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• U Wirathu condemned and warned over hate speech video
• Outgoing MPs optimistic about new parliament
• USDP poised on the brink of a split
• Day 1: NLD takes its parliamentary seats
• Army newspaper rejects NLD leader as president
• Student convicted in graffiti protest case
• Evicted villagers fear for their safety
• Village administrator accused of keeping grip on land
• Farmers told to prepare for drought as El Niño’s stay extended
• High hopes rest on hluttaw

U Wirathu condemned and warned over hate speech video Posted: 02 Feb 2016 12:08 PM PST An official of the Ministry of Religious Affairs has cautioned that a graphic video posted on social media by nationalist monk U Wirathu dramatising the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman by Muslim men could lead to court action.

Outgoing MPs optimistic about new parliament Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Newly elected MPs of the National League of Democracy took up their seats for the first time yesterday in the Pyithu Hluttaw, applauded by former lawmakers who expressed optimism about the future of a parliament dominated by political novices.

USDP poised on the brink of a split Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST After its loss in the November 8 election, the former ruling party faces internal struggles that have divided its ranks since the purge of Thura U Shwe Mann

Day 1: NLD takes its parliamentary seats Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST It had been a long wait: almost three months since the election that swept Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy to victory, but also decades of being kept on the sidelines by military control. Finally Myanmar's NLD MPs took their seats in parliament as the ruling party.

Army newspaper rejects NLD leader as president Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi should never be allowed to become president by changing the constitution, according to a hard-hitting opinion piece published in the military-owned Myawady newspaper yesterday.

Student convicted in graffiti protest case Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST A student convicted of illegal protests and spray-painting graffiti on university property has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Mandalay. Amarapura Township Court handed down the sentence on January 29, imposed for a protest by defendant Ko Ye Yint Paing Hmu and five others in front of Yadanarpon University in June last year.

Evicted villagers fear for their safety Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Resident from Nyaung Ni village tract, who were forcefully evicted from purported military-owned land, are concerned for their safety as they have been warned not to leave the village, or they will face arrest starting yesterday.

Village administrator accused of keeping grip on land Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Though the land they claim has now been disgorged by the military that seized it, Sagaing Region residents say they are still trying to recover their fields from the local village administrator who is holding on to them.

Farmers told to prepare for drought as El Niño’s stay extended Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Just six months after record-setting floods wreaked havoc on crops, farmers are being told to get ready to withstand severe drought. Meteorologists predict it's likely to be one for the decades.

High hopes rest on hluttaw Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Following the inauguration yesterday of the newly elected lower house, Ashok Manandhar interviewed Yangon residents on their hopes for the new MPs

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