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Political prisoner accused of new year bombing dies
Phyo Wai Aung, who was falsely accused of masterminding a grenade attack at the Rangoon Thingyan festival in April 2010, has died at his home early on Friday morning, less than six months after being pardoned
A constitutional crisis in Burma?
With the justices of the constitutional tribunal stepping down today, the parliament has shown that its willing to ignore constitutional decrees rather than amend the controversial document
‘Rangoon bomber’ receives presidential pardon
Death row prisoner Phyo Wai Aung, who was charged with plotting the New Year’s bombings in April 2010, has been freed by a presidential pardon this afternoon
‘Rangoon bomber’ paralysed as cancer takes hold
Phyo Wai Aung, who charged with denoting bombs during New Year festivities in April 2010, is now paralysed below the waist as he enters the final stages of liver cancer
Pipeline, rubber plantation responsible for pollution
Residents in Tenasserim division and northern Shan state are filing complaints against companies that they say are ruining their farmlands and rivers
Thangyat is back
Thangyat performances, a traditional music that accompanies New Year’s Thingyan Water Festival, is now legal in Burma. The historic art is a cornerstone in the...
