Crime Lead Story News Pegu Division
Serviceman murdered Pegu woman, say police
The victim, a young woman, was allegedly murdered by her lover, an air force serviceman, in Okshitpin town on 30 September.
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Human Rights Labour Issues Lead Story News
Police to face punishment for failing to act in Ava abuse case
Rangoon Division’s Border and Security Affairs Minister said that punitive action would be taken against police accused of failing to protect the victims in the Ava tailor abuse case.
Mob armed with swords & clubs break free drug suspect in Kachin
A policeman was injured in the melee when more than 20 men broke free a suspect caught by police with a stash of drugs in a forest.
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4 youths busted for brandishing gun at police in Lashio
One of the youths was identified as the son of a local militia official, but police say the firearm seized did not belong to his father.
No suspects in Mingalardon police family murder
In the light of rumours and conspiracy theories circulating about the murder of an ex-policeman’s family in northern Rangoon, a spokesman has confirmed that the police have not yet identified any suspects.
Rangoon, Taunggyi family murders shake Burma
Both cases, one in Rangoon and one in Taunggyi, involve young families, including children, who were stabbed to death in their homes for no apparent reason.
Lead Story Mandalay Division Media News
BBC reporter wins appeal, walks free
Reporter walks free from a court in Mandalay on Thursday, when he won an appeal against a conviction for punching a policeman.
Two arrested for gruesome murder in Rangoon
Aye Aye Maw reportedly said that she then wrestled the victim into the bathroom where she repeatedly slashed her in the face and neck with the cleaver.
‘Enough’ police deployed in Rangoon, as Thingyan traffic toll falls
Fewer fatal accidents were reported on the first day of Thingyan this year, amid new restrictions and an increased police presence.
Man arrested after shootout in Letpadan
A man has been arrested for attempted murder after a shooting at a funeral wake in Pegu Division.
Security to be stepped up for water festival
Police in Rangoon Division are gearing up for next month’s Thingyan water festival with plans to have 3,500 officers on duty at all times.
Crime Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News
Man arrested for gruesome police murder
An Irrawaddy police sergeant has died after being attacked by an escaped detainee at a local station.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Police receive flood of election complaints
Cartoonist Hla Khin said he felt humiliated after police informed him that he was to be charged with an offence related to Burma’s 8 November election.
Death penalty for three-time police killer
A man convicted of the September murder of two policemen was sentenced to death by hanging at Rangoon’s Thanlyin Township court on Friday.
Shan men say Burmese soldiers tortured them
Two ethnic Shan villagers were detained and tortured by Burmese Army troops believing them to be rebel soldiers, according to a local civil society group.
Police officer investigated for involvement in his own abduction
A police official in Tharsi Township, Mandalay, is under investigation after reportedly being abducted by two detained men suspected of drug crimes.
Police question man who caught child abuse on camera
Investigations continue into a child abuse story that went viral in Burma last week after photos of a young girl being beaten were posted to social media.
Arakan Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rangoon
Men charged over ‘Rohingya calendar’
A Rangoon court has used a printing and publishing law to fine five men for printing a calendar that reffered to Rohingya as an ethnic-religious minority.
2015 Elections Lead Story News
‘Special police’ get ready for Burmese election
Some 40,000 new police officers – almost one per polling station – have been drafted in to provide security for election day.
Lead Story Mandalay Division News Rangoon Sagaing
Traffic police get stun batons after officer killed
The Burma Police Force are issuing stun batons to more than 1,000 of traffic officers in Rangoon, Mandalay and Sagaing following the fatal stabbing of a policeman on 24 September.
Authoritarian policing and the colonial hangover
Human rights advocates and opposition lawmakers say Burma’s current government has done little to reform colonial-era criminal laws that curtail civil liberties.
Burmese public ‘no confidence’ in authorities: survey
Findings in a recent public survey show that a majority of the Burmese public has little to no confident in the police, courts and Election Commission.
Mandalay govt vows crackdown on same-sex couples
Minister Myint Kyu characterised homosexuality as “unacceptable” and threatened to detain and “educate” gay men in particular.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Burmese police request background check on Suu Kyi
Burma’s Special Intelligence Department are looking for background information into the NLD election candidates, including party chairperson Suu Kyi.
Gunshots at the slots
A police raid on a slot machine parlour in the Karen town of Myawaddy on Tuesday night ended in a shoot-out— with two hospitalised.
Crime Drugs Lead Story News Shan
Prisoner’s father masterminded jailbreak, says Taunggyi police
Four armed men who broke free an inmate from a prison truck and drove him to safety in Shan State last week were hired by his father, according to police.
Pair arrested for breaking out prisoner in Shan State
Police in Shan State say they have apprehended two of the men responsible for freeing a man from a prison truck in Taunggyi.
Man killed as police nab alleged jail-breaker
A man in Arakan State’s Rathedaung died following a confrontation with police which broke out when officers tried to arrest his relative.
Education Lead Story News Protest
High-school student released on bail from Tharawaddy trial
Sixteen-year-old Aung Min Khine, detained in the 10 March Letpadan crackdown, was granted bail in a court hearing on Tuesday due to his status as a minor.
Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest
EU not responsible for Letpadan police crackdown, says ambassador
The European Union (EU) ambassador to Burma, Roland Kobia, told journalists in Rangoon on Thursday that the EU regretted the events in which riot police cracked down violently on students’[…]
