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• Muslim fatalities reported as northern Rakhine manhunt continues
• Yangon chief minister promoted to ranks of NLD’s top leadership
• Speaker calls off crackdown on jade pickers
• On society’s fringes, disabled Tatmadaw veterans languish in poverty
• Rescued fishermen say hundreds trapped in south
• Farmers remain camped on military’s disputed land
• NLD will discipline party members only if laws were broken, says U Win Htein
• Maungdaw schools closed following deadly raids
• Prosthetic limbs donated in Nay Pyi Taw
• Muslim men in Yangon face charges for keeping cows without permission

Muslim fatalities reported as northern Rakhine manhunt continues Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:55 AM PDT An unknown number of Muslim men were shot dead yesterday in northern Rakhine State, where three attacks on police posts along the border with Bangladesh killed at least nine police officers this week and triggered a manhunt for the assailants.

Yangon chief minister promoted to ranks of NLD’s top leadership Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:53 AM PDT Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein has been promoted to the upper echelons of the National League for Democracy leadership, according to a statement released yesterday evening.

Speaker calls off crackdown on jade pickers Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:51 AM PDT The upper house Speaker is calling for a more lax handling of itinerant jade scavengers after a spate of recent arrests led to public outcry and protests.

On society’s fringes, disabled Tatmadaw veterans languish in poverty Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:50 AM PDT By 1999, U Sein Kyaw Win had already survived 24 years of service as a foot soldier in the Myanmar army's long war against ethnic armed groups, but during a deployment in Kayin State his luck ran out.

Rescued fishermen say hundreds trapped in south Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:49 AM PDT Four Myanmar fishermen who were enslaved on Thai fishing boats and later abandoned on remote Indonesian islands have recounted how they again became trapped on a trawler – this time in their home country.

Farmers remain camped on military’s disputed land Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:45 AM PDT More than two dozen residents of a village tract purportedly owned by the military have dug their heels in. But after nine months through the cold, the rain and repeated eviction orders, the farmers laying claim to the contested 19-acre plot are beginning to lose hope that the impasse will be resolved.

NLD will discipline party members only if laws were broken, says U Win Htein Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:45 AM PDT Adopting an unusually conciliatory stance, a senior member of the National League for Democracy has said the party will not be taking action against two of its misbehaving MPs unless it is found that laws were broken. The misdeeds of two lower house MPs have gone viral on social media over the past month.

Maungdaw schools closed following deadly raids Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:35 AM PDT Schools across Maungdaw district, 402 in total, were closed yesterday in the aftermath of coordinated raids by unknown assailants on three police outposts along the Rakhine State border with Bangladesh, according to the state's Education Office.

Prosthetic limbs donated in Nay Pyi Taw Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:34 AM PDT Despite a drive to provide prosthetic limbs in Nay Pyi Taw Council Territory, about 70 people still remain to be fitted, a charity representative says. U Thant Zin Win, chair of the Shwe Minthar Foundation's Nay Pyi Taw branch, told The Myanmar Times yesterday that those not yet accommodated had been unable to attend because of transportation difficulties.

Muslim men in Yangon face charges for keeping cows without permission Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:33 AM PDT Three Muslim men have been arrested and are on trial for keeping 92 cows in a Yangon field without prior permission, according to officials from the Shwe Pyi Thar township police station.

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