Police Accept Criminal Complaint in Acid Attack Case in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region
Myanmar police have accepted a criminal complaint by a businesswoman who was the victim of an acid attack in Ayeyarwady region, five months after she reported the assault that severely burned her face and caused her to lose sight in …
Five Myanmar Villagers Get Five-Year Sentences in China Cement Factory Protest
Five Myanmar villagers each were sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of destroying a factory building and vehicles during a protest against a Chinese-backed coal-powered cement factory in Mandalay region, a lawyer for the defendants said.…
In Myanmar’s Yangon, Volunteers Step in Where Government Response is Minimal
A volunteer group has been building makeshift hand-washing stations in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the absence of a systematic response by the government, which maintains the country has no confirmed cases of …
Myanmar Army Drops Defamation Cases Against The Irrawaddy, Reuters
Myanmar’s military on Wednesday dropped criminal defamation lawsuits against two news organizations following the intervention of the Myanmar Press Council (MPC), which mediated the cases and requested that they be withdrawn, officials from the body said.
The military had filed …
Myanmar’s Ruling NLD Votes Down Bill on Ethnic Chief Ministers
Myanmar’s ruling party lawmakers on Tuesday rejected an opposition party-sponsored bill to amend the constitution to allow chief ministers in ethnic minority regions to be elected, rather than appointed by the country’s president, legislators said.
Military-appointed and ethnic parliamentarians supported …
Myanmar Court Approves Defamation Case Against Editor Over 2019 Report
A Myanmar court on Monday accepted a criminal defamation case against an editor nearly a year after the government military filed a lawsuit over the publication of online memoirs about the armed conflict in war-torn Rakhine state.
Lieutenant Colonel Zaw …
Myanmar Military Suing Lawmaker, Reuters Under Telecommunications Law
Lawmakers around Southeast Asia are coming to the defense of one of their counterparts in Myanmar, who faces legal action after he told the Reuters news agency that military shelling had left two Rohingya Muslim women dead.
The military, which …
Myanmar Ruling Party Constitutional Amendments Again Thwarted
Myanmar lawmakers on Thursday failed to pass constitutional amendments proposed by Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy party to reduce the power of the country’s military chief during states of emergency.
The current charter, drafted in 2008 by a military …
Myanmar Jails Local Partner of US Hemp Grower For 20 Years
A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced a Myanmar national to 20 years in jail for working on a hemp plantation operated by a U.S. citizen, deemed illegal by police because it grew cannabis, a local police official said.
Shein Latt …