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• Political prisoners, detainees near 500
• Three-year judicial reform plan overlooks backlog of civil cases
• New-look Air Mandalay to resume scheduled flights
• Family in dark on missing seaman
• Daw Suu moves to push forward constitution talks
• Civil servants forced out of housing wait on rent payments
• Suspect apprehended following Bagan pagoda thefts
• Lawyers to protect media freedom
• Lower house MPs to finalise education law
• Cardinal hits out at ‘looting’ of resources

Political prisoners, detainees near 500 Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:34 AM PDT Almost 470 remain imprisoned on political grounds, according to activist group AAPP, despite a government promise now nearing 2 years old.

Three-year judicial reform plan overlooks backlog of civil cases Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Despite the adoption of a three-year plan to speed up the criminal justice process, litigants in protracted civil cases can expect no such relief.

New-look Air Mandalay to resume scheduled flights Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Grounded  domestic carrier Air Mandalay has declared itself "back in business", launching a slick marketing campaign ahead of its planned relaunch on May 1.

Family in dark on missing seaman Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Almost  half of the Myanmar seamen on board a Russian trawler when it sank into freezing northern Pacific waters last week were missing and presumed dead as of yesterday, the fourth day of the search and rescue mission.

Daw Suu moves to push forward constitution talks Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to push constitutional amendment that would nullify the military veto and enable her to run for the country's top position.

Civil servants forced out of housing wait on rent payments Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Government staff moved to temporary accommodation in Mandalay say the government has failed to pay up on promised rental payments.

Suspect apprehended following Bagan pagoda thefts Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Police  have seized a masked man in the act of climbing over a gate they were guarding, in an apparent attempt to rob a pagoda in Bagan.

Lawyers to protect media freedom Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Lawyers from around Myanmar are rushing to protect nascent media freedom with a new network to provide legal counsel and, if needed, legal representation to journalists.

Lower house MPs to finalise education law Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT The  lower house of parliament is expected to vote on proposed amendments to the National Education Law this week before MPs take a break for water festival.

Cardinal hits out at ‘looting’ of resources Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Cardinal  Charles Maung Bo yesterday called on all sides in Myanmar's long-running ethnic conflicts to implement a genuine ceasefire without resorting to the pillaging by "international looters and cronies" of natural resources that has marked past efforts to end decades of conflict.

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