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• Two Mong Koe church leaders transferred to Muse police custody
• State counsellor urges people to make demands of their chief ministers
• Myanmar makes small gains in annual corruption index under NLD govt
• Prep work begins on Yangon student union building
• Statement calls for security council to convene over Rakhine rumours
• Five murders in Pyinmana township in 2016, say cops
• Garment workers trying to unionise fired
• KNU and NMSP agree to stop fighting

Two Mong Koe church leaders transferred to Muse police custody Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:45 PM PST Two Kachin Baptist Church officials were transferred from military to police custody this week, with a trial expected to soon get under way, according to the Muse township police station.

State counsellor urges people to make demands of their chief ministers Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:40 PM PST Patience, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urged yesterday while speaking to residents of Pakokku township in Magwe Region.

Myanmar makes small gains in annual corruption index under NLD govt Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:38 PM PST Despite an announced anti-corruption campaign and the termination of US trade sanctions, Myanmar continues to languish in the bottom tiers of the latest Corruption Perception Index.

Prep work begins on Yangon student union building Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:35 PM PST More than half a century after it was dynamited by the junta, groundwork is being laid to finally resurrect the Yangon University student union building.

Statement calls for security council to convene over Rakhine rumours Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:30 PM PST The former ruling party is again leading a charge demanding the shadowy National Defence and Security Council be convened in response to security concerns in Rakhine State. The Union Solidarity and Development Party was among 15 political parties to sign a statement yesterday pressing the government to address the "Rakhine situation" through the council.

Five murders in Pyinmana township in 2016, say cops Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:25 PM PST Amid a crackdown on crime in the moderately delinquent Nay Pyi Taw suburb Pyinmana, police say they tallied 14 serious crimes last year, including five murders.

Garment workers trying to unionise fired Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:20 PM PST More than 20 workers who were trying to establish a union within their Hlaing Tharyar township garment factory say their employment was forcibly terminated this month. They believe they were edged out in retaliation for collectively organising, but the factory managers said the layoffs were part of a downsizing effort.

KNU and NMSP agree to stop fighting Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:11 PM PST Two ethnic armed groups at odds over a territorial dispute in Tanintharyi Region reached a peaceable agreement yesterday in negotiations mediated by the regional government.

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