Two Civilians Killed as Myanmar Army Hits Chin State Village With Airstrikes
Heavy artillery fire during airstrikes killed two civilians and injured four others in a village in western Myanmar’s Chin state on Monday, where government forces are fighting the rebel Arakan Army, a resident and a military spokesman said.
The strikes …
UN Investigator Wants Myanmar Brought Before International Criminal Court
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A U.N. investigator is calling for Myanmar to be referred to the International Criminal Court and tried for alleged international crimes, including the persecution of ethnic minorities that have forced millions to flee, fearing for their lives. …
Myanmar Army Sues Reuters for Criminal Defamation
Myanmar police said the army had filed a lawsuit against Reuters news agency and a local lawmaker for criminal defamation, weeks after the military objected to a news story published about the death of two Rohingya Muslim women as a …
Myanmar Army Brings Defamation Case Against Lawmaker, Reuters Over Report of Killings
The Myanmar military has filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against an upper house parliamentarian and Reuters news agency over the coverage of a shooting in Buthidaung township in western Myanmar’s war-ravaged Rakhine state, according to police.
Lieutenant Colonel Pyaesone Aung …
Gunman Robs Bank Of Around 40,000 USD In Myanmar’s Yangon
YANGON, A gunman, with a bogus bomb, robbed a bank located in the eastern part of Myanmar’s Yangon, on Friday, an official from Office of the Yangon Region Police Force told Xinhua.
“The robbery took place at a branch of …
FOUR ARRESTED FOR E-COMMERCE SCAMS INVOLVING SALE OF FACE MASKS
The Police arrested two women and two men, between 24 and 27 February 2020, for their suspected involvement in separate e-commerce scams involving the sale of face masks and other items on Carousell.
Between January and February 2020, the Police …
Myanmar Court Jails 15 Rohingya For Two Years For Trying to Flee Country
A court in central Myanmar’s Magway region on Friday sentenced 15 Rohingya Muslims to a maximum of two years in prison each for attempting to leave the country illegally, an immigration official said.
Authorities in Minhla township arrested the 15 …
Lao Authorities Seize Banned Wildlife Parts in Oudomxay
Police in the northwestern Lao province of Oudomxay have seized a large quantity of dead wildlife poached in violation of Lao law and sold openly in local markets and restaurants, sources in the country told RFA on Thursday.
The haul, …
‘I’m Dead Even Though I’m Alive,’ Says Myanmar Acid Attack Survivor
Leh Leh Win, a 30-year-old businesswoman from Pantanaw in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region, was the breadwinner of her household.
She enjoyed a fairly comfortable life because of her astute business skills.
But it wasn’t to last.
Leh Leh Win was standing …