Todays top stories: Murdered Kachin teachers laid to rest, Tatmadaw releases child soldiers
Day: January 23, 2015
Thousands turn out for Kachin schoolteachers’ funeral
After a two-day funeral procession in the area, the bodies of the two young women murdered in Muse arrive in Myitkyina for burial.
Parliament passes bill to raise MPs’ salaries
A bill to increase the salaries of MPs in central and regional assemblies has been given final approval.
Religious Affairs officials deny plans to sue Wirathu
Government dept denies rumours it wants to sue the controversial Buddhist monk Wirathu after he called the UN Rapporteur Yanghee Lee a “whore.”
Wreaths laid in Rangoon for Kachin teachers
A crowd of around 100 people gather at Independence Monument in Rangoon to pay their respects to the two Kachin schoolteachers who were brutally murdered.
Shwe Mann weighs in on constitutional reform
Burma’s parliamentary house speaker urges President Thein Sein to facilitate the proposed sexpartite dialogue.