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Shwe Maung may be ‘responsible for defamation’ over police allegations, says Ye Htut
Shwe Maung is reprimanded in Naypyidaw for his comments about alleged police involvement in the 28 January fire in Duchira Dan. However, the Rohingya MP for Buthidaung says he was only repeating what his constituents had told him.
Fire razes Muslim houses in Duchira Dan
A fire razed a number of Muslim Rohingya houses in the west side of Duchira Dan village in Muangdaw Township on Tuesday night, though no casualties have been reported.
MOI says reporters reprimanded, reporters say otherwise
A curious conference took place on Monday between several Associated Press (AP) reporters and the state-run News and Periodicals Enterprise (NPE) in Rangoon.
Govt denies Buddhist mob attacked, killed Muslims in Maungdaw
The Burmese government denied on Friday that a Buddhist mob ripped through a town in an isolated strife-torn corner of the country this week, attacking Muslim women and children. Villagers and a rights group said more than a dozen people may have been killed, and that hundreds have fled.
International pressure on Burma, Thailand to deal with Rohingya issues
US and EU call on Burma to allow immediate humanitarian access to an impoverished Rohingya refugee camp in Arakan state, while Human Rights Watch criticises Thai immigration authorities for alleged complicity in a Rohingya smuggling operation.
Thai authorities implicated in Rohingya smuggling operation
Reuters has uncovered what they say is confirmation that illegal camps are maintained in the southern Thai jungle as holding centres for Rohingya boatpeople who are sold on to human smuggling outfits.
