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• Yangon transport authority mulls playing matchmaker with bus line operators
• Last Messenger newspaper shutters
• Thailand told to consult Kayin on contested parkland
• Kayin farmers criminalised for fighting land grabs: HRW report
• Yangon labour department has launched 60 lawsuits against errant factories
• Ava trial hears of 2014 complaint
• KIA denies involvement in Hpakant jade mine blast
• NLD member charged for defamation
• Civilians injured amid fresh clashes
• JMC looks into mass detention case and RCSS clashes

Yangon transport authority mulls playing matchmaker with bus line operators Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:39 AM PDT The Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) is encouraging smaller bus companies to collaborate in their application to form the new public-private partnership firms that will operate a revamped public bus system.

Last Messenger newspaper shutters Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:30 AM PDT The Messenger Weekly Journal will shut down at the end of this month.

Thailand told to consult Kayin on contested parkland Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:29 AM PDT An attempt by Thailand to absorb a large chunk of Myanmar land by having it declared part of a Thai heritage site has apparently suffered a setback. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in Paris, has asked Thailand to go back to the drawing board.

Kayin farmers criminalised for fighting land grabs: HRW report Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:27 AM PDT Kayin State villagers are losing their land and are routinely persecuted through threats, arson and arbitrary arrest if they attempt to fight the unlawful seizures, according to a report released by an international rights group yesterday.

Yangon labour department has launched 60 lawsuits against errant factories Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:26 AM PDT After repeated, flagrant violations of the labour laws, 60 recalcitrant factories in Yangon have been slapped with lawsuits so far this year by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, a government official told The Myanmar Times yesterday.

Ava trial hears of 2014 complaint Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:24 AM PDT As the high-profile Ava Tailoring shop abuse trial enters its sixth week, a local administrator gave testimony yesterday about a 2014 complaint, which appeared to complicate allegations that the child maids were enslaved against their will.

KIA denies involvement in Hpakant jade mine blast Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:08 AM PDT A November 2 attack on a Hpakant gem company site has been pinned on the Kachin Independence Army – an allegation the group vigorously denies.

NLD member charged for defamation Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:07 AM PDT A Senior National League for Democracy official has been charged with defamation in relation to a Facebook post suggesting the Tatmadaw chief resign, according to Hlaing township police.

Civilians injured amid fresh clashes Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:06 AM PDT Four Civilians have been injured in Homein village, Namhsan township, as fresh clashes have erupted in the area.

JMC looks into mass detention case and RCSS clashes Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:04 AM PDT The nation ceasefire agreement's Joint Monitoring Committee has sent a team to investigate clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) as part of its mandate under the accord.

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