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• Officials downplay state counsellor health scare
• Lawmakers vote in favour of disciplining MNHRC over child maids abuse case
• Undeterred by warnings, supporters show solidarity for jailed ALP member
• Activists report dire state of Myanmar’s prison system
• Bill Committee advises more flexibility for civil servants’ retirement
• Two incumbents, four new faces elected to MCDC
• Pyigyitagun to benefit from water works
• State counsellor asked to intervene in spat with Chinese-backed nickel mine
• Workers demand govt end textile feud
• Ethnic armed groups discuss ‘stabilising’ peace negotiations

Officials downplay state counsellor health scare Posted: 27 Sep 2016 12:39 AM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's two-week trip abroad ended with a frenzy of speculation and official assurances that the state counsellor's health was not in serious question after she was reportedly seen arriving at Yangon International Airport in a wheelchair on September 25.

Lawmakers vote in favour of disciplining MNHRC over child maids abuse case Posted: 27 Sep 2016 12:35 AM PDT Lawmakers in the lower house yesterday voted in favour of taking disciplinary action against the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission after the body's botched handling of a child torture case.

Undeterred by warnings, supporters show solidarity for jailed ALP member Posted: 27 Sep 2016 12:29 AM PDT Supporters of detained Arakan Liberation Party communications officer U Khine Myo Tun defied threats of police action by attending his hearing yesterday without obtaining prior official approval.

Activists report dire state of Myanmar’s prison system Posted: 27 Sep 2016 12:26 AM PDT Tuberculosis, cholera and dysentery are just some of the more common ailments plaguing inmates at Myanmar's putrid penitentiaries.

Bill Committee advises more flexibility for civil servants’ retirement Posted: 27 Sep 2016 12:21 AM PDT The Pyithu Hluttaw Bill Committee has weighed in on ongoing efforts to amend the Civil Service Law, submitting a report to the lower house that recommends lowering the bar for government employees' retirement.

Two incumbents, four new faces elected to MCDC Posted: 27 Sep 2016 12:19 AM PDT The results of the hotly contested Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) election are in: Two incumbents, along with four new members, have been elected to the six vacant seats on the committee, according to an MCDC spokesperson.

Pyigyitagun to benefit from water works Posted: 27 Sep 2016 12:15 AM PDT Drinking water will soon be more readily available to residents of Pyigyi­tagun township in Mandalay, thanks to a Mandalay City Development Committee project aimed at improving the public water supply in their municipality.

State counsellor asked to intervene in spat with Chinese-backed nickel mine Posted: 26 Sep 2016 11:09 PM PDT Farmers who say their ancestral lands were confiscated for a Chinese-backed nickel-processing project are demanding compensation. In their latest move in the long-running dispute, they have asked State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to intervene.

Workers demand govt end textile feud Posted: 26 Sep 2016 11:06 PM PDT On September 23, more than 600 workers from the Panda Textile factory staged a demonstration in Paleik, Mandalay Region, demanding the government end a long-running dispute about pay and contracts.

Ethnic armed groups discuss ‘stabilising’ peace negotiations Posted: 26 Sep 2016 11:03 PM PDT A five-day meeting involving members of signatories and non-signatories to the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) kicked off yesterday in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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