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    Anti-war protesters call on Suu Kyi to act against ‘violent’ police
    May 31, 2018in Kachin, Lead Story, News608by REUTERS
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    Anti-war protesters call on Suu Kyi to act against ‘violent’ police

    Anti-war protesters on Wednesday urged government leader Aung San Suu Kyi to take action against police who this month broke up a peace rally and arrested them, and raised new…

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    Defence attorney says evidence from Reuters reporters’ phones may be ‘tainted’
    May 30, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News2002by REUTERS
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    Defence attorney says evidence from Reuters reporters’ phones may be ‘tainted’

    Evidence Burmese police say they obtained from the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents might be “tainted,” a defence lawyer said on Tuesday, because at…

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    Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report
    May 30, 2018in Land, Lead Story, News404by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report

    Companies acquired concessions amounting to the size of a small European country, while rural residents of Southeast Asia’s Mekong region saw their landholdings shrink or disappear over the past two…

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    Military-bred cabinet member ‘reassigned,’ replaced
    May 29, 2018in Lead Story, News, Politics226by DVB
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    Military-bred cabinet member ‘reassigned,’ replaced

    Burma’s deputy minister for home affairs, Aung Soe, has been “reassigned to perform his original military duties” and is replaced in the cabinet by Major-General Aung Thu from the Office…

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    Police witness says searched Reuters reporters’ phones without warrant
    May 29, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News2278by REUTERS
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    Police witness says searched Reuters reporters’ phones without warrant

    Police in Burma examined the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents without a search warrant after their arrests in December, an officer told a court…

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    Malaysia makes record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Burma
    May 28, 2018in Drugs, Lead Story, News23by REUTERS
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    Malaysia makes record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Burma

    Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Burma, and…

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