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• Divisions surface over ceasefire accord at ethnic leaders summit
• Judge rejects bail for students
• Boat lands in Rakhine as government says repatriation to begin June 7
• Speaker writes to UN chief over Rakhine
• Speaker says military requested parliament media restrictions
• Government distances itself from former political adviser
• Six activists jailed for illegal protest
• Four die in Mogok landslide
• Houses split on interfaith marriage bill
• Low-ranking electoral staff lack knowledge, say CSOs

Divisions surface over ceasefire accord at ethnic leaders summit Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:49 PM PDT Senior Kachin Independence Organisation official threatens to walk away from nationwide ceasefire draft.

Judge rejects bail for students Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:48 PM PDT Students detained following the violent police crackdown on protesters at Letpadan in March were denied bail on June 2.

Boat lands in Rakhine as government says repatriation to begin June 7 Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:43 PM PDT More than 700 people on an abandoned human trafficking vessel were finally allowed to disembark in northern Rakhine State yesterday, six days after the Myanmar navy intercepted their vessel, sources told The Myanmar Times.

Speaker writes to UN chief over Rakhine Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:41 PM PDT Government officials and political leaders have hit back at international criticism targeted at Myanmar's handling of unrest in Rakhine State.

Speaker says military requested parliament media restrictions Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:36 PM PDT A ban on the media directly watching and filming parliamentary proceedings was introduced at the request of a senior military MP, Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann told the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw yesterday.

Government distances itself from former political adviser Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:32 PM PDT U Nay Zin Latt waits on Union Election Commission for approval to register the National Development Party.

Six activists jailed for illegal protest Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:28 PM PDT A court in Yangon's Shwe Pyi Thar township yesterday sentenced four men and two women to a month in prison for holding an unlawful protest outside the court over an earlier trial of a fellow political activist.

Four die in Mogok landslide Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:23 PM PDT Four people died in a landslide following heavy rain in the ruby mining town of Mogok on June 2, police in the area said.

Houses split on interfaith marriage bill Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:21 PM PDT Amyotha Hluttaw reduces penalty for breaches and trims list of religious activities that Buddhist women cannot be stopped from undertaking.

Low-ranking electoral staff lack knowledge, say CSOs Posted: 03 Jun 2015 08:15 PM PDT Civil society organisations preparing to observe November's elections say electoral workers themselves will have to receive further training.

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