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• Protest planned over preferred Rakhine State terminology
• Sectarian tensions linger in the wake of mob attack
• State counsellor: ‘No hidden agenda’ in peace talks
• ILO to research migrant workers’ challenges, assets
• Lawsuit against local media outlet continues, despite report
• London Sayadaw’s case under review
• Protesters demand waterways be unblocked
• Pyinmana farmers given cash for confiscated land
• Govt returns seized lands in delta region
• Magwe distillery to be shut down over stench complaints

Protest planned over preferred Rakhine State terminology Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Local Buddhist residents of Rakhine State are preparing to launch a statewide protest campaign on July 3 in rejection of the government's terminology for those self-identifying as Rohingya, demanding that they be called Bengalis instead of the administration's preferred "Muslims from Rakhine State".

Sectarian tensions linger in the wake of mob attack Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT One week after a violent mob ransacked a Muslim villager's home, destroyed a mosque and physically assaulted a man, police have made no arrests and identified no suspects. Officials in Waw township, Bago Region, where the attack occurred, admitted to The Myanmar Times that an investigation has not yet been launched, the inaction seemingly a direct order from higher-level authorities.

State counsellor: ‘No hidden agenda’ in peace talks Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi promised ethnic armed groups yesterday that her government has no hidden agenda for the peace process.

ILO to research migrant workers’ challenges, assets Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The International Labour Organization will conduct research into the experiences that Myanmar migrant workers have faced abroad and how the country benefits after they return home, according to the UN agency.

Lawsuit against local media outlet continues, despite report Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT After a report suggested a lawsuit against a local news outlet has been retracted, Yangon police told The Myanmar Times that the case would have to proceed to court as a matter of procedure.

London Sayadaw’s case under review Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT In a legal move that could lead to the reopening of a tangled lawsuit involving a high-profile monk, Yangon Region Court is now reviewing the case against London Sayadaw. Trespassing charges against the monk, also known as U Ottara, were thrown out last December after the persistent failure of the plaintiff to appear in court.

Protesters demand waterways be unblocked Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A group of seven gathered on the Yangon-Mandalay highway with signs yesterday, protesting projects that are blocking lakes, ponds, rivers and creeks in Amarapura township, Mandalay Region.

Pyinmana farmers given cash for confiscated land Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Land seized to build a road in Nay Pyi Taw's Pyinmana township was retroactively purchased from farmers by the Ministry of Construction yesterday.

Govt returns seized lands in delta region Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT In a pilot project overseen by Vice President Henry Van Thio, more than 6000 acres in Ayeyarwady Region were returned to farmers who were occupying the land when it was grabbed in the 1980s.

Magwe distillery to be shut down over stench complaints Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A Magwe Region minister said last week that a local distillery in Aunglan township has been ordered to shut down, in response to persistent demands for its closure from local residents who say the operation stinks.

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