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• Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing pledges to help safeguard Buddhism
• Ethnic-language signs’ vandalism rankles
• Law and disorder: 72-year-old denied bail amid broken system
• Mandalay farmers dispute land in protected forest area
• ‘The army insists we give up our weapons – this is a major obstacle’
• Raucous crowd greets state counsellor at Thai seafood market near Bangkok

Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing pledges to help safeguard Buddhism Posted: 23 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Amid the government's efforts to arrange peace talks, and an ongoing controversy over terminology for religious minorities in Rakhine State, Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said the Tatmadaw would help shoulder the burden of protecting Myanmar's predominantly Buddhist character.

Ethnic-language signs’ vandalism rankles Posted: 23 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The deletion of ethnic-language words on Shan State signposts has stirred up a row on social media. It is not clear who is responsible for effacing the words, or other vandalism to the township signage that listed the town name in both Myanmar language and Shan language, as well as in some cases a third local ethnic language.

Law and disorder: 72-year-old denied bail amid broken system Posted: 23 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Wizened , feeble and barely able to stand on her own, 72-year-old Daw Tin Nyunt has been repeatedly denied bail.

Mandalay farmers dispute land in protected forest area Posted: 23 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A group of 29 farmers whose land at the foot of Shwe Thar Lyaung Mountain in Mandalay Region was confiscated by the government in 2008 are demanding the right to cultivate there once again.

‘The army insists we give up our weapons – this is a major obstacle’ Posted: 23 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Arakan Army (AA) was formed in 2009 in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) stronghold of Laiza, on Myanmar's northern border with China, where the Arakan ethnic rebels received training and arms.

Raucous crowd greets state counsellor at Thai seafood market near Bangkok Posted: 23 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT

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