The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Army Officer’s Daughter Jailed for Claiming Pressure to Vote for Military Proxy Party
• Series of Abductions by Ethnic Armed Groups Rattle Myanmar Ruby Town
• Myanmar Rice Exporters Seek Govt Help After Chinese Trader Flees Owing Millions of Dollars
• Myanmar’s Ethnic Army Abductee Recalls Mistreatment and Extortion
• Over 2,000 Homes Razed by Fire in Two Years of Clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine, Group Says
• Indonesian Social Minister Named as Suspect in Pandemic Bribery Case

Army Officer’s Daughter Jailed for Claiming Pressure to Vote for Military Proxy Party Posted: 07 Dec 2020 05:39 AM PST The woman's disclosure on Facebook prompted an officer to sue her under Article 505(a) for undermining Myanmar's armed forces.

Series of Abductions by Ethnic Armed Groups Rattle Myanmar Ruby Town Posted: 07 Dec 2020 05:29 AM PST Mogoke residents ask rebels to stop kidnapping as three residents have recently been abducted in two months.

Myanmar Rice Exporters Seek Govt Help After Chinese Trader Flees Owing Millions of Dollars Posted: 07 Dec 2020 04:16 AM PST A Chinese businessman with ties to the agency that manages China's state companies has disappeared owing Myanmar and Chinese rice traders millions of dollars.

Myanmar’s Ethnic Army Abductee Recalls Mistreatment and Extortion Posted: 07 Dec 2020 03:45 AM PST After her family went into debt to pay a ransom for her release, Daw Khin Myint Htay tells The Irrawaddy she now lives in fear.

Over 2,000 Homes Razed by Fire in Two Years of Clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine, Group Says Posted: 07 Dec 2020 12:18 AM PST While the Myanmar military blames the Arakan Army for the widespread loss of property in Rakhine, civil groups point to the Tatmadaw's 'clearance' strategy.

Indonesian Social Minister Named as Suspect in Pandemic Bribery Case Posted: 06 Dec 2020 09:59 PM PST An Indonesian minister has been questioned by police over bribery allegations linked to a government scheme to distribute aid to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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