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    Tagged: terrorism

    ASEAN Lead Story News

    Scale and complexity of terror threat to Southeast Asia growing: ASEAN

    The terrorist threat facing Southeast Asia is growing as foreign fighters return to the region, Southeast Asian defence ministers said in a joint statement on Tuesday in which they pledged to improve cooperation to tackle militancy.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Militants target Burma’s embassy in Cairo

    Egyptian militant group Hasm claimed responsibility on Sunday for a small explosion at Burma’s embassy in Cairo, saying it was in retaliation for that country’s military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Al Qaeda rallies Muslims worldwide to support Rohingya

    “The government of Myanmar shall be made to taste what our Muslim brothers have tasted,” said the group.

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    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Modi to Suu Kyi: ‘We share your concerns about extremist violence’ in Arakan

    Indian PM Modi spoke after talks with Burma’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit aimed at expanding commercial ties.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Maungdaw security situation no longer critical, says chief minister

    “We will take responsibility for security, as well as social and economic issues,” he told ethnic Mro villagers in Kaing Gyi.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burmese parties demand tougher action against ‘terrorists’

    Twenty parties issue statement saying that the government’s failure to address recent terrorist attacks was “the equivalent of committing an act of terror”.

    Aid Lead Story News

    Insurgents use IDPs as human shields, army chief tells ICRC

    “Insurgents have opened their own so-called IDP camps, where they use the local people as human shields,” said Min Aung Hlaing.

    Lead Story Military News Sagaing

    Indians block border in protest at Tatmadaw incursions

    Manipuri locals accuse Burmese soldiers of intruding onto Indian territory and terrorising local villagers.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    ‘Terrorist trainees’ arrested in Buthidaung

    According to a statement from the State Counsellor’s Office, the trainees say they were instructed in martial arts, basic military training, and terrorism tactics.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    ABSDF calls for release of comrade Min Htay

    One of the Burmese student army’s northern branch leaders was arrested on 30 December for allegedly liaising with the outlawed Kachin Independence Organisation.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Saudi, Pakistani links to Rohingya militants: ICG

    Brussels-based ICG said it has interviewed four members of the Harakah al-Yakin militant group in Arakan State and two outside Burma.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Rebels manoeuvring on Chinese territory, says Burma’s military

    Burmese troops says they uncovered documents in Mongko suggesting that at least two fighters had recently crossed the Chinese border.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Kofi Annan pledges press access, aid for Arakan

    The former UN chief said both issues had been discussed with Aung San Suu Kyi and Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Death toll in Arakan higher than reported: activists

    A military operation in northwestern Burma has killed more people than official reports have acknowledged, according to rights groups monitoring the situation.

    Crime Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Three Burmese arrested for alleged links to Erawan bombing

    Thai security officers have nabbed three Burmese nationals in Mae Sot for alleged links to human trafficking and last year’s deadly bomb blast in Bangkok.

    Justice Law Lead Story News

    Govt urged to review terrorism case tried under abolished law

    Campaigners are calling for a review of the convictions of 20 Muslims found guilty of terrorism last year under the recently repealed Emergency Provisions Act.

    Accidents Lead Story News Rangoon

    US embassy apologises for tear gas incident in Rangoon

    “At first, we [neighbours] could smell it. Then it became unbearable, and people started running around. The fumes lingered for about 20-25 minutes, burning our eyes, and causing breathing difficulties.”

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burma watchful on terror says Home Affairs deputy

    Police remain on high-alert to the possible presence in Burma of terror networks such as the Islamic State, believed to be active elsewhere in Asia.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    83 Burmese rounded up in Bangkok bomb suspect sweep

    Thai news reports say that the Burmese migrant workers were held after a series of raids in the Thai border town of Mae Sai.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Internal, external threats keep national alert level at ‘yellow’

    The security risk in Burma remains unaltered due to domestic and international dangers, say police in Naypyidaw.

    Law Lead Story News Shan

    Taunggyi wedding party sentenced on terrorism charges

    According to a defence lawyer, no evidence was submitted in court that linked any of the accused to the charges of involvement with explosives or affiliation with an armed group.

    Law Lead Story News Shan

    Taunggyi trial: Muslims complain of threats

    A group of 20 Muslims on trial for undermining state security in Taunggyi are being constantly threatened and harassed by Buddhist monks and local Swan Arr Shin members, says their lawyer.

    Lead Story News Rohingya Shan

    Four terror suspects arrested in Lashio District

    Hsenwi local MP Sai Win Khine said “four Bengalis” were detained when police stopped a bus travelling from Lashio to the border town of Muse.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Burma to form counter-terrorism unit

    The Burmese government plans to set up a national counter-terrorism body in the near future to protect the country from extremist groups, according to a senior police official.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Terror threat low, but president warns Burmese to remain vigilant

    Thein Sein’s warning came following a statement by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, broadcast on 3 September, which called on the terror network to expand its jihad to India, Bangladesh and Burma.

    Communal Violence Lead Story News

    Burmese Muslims reject ‘morally repugnant’ Al-Qaeda

    The Burmese Muslim Association vehemently condemns a statement by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri in which he announced an intention to launch an active cell in the Indian subcontinent and Burma.

    Law Lead Story News Politics

    Amended Anti-Terror Bill passes lower house.

    An amended Ant-Terror Bill passed through Burma’s lower house Monday. The Bill focuses on blocking terrorist funding in Burma but includes clauses on nuclear materials and facilities.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burma pushes finance bills in bid to get off blacklist

    Burma’s Parliament has prioritised passage of two bills — the Anti-Money Laundering Bill and the Anti-Terrorism Bill – in the lead-up to a meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), according to Parliament speaker Thura Shwe Mann.

    Lead Story News

    Embassy bomb-plot mastermind sentenced to seven and a half years

    An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamist militant to seven and a half years in prison for masterminding a plot to attack the Burmese Embassy in the Indonesian capital.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burma embassy plot – Six killed in Jakarta shoot-out

    Anti-terrorism squad kills six suspected militants and arrests another during an extended standoff at a house near the Indonesian capital which comes as an investigation continues into an alleged plot to bomb the Burmese embassy.

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