colleagues remember widely-respected legal scholar and NLD adviser U Ko Ni.

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