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• SSA-North defies order to withdraw
• Bi Mon Te Nay staff to appeal two-year jail terms
• Letpadaung miner drops charges against student activist
• Four men jailed over Mandalay conflict killing
• Labour leaders seek jail time for employers who ignore arbitration

SSA-North defies order to withdraw Posted: 15 Oct 2014 10:47 PM PDT An ethnic Shan armed group has rejected an army request to withdraw its troops from a strategic location in northern Shan State.

Bi Mon Te Nay staff to appeal two-year jail terms Posted: 15 Oct 2014 08:51 PM PDT Five staff members from the defunct Bi Mon Te Nay journal plan to appear two-year jail terms handed down in Pabedan Township Court today, their lawyer says.

Letpadaung miner drops charges against student activist Posted: 15 Oct 2014 08:17 PM PDT In a stunning reversal, all charges against a student accused of kidnapping two Chinese engineers working for the Letpadaung copper mine have been dropped.

Four men jailed over Mandalay conflict killing Posted: 15 Oct 2014 08:15 PM PDT Amid protests and accusations of torture by police, four men have been sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour for a murder committed during Mandalay's inter-communal violence of July 2014.

Labour leaders seek jail time for employers who ignore arbitration Posted: 15 Oct 2014 07:49 PM PDT Labour activists are campaigning for further amendments to a labour law that they say fails to protect workers.

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