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• Armed group embroiled in illegal housing scam
• Hunt ramps up in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw for police officers’ attackers
• Civil societies call for more space at table
• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets eight ceasefire signatories
• Prison doctor summoned to provide medical evidence in activist’s trial
• Military MP calls for new terms on ‘cheap’ land leases
• MP payouts under fire
• Pyin Oo Lwin flower festival draws tens of thousands
• Hope for unpaid wages drives repatriated fishermen
• Guardians of the sacred cavern

Armed group embroiled in illegal housing scam Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST People duped into buying government-owned land beside the Yangon-Mandalay Highway yesterday urged police to take action against those responsible, shortly after the authorities moved in and evicted thousands from the Hlegu site.

Hunt ramps up in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw for police officers’ attackers Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The country's largest police forces have been mobilised to catch a gang accused of stabbing three officers in Nay Pyi Taw in the early hours of December 15. Police in the capital are combing several townships, while Yangon police have also been alerted, after reports the suspects might have fled there.

Civil societies call for more space at table Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Civil society organisations have called for more representation around the negotiating table when the government and ethnic armed groups launch the next stage of the peace process in early January.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets eight ceasefire signatories Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday reassured the eight ceasefire signatories that her party supports the peace process even if it didn't endorse the accord as a witness or send a representative to the signing ceremony.

Prison doctor summoned to provide medical evidence in activist’s trial Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The court yesterday rejected a request to release an activist on freedom of expression grounds, but did not eclipse the possibility of medical bail.

Military MP calls for new terms on ‘cheap’ land leases Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST US$54 a year for prime space in a high-end shopping centre; $3850 a year for a 553-acre golf course; $4625 a year for a hotel on 1.6 acres of land: These are just some of the cut-price rates for state-owned land that have been revealed to the regional parliament in Mandalay.

MP payouts under fire Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST News that outgoing MPs who lost their seats in last month's election will be paid up to K5 million as a "payment for service" has aroused a storm, with some politicians saying the country cannot afford it.

Pyin Oo Lwin flower festival draws tens of thousands Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Exotic blooms from China and Thailand will help attract up to 90,000 visitors to Pyin Oo Lwin's 10th Flower Festival, organisers hope.

Hope for unpaid wages drives repatriated fishermen Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Rather than retributive justice, a desire to get their unpaid dues drove 13 Myanmar fishermen back to the site of the crime to provide testimony against captors who had for years enslaved them, they said.

Guardians of the sacred cavern Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Despite blinking lights hanging from the stalactites and neon bulbs illuminating the Buddha images placed in every cavity, it takes a little while for the human eye to adjust inside the sacred cavern complex at Hten San, in southern Shan State's Hopong township.

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