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• DCA targets direct flights from Europe
• Call for stricter development rules in Bagan
• Rohingya activist U Kyaw Hla Aung released
• President’s Office to investigate migrant torture allegations
• Clashes could delay peace process, warns NCCT
• Ma Ba Tha monks, laymen fight outside North Dagon court
• Amnesty panned as MI officials, not political prisoners, walk free
• Hluttaw makes moves to join Bioweapons accord
• Ministry flags softer penalties for drug use
• Over K1 billion paid out to Bago farmers

DCA targets direct flights from Europe Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:09 AM PDT Myanmar wants to resurrect old contracts with European airlines allowing direct flights despite airport limitations.

Call for stricter development rules in Bagan Posted: 09 Oct 2014 04:06 AM PDT A government official has stated that improved inventory of temples and stricter enforcement of heritage laws is needed for Bagan to be placed on the World Heritage List.

Rohingya activist U Kyaw Hla Aung released Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:03 AM PDT Less than two weeks after being convicted of rioting in a Sittwe court, Muslim community leader U Kyaw Hla Aung was released under a presidential amnesty on October 7.

President’s Office to investigate migrant torture allegations Posted: 08 Oct 2014 11:05 PM PDT The President's Office has confirmed it will seek to form a commission to investigate allegations that two Myanmar migrant workers accused of murdering a vacationing British couple in Koh Tao, Thailand, were tortured during a police interrogation.

Clashes could delay peace process, warns NCCT Posted: 08 Oct 2014 10:06 PM PDT Fresh clashes between ethnic armed forces and the Tatmadaw could delay the signing of the nationwide ceasefire agreement, a senior peace negotiator has warned.

Ma Ba Tha monks, laymen fight outside North Dagon court Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:15 PM PDT A senior  monk from the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion – better known as Ma Ba Tha – could face criminal charges after he tried to snatch a camera from the hand of the relative of a defendant in a court case, prompting a scuffle between monks and supporters of the defendant.

Amnesty panned as MI officials, not political prisoners, walk free Posted: 08 Oct 2014 07:31 PM PDT Political prisoner and human rights groups say they are disappointed with the latest amnesty, which saw only one confirmed political prisoner freed.

Hluttaw makes moves to join Bioweapons accord Posted: 08 Oct 2014 07:08 PM PDT The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has approved the president's request that Myanmar become a member country of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention.

Ministry flags softer penalties for drug use Posted: 08 Oct 2014 07:07 PM PDT Sentences for those convicted of drug use, which range from five to 15 years, are under review, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brigadier General Kyaw Kyaw Tun has told MPs.

Over K1 billion paid out to Bago farmers Posted: 08 Oct 2014 06:10 PM PDT Farmers whose crops were damaged due to flooding in August are receiving compensation, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Khin Zaw has confirmed.

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