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    Day: October 6, 2016

    October 6, 2016in Bullet Points, Lead Story, News365by DVB
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    DVB Bulletin: 6 October 2016

    Watch DVB’s top stories with Kimberley Phillips

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    Tourist gets 3 months for ‘disturbing’ Buddhist sermon
    October 6, 2016in Lead Story, News, Religion, Travel & Tourism150by DVB
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    Tourist gets 3 months for ‘disturbing’ Buddhist sermon

    Dutch tourist Klaas Haijtema is sentenced to three months in a Burmese prison for violating the country’s strict religious laws.

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    Karenni farmers say they cannot afford $4 annual tax
    October 6, 2016in Karenni, Lead Story, News447by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Karenni farmers say they cannot afford $4 annual tax

    Locals in Demoso say the KNPP imposes an annual tax of about 5,000 kyat per household, and that they were given a 10 October deadline to pay up.

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    Thousands rally in Myitkyina for end of war
    October 6, 2016in Conflict, Lead Story, News95by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Thousands rally in Myitkyina for end of war

    Thousands rally in Myitkyina for the second time this week to demand an end to Burmese army offensives against ethnic armed groups in Kachin State and around the country.

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    4 human rights officials resign over Ava Tailor abuse case
    October 6, 2016in Human Rights, Lead Story, News, Rangoon107by DVB
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    4 human rights officials resign over Ava Tailor abuse case

    The MNHRC officials had been under intense criticism for their handling of a high-profile case where two young maids were allegedly tortured and abused by their employers.

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    MRTV moves a step closer to picking new channels
    October 6, 2016in Lead Story, Media, News431by PAING SOE / DVB
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    MRTV moves a step closer to picking new channels

    The state-run broadcaster announced in August that it would issue licenses for five free-to-air TV channels.

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