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    Wanbao supervisor fined for assaulting female employee
    November 22, 2017in Latpadaung, Lead Story, News106by AUNG KO LATT / DVB
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    Wanbao supervisor fined for assaulting female employee

    Monywa courthouse heard that Mr. Li ordered his subordinate, a Burmese woman named Kyi Kyi May, to stand on one spot for three consecutive working days.

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    Protesters again face down police at Letpadaung
    June 27, 2017in Latpadaung, Lead Story, News, Sagaing25by AUNG KO LATT / DVB
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    Protesters again face down police at Letpadaung

    Protesters confronted police along the Pathein-Monywa Road near the controversial Letpadaung copper mine in Salingyi Township on Monday, in the latest dust-up over the Chinese-backed project in southern Sagaing Division.

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    China moves to curb mining pollution
    August 10, 2016in Environment, Lead Story, News3by REUTERS
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    China moves to curb mining pollution

    China plans to raise environmental standards in its highly-polluting mining sector, according to a policy draft circulated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

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    1,000 people evacuated in Latpadaung due to floods
    July 13, 2016in Lead Story, News, Sagaing35by DVB
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    1,000 people evacuated in Latpadaung due to floods

    DVB spoke to one resident who put the blame for the floods squarely on the Wanbao copper mine, saying it affects the free flow of the Chindwin River.

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    NLD delegates head for China
    June 29, 2016in Foreign Affairs, Lead Story, News, Suu Kyi293by DVB
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    NLD delegates head for China

    A delegation of National League for Democracy lawmakers depart on a 10-day study tour in China.

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    Acid factory fumes keep kids from school
    June 23, 2016in Environment, Latpadaung, Lead Story, News, Students170by DVB
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    Acid factory fumes keep kids from school

    Students in Kangon, a village near Latpadaung in Sagaing Division, were forced to stay home this week when a nearby sulfuric acid factory started emitting foul-smelling fumes.

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