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Child-trafficking protest forces local officials into action
A protest pushed local authorities into action after their neglectful treatment of a four-year-old girl who had been sold and forced to beg on the streets Prome on 16 December.
‘Colonial style’ red tape blamed for delay in returning seized land
Burma’s parliamentary Farmland Investigation Commission has cited the overwhelming layers of bureaucracy as the foremost cause for delays in returning confiscated land to its original owners.
Burma’s labour ministry to sue Korean factory owners
The Burmese government plans to sue the South Korean owners of the closed Master Sports factory in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township over unpaid compensation claims for more than 750 workers.
Disabled rights council to be formed in Burma
Burma’s premier national-level body for disabled rights is soon to be formed, following a national conference on disability held in Rangoon on 12 June.
Thilawa residents draw lots for ‘substitute’ lands
A ceremony was held on Wednesday in Rangoon’s Thanlyin township as lots were drawn by local residents to give them substitute plots of land to compensate for land acquired to build the Thilawa Special Economic Zone.
Burma’s elders forced onto the streets
In Rangoon, the high cost of living has forced more and more people onto the streets to beg – and increasingly many of them are elderly.
