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Govt wants NCA draft signed without amendment Posted: 29 May 2015 02:11 AM PDT Naypyitaw would like to keep both the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) draft and its annexure as they are to be signed by both the government and the armed resistance movements, according to U Aung Min, the government's chief negotiator who is on a 3-day visit to Chiangmai today. President Thein Sein (C) looks on as Aung Min (L), vice chairman of Union Peace Working Committee, shakes hands with Nai Han Tha (R), the leader of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordinating Team, after signing the nationwide ceasefire draft agreement in Yangon, March 31, 2015 (Photo by RFA) "If we want to have amendments, let's discuss them in the next phases (ie. Framework drafting and Political Dialogue)," he responded in reply to query. "Almost 2 months have already gone since 31 March (when the NCA draft was completed). If we have to negotiate again for the amendments, at least 2 more months will be wasted." The government reportedly wants to launch the political dialogue, which is the third phase of the agreed peace roadmap, coming after the signing of the NCA and the drafting of the framework for political dialogue (FPD), before the planned elections in November. "We would therefore look forward to the decisions of the Law Khee Lar Conference (2-6 June, when ethnic armed movements will meet to consider the NCA draft) to see how we can move ahead," he added. Earlier, government sources said amendments if there were any, should be made in the annexure but not in the NCA text. Not a few armed resistance movements, after going through the draft, stated that there were some points they wanted amended.

Village tract head shot dead in Hsipaw township Posted: 28 May 2015 09:21 AM PDT A village tract headman who was shot in his clothing shop in Hsipaw township, died in hospital this morning. The victim, U San Lwin The victim, forty-eight year-old U San Lwin, was shot by an unknown gunman at around 8 pm on May 24 while he was selling clothes at his shop in Nam Oon village. "A man wearing a longyi walked into U San Lwin's shop and shot him in the heart with a gun hidden in his bag before fleeing," said a local resident of Nam Oon who wished to remain anonymous. The victim was a village tract headman in Nam Oon village, Kunkai tract, about 20 miles north of Hsipaw township. U San Lwin was taken to Lashio hospital right away after the shooting, according to the same source. However, he died of his gunshot wounds at the hospital early this morning. The victim had been a headman of Kunkai village tract for about three years. He has two children, and apart from owning a clothing shop, also sold corn. His funeral will be held at 11 am tomorrow at Jar Karn Thuk Than cemetery in Lashio towhship.

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