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    Tagged: Pegu Division

    Law Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Loudspeaker tirade case stalled over lost evidence

    The case against a member of Burma’s former ruling party accused of broadcasting obscenities directed at the leaders of the current government has stalled due to the loss of a key piece of evidence.

    Crime Lead Story Natural resources News

    Police officer drowns in bid to stop loggers

    The body of a police officer who drowned after his boat capsized while chasing illegal loggers on a river in Sagaing Division earlier this week was recovered on Wednesday.

    Crime Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Witness stabbed at Phyu courthouse

    Win Naing was rushed to Phyu Hospital, but later transferred to Rangoon General Hospital as his condition worsened.

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    Lead Story News Protest

    Protestors rally in support of disabled administrator

    The protestors were angered by a decision that deemed the elected local administrator “unfit” for the job because of his physical disabilities.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Man arrested after shootout in Letpadan

    A man has been arrested for attempted murder after a shooting at a funeral wake in Pegu Division.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Shwe Mann remains party candidate: USDP

    Burma’s ruling party has quashed rumours that it has expelled its former chairman Shwe Mann.

    Lead Story News Pegu Division Politics Protest

    Letpadan defendants revoke power of attorney

    Eight Letpadan activists have revoked their lawyers’ power of attorney rights, declaring they have no confidence in the judicial system.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Student activists denied countersue claim, bail

    A court hearing took place at Tharawaddy township court on Tuesday for education reform activists detained in a police crackdown in Letpadan, Pegu Division, in March.

    Letpadan activist rushed to hospital after second collapse in court video

    Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest

    Letpadan activist rushed to hospital after second collapse in court

    A student collapsed in court on Tuesday whilst attending a hearing for Letpadan education protestors at Tharawaddy township court.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    ELECTION 2015: Women’s Party (Mon) seeking registration

    After changing their name, the Women’s Party (Mon) on 16 June submitted their application to stand in the 2015 election.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    150 USDP members resign in land grab protest

    Villagers quit amid claims that the party failed to assist them in claiming back land they were denied in 1992.

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    Environment Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Govt must act over dam project chaos, say Pegu villagers

    Villagers who say they have suffered from environmental and economic chaos as a result of a newly built hydropower dam in Pegu Division’s Taungtaunggyi held a protest on Sunday, calling[…]

    Lead Story News Protest

    Organisers of pro-student prayer protest charged

    Activists in Meikhtila who organised a prayer protest calling for non-violence to be shown towards education activists have been charged by local police.

    Education Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Letpadan students appear in court

    Student activists appear in court in Letpadan, the day after twenty people were released from Tharawaddy prison.

    Education Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Students: Authorities are breaking agreement

    Activists say that the government is reneging on its previous commitment of non-prosecution, and assurances are issued as to the health of detainees.

    Lead Story News Protest Religion

    Monks decry govt lies over Letpadan

    Government accounts of promises and apologies are false, say monks who were detained following Leptadan fracas.

    Lead Story News Politics Protest

    Burmese react to ‘brutal’ suppression of student protest

    Key Burmese figures react to the violent scenes from Letpadan on Tuesday.

    VDO: 127 students arrested in Letpadan chaos video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    VDO: 127 students arrested in Letpadan chaos

    Large numbers of protestors are arrested, as an image of confusion and violence in Letpadan emerges.

    VDO: Students arrested in Letpadan video

    Lead Story News Protest

    VDO: Students arrested in Letpadan

    Three students arrested in Pegu Division’s Letpadan, which has been the epicentre of protests in recent days.

    Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Farmers decry fishpond-flooding trial as ‘unfair’

    One of the accused farmers said they had received permission to punch the holes in the embankment that caused the fishery to flood.

    Child-trafficking protest forces local officials into action video

    Human Interest Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest

    Child-trafficking protest forces local officials into action

    A protest pushed local authorities into action after their neglectful treatment of a four-year-old girl who had been sold and forced to beg on the streets Prome on 16 December.

    Land Lead Story News Pegu Division Uncategorized

    Thegon MP low-balled amount of confiscated land, say farmers

    Farmers from Thegon, Pegu Division, announce that a local authority grossly under reported the amount of land confiscated in Aungon village.

    Environment Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Pegu govt promises to help farmers with damaged rice fields

    The regional government of Pegu Division pledged to assist local farmers whose paddy fields were damaged in recent flooding.

    Land Lead Story News

    Pegu farmlands flooded by dam overflow

    More than 40 square kilometres of farmland in Pegu Division’s Thegon Township have been inundated by overflow from a nearby reservoir following heavy rain, according to locals.

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