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• UN demands investigation in Rakhine
• Police charge exorcist with killing three children in Twante
• Officials deny Muslims forced out in Maungdaw
• UWSA says not to worry about Mongla ‘exercise’
• Border gates closed amid security fears
• Mandalay election officials get an early start on the voter list corrections process
• Thura U Shwe Mann shepherds publication of new book on rule of law
• Stricter policy for overseas workers coming
• Yangon govt to crack down on illegal game station gambling
• Witnesses under fire as tribunal for NLD’s U Win Htein continues

UN demands investigation in Rakhine Posted: 26 Oct 2016 12:19 AM PDT United Nations human rights experts have urged the government to investigate allegations of serious abuses perpetrated by security forces against northern Rakhine State's Muslim majority as accusations of misconduct continued to mount this week.

Police charge exorcist with killing three children in Twante Posted: 26 Oct 2016 12:15 AM PDT Police are planning to sue an exorcist responsible for murdering three children during a ritual allegedly aimed at ridding a village in Yangon's Twante township of bad spirits.

Officials deny Muslims forced out in Maungdaw Posted: 26 Oct 2016 12:15 AM PDT Amid a dearth of independently verifiable information coming out of heavily militarised northern Rakhine State, a report that hundreds of Muslims were recently forced from their village was met with twin denials yesterday.

UWSA says not to worry about Mongla ‘exercise’ Posted: 26 Oct 2016 12:10 AM PDT The United Wa State Army is seeking to allay fears that it has invaded the territory of its neighbouring ethnic armed group and ally.

Border gates closed amid security fears Posted: 26 Oct 2016 12:05 AM PDT Three border gates in eastern Shan State have been closed due to security concerns, according a representative of the Shan State government.

Mandalay election officials get an early start on the voter list corrections process Posted: 26 Oct 2016 12:03 AM PDT Already looking ahead to the 2020 general election, Mandalay Region voter lists are being corrected and updated on a quarterly basis, according to the director of the region's election subcommission.

Thura U Shwe Mann shepherds publication of new book on rule of law Posted: 25 Oct 2016 11:55 PM PDT Former Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann helped launch a book on the rule of law at an event yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw.

Stricter policy for overseas workers coming Posted: 25 Oct 2016 11:47 PM PDT Myanmar will re-introduce a more stringent permit system for citizens wishing to work abroad starting on January 1, 2017. The new system aims at stamping out exploitation of migrant workers by employment brokers, according to labour ministry officials.

Yangon govt to crack down on illegal game station gambling Posted: 25 Oct 2016 11:41 PM PDT The Yangon Region government plans to crack down on illegal coin gaming stations in order to reduce gambling, parliamentarians decided yesterday.

Witnesses under fire as tribunal for NLD’s U Win Htein continues Posted: 25 Oct 2016 11:39 PM PDT On the second day of a tribunal examining the role of National League for Democracy official U Win Htein in ousting members of the party's Shan State leadership, the dismissed members criticised U Win Htein's witnesses as lacking the party allegiance bona fides of those who were given their marching orders last month.

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