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Htay Oo replaces Shwe Mann
A retired major-general from the Burmese armed forces, 65-year-old Htay Oo has long been regarded as a rising star among many in the military-backed USDP.
2015 Elections Lead Story Media News Politics
A retired major-general from the Burmese armed forces, 65-year-old Htay Oo has long been regarded as a rising star among many in the military-backed USDP.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
There are signs that the USDP’s thuggish enforcers may disrupt November’s election or threaten violence against pro-democracy supporters.
Chit Tun remains in hospital one month after the attack took place, allegedly by Swan Arr Shin thugs ordered by Union Solidarity and Development Association members
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Dec 23, 2009 (DVB), Five members of a pro-government political group in Rangoon have been hospitalized after an attack by another proxy government organization, with both sides now pressing charges.[…]
Sept 21, 2009 (DVB), Riot training is being offered by local authorities to hundreds of jobless men in Burma's former capital of Rangoon, a resident of the city said yesterday.[…]
Apr 1, 2009 (DVB), A government-backed social organization alleged to have been implicated in the 2003 Depayin massacre is fast becoming a political party and must be abolished, said an[…]
Mar 26, 2009 (DVB), A stone monument built in memory of a former National League for Democracy chair was demolished by local government authorities on Tuesday, according to his family.[…]
Mar 20, 2009 (DVB), Two female stall holders at a market in Bago were assaulted by local butchers earlier this month, and one then sued by police for insulting and[…]
Mar 9, 2009 (DVB), Eight people were arrested in Rangoon's Twantay township on charges of not having valid guest passes after they carried out a signature campaign calling for the[…]
Feb 26, 2009 (DVB), National League for Democracy member Nyo Gyi, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for intimidation of Union Solidarity and Development Association officials, has been[…]
Jan 27, 2009 (DVB), Union and Solidarity and Development Association members in ward 26 of New Dagon township in Rangoon have been recruiting new members by promising repairs to local[…]
Jan 23, 2009 (DVB), The chairman of Htantalan township Peace and Development Council in Chin state has been sacked after being accused of corruption by the local Union Solidarity and[…]
Jan 20, 2009 (DVB), The Union Solidarity and Development Association has been trying to rally support in the poorer suburbs of Rangoon in preparation for the proposed 2010 election by[…]
Jan 15, 2009 (DVB), Farmers seeking agricultural loans from the Union Solidarity and Development Association are being encouraged to join the organisation and charged fees for application forms. Local farmer[…]
Jan 6, 2009 (DVB), The Union Solidarity and Development Association in Rangoon division is offering agricultural loans to local farmers for this year’s harvest, but some farmers claim the move[…]
Dec 22, 2008 (DVB), Members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association and Swan Arr Shin from Bago division have been sent to Naypyidaw for training, according to a Swan[…]
Dec 1, 2008 (DVB), Members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, Swan Arr Shin and the reserve fire brigade in Rangoon's Thanlyin and Thaketa townships have been given riot[…]
Nov 27, 2008 (DVB), A Union Solidarity and Development Association clerk appeared in court in Myin Chan on Monday and confessed to misappropriating 900 million kyat from public funds, according[…]
Oct 21, 2008 (DVB), Three activists accused of involvement in a bomb attack in Shwe Pyithar township in July appeared before northern Rangoon provincial court last week, according to their[…]
Oct 6, 2008 (DVB), Five National League for Democracy members from Maddaya township in Mandalay division have been released from prison after completing their one-year prison terms. Nyo Lay, Kyaw[…]
Gemma Dursley Oct 6, 2008 (DVB), One of the more distinctive aspects of recent repression in Burma has been the involvement of apparently non-state agents , 'patriotic citizens' in the[…]
Gemma Dursley Oct 6, 2008 (DVB), One of the more distinctive aspects of recent repression in Burma has been the involvement of apparently non-state agents , 'patriotic citizens' in the[…]
Gemma Dursley Sep 22, 2008 (DVB), In order to understand the problem of collective action in Burma, imagine the following scenario: citizens in a town of around 100,000 wish to[…]
Gemma Dursley Sep 22, 2008 (DVB), In order to understand the problem of collective action in Burma, imagine the following scenario: citizens in a town of around 100,000 wish to[…]
Sep 4, 2008 (DVB), A list of three candidates for the 2010 election from Yezagyo township, Magwe division, has been sent to the Union Solidarity and Development Association headquarters, according[…]
Aug 28, 2008 (DVB), Ko Maung Maung Lwin, a National League for Democracy member from Insein township, was robbed by three men claiming to be intelligence agents on 20 August[…]
Jul 2, 2008 (DVB), A bomb exploded at a local Union Solidarity and Development Association office in Rangoon’s Shwe Pyithar township early on Tuesday morning, locals said, but no one[…]
Jun 12, 2008 (DVB), The Union Solidarity and Development Association has begun to send its members to participate in relief efforts, possibly in a bid to counter criticism of the[…]
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