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- Tribunal to investigate gem association embezzlement claims
- Report cites media progress but highlights shortfalls
- Oil contributions to Magwe government questioned
- Govt tears down new shanty towns
- Yangon has to face the part-time electricity cut-offs
- Four new YCDC members appointed
- U Gambira set for release next month: lawyer
- Sagaing protesters to sue MPs
- Rocky start for Shan unity plan
- Amyotha Hluttaw approves second draft of protest law
| Tribunal to investigate gem association embezzlement claims Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A Tribunal has been established to investigate almost US$100 million that reportedly went missing from a gems and jade industry body during U Thein Sein's administration. |
| Report cites media progress but highlights shortfalls Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Myanmar has taken steps toward media liberalisation but still has a long way to go before it enjoys a truly free press, according to a sector survey published yesterday. |
| Oil contributions to Magwe government questioned Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Nearly K3 billion donated to the former Magwe Region government has gone missing, parliament heard yesterday. The money was donated by the owners of the region's hand-dug oil wells for regional development. |
| Govt tears down new shanty towns Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Yangon chief minister is already making good on a promise to crack down on "new squatters" in a bid to end the city's land-grab fights. As of yesterday, authorities demolished 99 shanties built since the minister's May 25 announcement. |
| Yangon has to face the part-time electricity cut-offs Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Decaying power lines – some more than 100 years old – surging demand and long-term neglect, plus a shortage of money, all mean one thing for Yangon residents over the coming weeks and months: power cuts. At a May 31 press conference, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein laid out what residents can expect as electric company officials try to keep up with demand. |
| Four new YCDC members appointed Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT After kicking out the current members of Yangon City Development Committee, the region government appointed four new staffers yesterday. |
| U Gambira set for release next month: lawyer Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Imprisoned former monk and Saffron Revolution leader U Gambira is likely to be released on July 1,according to his legal team. |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A Lawyer representing labourers who were arrested for holding a peaceful protest earlier this month says he is planning to sue five members of parliament for failing to come to the demonstrators' aid. |
| Rocky start for Shan unity plan Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Organisers of a conference aimed at forging unity among Shan political parties have apologised for shutting out the ethnic group's largest party. |
| Amyotha Hluttaw approves second draft of protest law Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Amyotha Hluttaw has approved a revised Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law even as it continues to earn criticism from rights groups for maintaining prison sentences against offenders. |
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