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• Pistol, bullets found in drug raid
• Four in Chin family dead in murder-suicide case in Malaysia
• Chinese man charged with sexual assault
• Most disabled lost limbs in land mines
• Garment factory ordered to reinstate axed workers
• ASEAN ministers to discuss US President Trump’s foreign policy
• Fishing boat carrying Bengalis detained near Gwa township
• KNU, KIO call for more peace efforts
• Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to decide on bill to protect citizens’ freedom, security
• Only few voters checked their names in list: UEC

Pistol, bullets found in drug raid Posted: 17 Feb 2017 01:21 AM PST Police seized a Spanish-made pistol and 83 bullets in a major drug seizure from three houses in the past two days.

Four in Chin family dead in murder-suicide case in Malaysia Posted: 17 Feb 2017 01:19 AM PST A 27-year-old Myanmar man living in Malaysia's Selangor state killed himself after murdering his wife and two young children, according to Myanmar Embassy officials and Malaysia-based Myanmar civil society groups.

Chinese man charged with sexual assault Posted: 17 Feb 2017 01:17 AM PST A Chinese national has been charged with raping a Myanmar woman working at the Burstt camera lens factory in Pyin Oo Lwin township, according to the Mandalay Region police.

Most disabled lost limbs in land mines Posted: 17 Feb 2017 01:11 AM PST At a social camp to fit disabled people with artificial limbs, it was found that the majority of participants were victims of land mines, Daw Yin Yin Nyunt, secretary of U Nu Daw Mya Yi Foundation told The Myanmar Times.

Garment factory ordered to reinstate axed workers Posted: 17 Feb 2017 01:00 AM PST Unitedtex overseas garment factory in Yangon's Hlaing Tharyar township has been ordered by the regional arbitration council to reinstate nine workers whom the company fired last month.

ASEAN ministers to discuss US President Trump’s foreign policy Posted: 17 Feb 2017 12:56 AM PST ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss US President Donald Trump's foreign policy when they convene for the grouping's ministerial meeting retreat next week.

Fishing boat carrying Bengalis detained near Gwa township Posted: 17 Feb 2017 12:54 AM PST A fishing boat carrying nine Bengali men and the corpse of another Bengali man was seized in the evening of February 15 in waters near the Sat Thwar village of Gwa township, said Gwa township administrator U Aung Lin.

KNU, KIO call for more peace efforts Posted: 17 Feb 2017 12:50 AM PST TWO influential ethnic Kachin and Kayin armed groups have called for more cooperation in the peace process after having a meeting yesterday.

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to decide on bill to protect citizens’ freedom, security Posted: 17 Feb 2017 12:48 AM PST A bill to protect the personal freedom and security of all citizens will be decided by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, following a deadlock between two Hluttaws, the Pyithu Hluttaw said on February 16.

Only few voters checked their names in list: UEC Posted: 17 Feb 2017 12:47 AM PST Only a few voters checked their names during the first public display of the electoral rolls for the April 1 by-elections, and many errors are found despite the door-to-door scrutiny earlier this month, according to the Union Election Commission (UEC).

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