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Monday, January 27, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Amid Coronavirus Fears, Two Feverish Workers Quarantined at Myanmar-China Border
Charter Amendment Committee Submits Two Bills to Myanmar Parliament Calling for Reduced Role for Military
Rakhine Court Releases Civilians Held for 11 Months for ‘Ties to AA’
NLD Dismisses Outspoken MP for Hurting Party’s Image
Rohingya Women Killed by Artillery Shell in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Wild Elephant Found Skinned in Myanmar Forest Reserve; Poachers Flee Scene
Ex-Myanmar President U Thein Sein to Campaign for USDP Ahead of This Year’s Election
Sixty Myanmar Students to Be Evacuated From China as Coronavirus Spreads
Confessions of Two Military Men Illustrate the Myth of ‘One Voice’
After Four Years in a British Prison in Uganda, Myanmar’s ex-Premier Came Home
China Extends Holiday by Three Days in Bid to Battle Virus
China Has World’s Second-Largest Arms Industry, Think Tank Estimates

Amid Coronavirus Fears, Two Feverish Workers Quarantined at Myanmar-China Border

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 05:32 AM PST

Game meat markets and casinos closed while authorities and ethnic armed groups on the Chinese border increase screening as the flu death toll hits 81.

Charter Amendment Committee Submits Two Bills to Myanmar Parliament Calling for Reduced Role for Military

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 05:02 AM PST

The bills are backed by more than half of all lawmakers, except military MPs and their allies. The men in uniform complain the drafts don't represent their views.

Rakhine Court Releases Civilians Held for 11 Months for ‘Ties to AA’

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 04:35 AM PST

The Sittwe Township Court has ruled that 13 civilians detained since last February were 'wrongfully charged' after the military alleged they had ties to the Arakan Army.

NLD Dismisses Outspoken MP for Hurting Party’s Image

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 04:27 AM PST

The National League for Democracy has revoked the party membership of a Yangon lawmaker who has been critical of the regional government's policies and performance.

Rohingya Women Killed by Artillery Shell in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 03:41 AM PST

The Arakan Army and Myanmar's military blame each other for an artillery shell that killed two young women when it landed in a village in northern Rakhine.

Wild Elephant Found Skinned in Myanmar Forest Reserve; Poachers Flee Scene

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 01:35 AM PST

Authorities nearly caught a group of poachers red-handed in an Ayeyarwady forest reserve Friday when they found a dead wild elephant skinned with its trunk cut off.

Ex-Myanmar President U Thein Sein to Campaign for USDP Ahead of This Year’s Election

Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:43 PM PST

Former Union president and current USDP chairman U Thein Sein will campaign for the opposition party ahead of this year's election, a party spokesman said.

Sixty Myanmar Students to Be Evacuated From China as Coronavirus Spreads

Posted: 26 Jan 2020 10:05 PM PST

The Myanmar Embassy in Beijing plans to evacuate 60 students from the Wuhan area by bus and plane as the coronavirus death toll rises to 80.

Confessions of Two Military Men Illustrate the Myth of ‘One Voice’

Posted: 26 Jan 2020 09:40 PM PST

The memoirs of two senior figures in Myanmar's ex-military government shed light on the junta's machinations, and expose the cracks in the monolithic image it projected.

After Four Years in a British Prison in Uganda, Myanmar’s ex-Premier Came Home

Posted: 26 Jan 2020 09:30 PM PST

On this day in 1946, U Saw, leader of British Burma, came home after spending World War II in a British prison in Uganda for saying he would support Japan if it invaded Burma.