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• Sangha to keep an eye on Ma Ba Tha
• Committee conducts field visit in Rakhine State
• Logging banned in Chin State until end of fiscal year
• Bodies of drowned students found
• Embezzlement allegations dismissed by former ministers
• Political prisoner definition debated by MPs
• Gender inequality devalues women’s work: Oxfam
• Peace team, non-signatories meet
• Migrant workers detained in Malaysia may soon return home
• Bag factory hit with worker dispute

Sangha to keep an eye on Ma Ba Tha Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The state's top Buddhist authority has said it will rein in the activities of hard-line nationalist monks participating in the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion – also known as Ma Ba Tha.

Committee conducts field visit in Rakhine State Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A New Union-level committee established for Rakhine State began groundwork on June 1 when it visited IDP camps and held a meeting with community leaders.

Logging banned in Chin State until end of fiscal year Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Logging in Chin State is to be banned for the rest of the year, says the environment minister. U Ohn Win, Union minister for natural resources and environmental conservation, told Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday that he was preparing to prohibit logging for the remainder of the 2016-2017 fiscal year.

Bodies of drowned students found Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Police have recovered the bodies of all seven students who drowned after a ferryboat sank in Rakhine State while transporting children home from school.

Embezzlement allegations dismissed by former ministers Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The former ministers for mines and information yesterday shot back against allegations that senior members of the previous government had embezzled nearly US$100 million from a gems fund.

Political prisoner definition debated by MPs Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A Bid to define the term "political prisoner" would violate the constitution, parliament heard yesterday. Rakhine State MP U Pe Than, from Myebon township, proposed to the Pyithu Hluttaw that parliament define such terms as "political offence" and "political prisoner".

Gender inequality devalues women’s work: Oxfam Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT "They think that we are like animals."

Peace team, non-signatories meet Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT For the first time since the civilian-led government took office, government peace negotiators are meeting with armed ethnic groups outside of the ceasefire process today.

Migrant workers detained in Malaysia may soon return home Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT About 90 detained Myanmar workers living in camps in Malaysia are expected to come home on June 19, according to a civil society organisation.

Bag factory hit with worker dispute Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A Factory's management has agreed to accept the decision to be made by a township-level tribunal concerning workers' demands to change their employment status. More than 40 of the workers are demanding to be reclassified as permanent staff instead of casual day workers so that they can receive leave entitlement and other benefits.

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