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• President signs off on population control law
• NLD leader calls for urgent six-way talks
• In Rakhine State, Muslim children are disappearing
• Government to deport rescued Bangladeshis
• Constitution protection law to be based on 1959 predecessor
• Parties quietly launch election campaigns
• Public urged to help fight illegal logging
• Country is moving forward despite major challenges: President
• Lecturer who led protests sentenced to three months
• Fears rise that election will be ‘very dirty’

President signs off on population control law Posted: 24 May 2015 09:18 PM PDT U Thein Sein has approved a controversial population control law sponsored by nationalist Buddhist organisations but denounced by local women's rights groups and by wide sections of the international community as primarily aimed at ethnic minorities.

NLD leader calls for urgent six-way talks Posted: 24 May 2015 09:13 PM PDT Opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has called on the government to convene an urgent session of six-way talks to discuss amendments to Myanmar's constitution, while questioning whether there is a commitment to hold parliamentary elections on time.

In Rakhine State, Muslim children are disappearing Posted: 24 May 2015 09:06 PM PDT Rampant human smuggling from Rakhine State has taken an even grimmer turn with first-hand accounts of quota-driven traffickers resorting to abducting children and forcing them onto Malaysia-bound boats.

Government to deport rescued Bangladeshis Posted: 24 May 2015 09:05 PM PDT The search for five migrant-carrying boats marooned off the Rakhine State coast continues, while 200 Bangladeshis rescued by Myanmar's navy will soon be repatriated, according to officials.

Constitution protection law to be based on 1959 predecessor Posted: 24 May 2015 09:02 PM PDT A planned law to "protect" the 2008 constitution will include most of the original sections from the 1959 Constitution (Protection) Act, a member of a parliamentary committee involved in the process says.

Parties quietly launch election campaigns Posted: 24 May 2015 08:56 PM PDT As political parties begin to shape up for the elections later this year, some of the main lines of the likely campaigns are starting to become apparent.

Public urged to help fight illegal logging Posted: 24 May 2015 08:37 PM PDT Illegal loggers armed with chainsaws are wiping out the country's teak forests, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has warned, complaining that China, a major market for illegally exported timber, is failing to cooperate with Myanmar.

Country is moving forward despite major challenges: President Posted: 24 May 2015 08:35 PM PDT The government is not backsliding, said President U Thein Sein last week.

Lecturer who led protests sentenced to three months Posted: 24 May 2015 08:35 PM PDT University lecturer U Wai Yan Aung was sentenced on May 22 to three months with hard labour for leading a student protest in Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region.

Fears rise that election will be ‘very dirty’ Posted: 24 May 2015 08:29 PM PDT November's elections will be "very dirty" and the results could be a confusing medley, predicts the visiting head of a Washington-based lobby group campaigning for a tougher US policy toward Myanmar.

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