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    Tagged: Sagaing Division

    Chin Environment Land Lead Story Natural resources News Uncategorized

    Kuki villagers call for halt to gold mining

    Ethnic villagers in Sagaing Division say that gold mining along the fourth largest river in Burma is ruining farmland and causing tension in the community

    Lead Story News Protest Sagaing

    Sagaing marchers indicted on unlawful assembly, sedition charges

    The tree female defendants were indicted on two unlawful assembly charges each, while the 12 men were also indicted for sedition.

    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.

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    Crime Lead Story News

    Indian trader busted for smuggling 7 tonnes of gold from Burma

    An Indian gold trader based in the northeastern state of Assam has been arrested for allegedly smuggling nearly nearly $300 million worth of gold from Burma.

    Lead Story Logging News Sagaing

    Soldiers nabbed with illegal logs in Sagaing

    The officials said they stopped and searched the lorry, which was accompanied by two servicemen, following a tip-off. They found 29 logs of milled lumber, weighing a total of nearly three tons.

    Lead Story News Sagaing

    Red alert in Monywa as floodwaters continue to rise

    In Monywa, although the current is just two inches above danger level, it is expected to rise, while levels in towns upstream should fall, the Met Office predicted.

    Lead Story Logging News Sagaing

    Search intensifies for killers of forestry officer

    A band of illegal loggers who beat a forestry officer to death in Shwebo are still at large.

    Health Lead Story News

    Bird flu scare prompts chicken vendor inspections

    Government veterinarians and other officials inspected markets in Sagaing Division as a measure to prevent the spread of avian influence in the wake of a recent outbreak.

    Business Health Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘Avoid eating chicken or eggs as much as possible’

    Sagaing Chief Minister Dr. Myint Naing speaks to DVB about the recent outbreak of bird flu and his government’s efforts to contain it.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Police arrest suspected Irrawaddy pirates

    Eight people, included their suspected ringleader, have been arrested and face charges for robbing a passenger ship on the Irrawaddy River on Sunday.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Sagaing

    NLD candidate dies during campaign rally

    A National League for Democracy (NLD) candidate collapsed and died while campaigning today in Myinmu, Sagaing Division.

    DVB Debate: Postpone election in flood-hit Burma? video

    DVB Debate Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video

    DVB Debate: Postpone election in flood-hit Burma?

    A general election set for November could cap off five years of historic reform for Burma, but has disastrous flooding drowned Burma’s hopes for democracy?

    2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Shan

    ELECTION 2015: New Shan ethnic syndicate party formed

    As a new party representing five Shan ethnic populations in Sagaing Division and Kachin State is formed, DVB interviews the party founders.

    Justice Lead Story News Religion

    Htin Lin Oo charges upheld, trial imminent

    Defamation charges stemming from a speech last year will see the former NLD information officer in court later this month.

    Law Lead Story News Religion Sagaing

    Former NLD official sued for ‘insulting religion’

    Htin Lin Oo appears in court in Sagaing division, after being sued for criticising the fundamentalist Buddhist monk-led group Ma-Ba-Tha.

    Latpadaung Lead Story News Sagaing

    Riot police open fire on Latpadaung protestors

    One woman was killed and another 20 locals were injured, some critically, when riot police responded to protestors’ slingshots with live ammunition.

    Environment Land Lead Story Natural resources News

    Latpadaung mine ‘must be halted’ pending EIA, says Amnesty

    Two years after a brutal police crackdown against protesters at the Latpadaung copper mine site, Amnesty Int’l has issued a press release highlighting ongoing problems with the project.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural Disasters News Sagaing

    7 dead, 3 missing in Burmese flash floods

    Seven people, including a baby, lost their lives and three are still missing as heavy flash floods hit rural areas of Mandalay and Sagaing divisions.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Kanbalu farmers demand release of 57 jailed ‘plough protestors’

    Some 1,500 farmers rallied for the release of 57 jailed land rights activists in central Burma’s Sagaing Division on Wednesday.

    Latpadaung Lead Story News

    Latpadaung farmers clash with police over grazing rights

    Security personnel and villagers were injured in a skirmish between farmers and police near the Latpadaung copper mine on Sunday, when villagers attempted to herd cattle in the area against official orders.

    Land Lead Story News

    More farmers jailed for Sagaing land protests

    Eighteen farmers in Kanbalu, Sagaing Division, have been sentenced to jail terms of up to three and half years for ploughing seized lands, a newly popular form of protest in Burma.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Three farmers sentenced to three years for plough protest in Sagaing

    Three farmers in Sagaing Division were sentenced to three years in prison for “trespassing” after staging a “plough protest” in Kanbalu.

    Constitution Lead Story News Politics Sagaing

    Constitutional reform campaign builds steam

    The campaign for constitutional reform continues as activist group 88GPOS joins the NLD in central and southeastern Burma, greeted by crowds in the thousands.

    Myitsone marchers on the home straight video

    Environment Lead Story News Society Video

    Myitsone marchers on the home straight

    After two months of walking across the country, a group of campaigners dubbed the ‘Myitsone marchers’ reach Sagaing Division’s Katha district.

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Chins say nickel mine too opaque

    Chin civic groups and politicians have demanded full public disclosure of the scope and impact of the Mwe Taung nickel mine, fearing that the environmental and social impacts may be far more severe than current data predicts.

    Lead Story News Uncategorized

    USDP accused of forcibly recruiting members in Sagaing

    Residents of Ayadaw Township in Sagaing Division claim they were forcibly recruited for the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) by local civil servants when they applied for citizen identification cards.

    Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi

    Thousands greet Suu Kyi in Kale, en route to Chin State

    Thousands of supporters greeted Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the town of Kale in Sagaing Division on Monday when she made a stop in the town en route to western Burma’s remote Chin state.

    Kale suffers worst flooding in 20 years video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Kale suffers worst flooding in 20 years

    More than 2,000 residents of Kale in Sagaing division have been evacuated as houses are swept away by the current.

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