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• Arakan National Party prepares to split
• Rakhine hluttaw to debate state advisory commission
• Photographer files lawsuit after being assaulted at protest
• Fighting in Kayin drives 2000 from their homes
• Tatmadaw insists landmine use kept within reasonable minimum
• Minister ties improved education for ethnic minorities to peace
• Health volunteers deployed to remote Naga area
• 48 laws must be enacted as priority: legal commission
• Actor serving life in prison for murder given reduced sentence
• State-owned Magwe factories under review

Arakan National Party prepares to split Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:34 AM PDT A fatal combination of old loyalties, competing factions and increasingly radical members wresting control of the platform has driven the country's most successful ethnic party to the edge. One-half of the Arakan National Party, the former Arakan League for Democracy, is calling for secession, while the other side isn't sorry to see them go.

Rakhine hluttaw to debate state advisory commission Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:31 AM PDT A Rakhine State lawmaker forged ahead yesterday with an effort to continue stoking controversy over the recent formation of an advisory commission for the state chaired by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.

Photographer files lawsuit after being assaulted at protest Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:20 AM PDT Photojournalist Myat Thu Kyaw has filed a lawsuit, claiming he was verbally and physically assaulted while covering a demonstration led by nationalists in Yangon Region's Bahan township on September 11.

Fighting in Kayin drives 2000 from their homes Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:06 AM PDT About 2000 residents of Kayin State's Hlaingbwe township have taken refuge at the Myaing Gyi Nguu monastery since September 11 to avoid ongoing fighting between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and the Tatmadaw, according to a state hluttaw MP.

Tatmadaw insists landmine use kept within reasonable minimum Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:03 AM PDT The Tatmadaw continues to produce and use landmines, deputy defence minister Major General Myint Nwe told parliament yesterday, emphasising that this activity was kept to a minimum.

Minister ties improved education for ethnic minorities to peace Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:02 AM PDT Education Minister U Myo Thein Gyi told lawmakers in the Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday that educational development in ethnic minority areas is directly linked to the success or failure of Myanmar's peace process.

Health volunteers deployed to remote Naga area Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:00 AM PDT Following a deadly disease outbreak that has taken the lives of dozens of children in a remote area of Sagaing Region, the health ministry has deployed basic medical staff to the underserved community.

48 laws must be enacted as priority: legal commission Posted: 12 Sep 2016 11:56 PM PDT Myanmar needs to enact 48 laws as a matter of priority, the Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission has told parliament, with legislation aimed at tackling violence against women at the top of that list.

Actor serving life in prison for murder given reduced sentence Posted: 12 Sep 2016 11:54 PM PDT Min Oke Soe, an actor sentenced to life imprisonment for killing an employee of a magazine he owned, saw his prison term reduced to 10 years in a ruling last week by the Supreme Court.

State-owned Magwe factories under review Posted: 12 Sep 2016 11:28 PM PDT Magwe labour officials are inspecting three state-owned factories for poor performance and plan to submit a report to the region hluttaw when it reopens. The Hluttaw's Labour, Immigration and Population Committee is focusing on how workers' rights can be improved on the state-run production lines, committee chair U Thet Khaing told The Myanmar Times.

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