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• Volunteer vessel to monitor for migrants in Andaman Sea
• Refugees trickle home as TNLA reports more clashes
• Senior NLD officials meet in capital
• Pat Ja San abandons poppy field mission
• Interfaith activists convicted, given two years in prison
• Latest polio campaign declared a success
• Kidney transplant program gathers pace in Mandalay
• Nationalists warn NLD on constitution
• KNU stands by hydro project
• Govt and military clash with NLD over ‘fire-sale’ motion

Volunteer vessel to monitor for migrants in Andaman Sea Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST A ship, two rescue boats and a fleet of drones will be deployed in the Andaman Sea on March 3 to comb for migrants and monitor for smuggling vessels – and respond in case of a crisis.

Refugees trickle home as TNLA reports more clashes Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Refugees in Kyaukme are heading home during an apparent lull in hostilities, a Shan State government official says.

Senior NLD officials meet in capital Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Rumours swirling about the possible nomination of military or former military officers as chief ministers of Rakhine and Shan states continued to swirl despite, or perhaps because of, efforts by the National League for Democracy to quell them.

Pat Ja San abandons poppy field mission Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST A group of Christian hard-line anti-drug vigilantes yesterday abandoned plans to destroy poppy fields in an area of Kachin State after clashes broke out between their members and armed attackers in the past week. Pat Ja San, which is known for flogging drug users, said it was calling off the mission in mountainous Kachin State because local police and military said they could not provide protection.

Interfaith activists convicted, given two years in prison Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Three interfaith youth activists in Mandalay have been hit with two-year prison terms with hard labour for charges that rights groups have criticised as politically motivated.

Latest polio campaign declared a success Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Health officials are declaring the latest nationwide drive against polio a success, though results are still coming in from some remote areas. As of February 26, the Department of Public Health was saying it was not yet ready to announce complete official results, although some regions reported reaching more than 95 percent of targeted children.

Kidney transplant program gathers pace in Mandalay Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Mandalay General Hospital has successfully resumed performing kidney transplant operations, officials have announced. Though the first such operations were performed in 2001, none had been performed since 2004.

Nationalists warn NLD on constitution Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST During a rally in Yangon yesterday, nationalists fired a warning shot at the National League for Democracy: force constitutional change through parliament and incur the wrath of the hardliners.

KNU stands by hydro project Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST An ethnic armed group has been forced to deny that it signed up to the "nationwide" ceasefire agreement (NCA) in order to cash in on a hydropower deal. The Karen National Union (KNU), one of eight armed groups that signed the peace pact last October, said it would not proceed with the proposed Baw Ka Hta dam in Bago Region if local residents objected.

Govt and military clash with NLD over ‘fire-sale’ motion Posted: 28 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST In a rare display of disapproval – but one that could be seen more often starting next month – military MPs in the Pyithu Hluttaw stood in a body to protest remarks made by a National League for Democracy MP.

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