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Win Htein asked the court to sentence him immediately at a hearing he attended via videolink on Friday  
The party grandee asked the judge to sentence him immediately, a court official said
Published on Feb 19, 2021
Student union members hold an anti-war protest in Yangon in July 2019. (Photo: Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now) 
With dozens of political prisoners still behind bars, calls are growing for the ruling party to end the former junta’s legal legacy
Nov 27, 2020
Party spokesperson condemns killing as ‘terrorism in politics’
Nov 23, 2020
Over 40 people lost their lives and many more were left homeless in the wake of riots that hit Meiktila in 2013. (Yan Moe Naing/Myanmar Now) 
After years of communal tensions, the people of Meiktila are counting on the ruling party to restore peace and stability
Nov 21, 2020
An NLD supporter celebrates victory in front of the party’s headquarters in Yangon (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now) 
Ethnic parties skeptical as NLD promises ‘not to take all the control’
Nov 13, 2020
NLD supporters rally in Myitkyina on October 17. (National League for Democracy-Kachin State/Facebook)
The ruling party performed well in areas where it was expected to lose support to ethnic parties
Nov 12, 2020
Photo - Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now
Ruling party says it is on course for re-election with a resounding victory
Nov 10, 2020
Supporters of the NLD gather outside party headquarters in Yangon (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Spokesperson Dr Myo Nyunt says party’s numbers show NLD will be able to form the next government
Nov 9, 2020
Ye Min Oo and Nandar Hla Myint, leading figures from two rival parties and also business partners
Ye Min Oo is tipped to be the next chief minister of Yangon, but he has deep ties to military-linked corporations
Nov 7, 2020
USDP supporters gather for a rally in Natogyi township, Mandalay region, on October 25.
The lyrics of the song were changed to portray NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a race traitor and enemy of Buddhism
Oct 28, 2020
USDP central executive committee member Maung Myint and nationalist activist Khin Wine Kyi are seen at an event in Kawhmu township in Feburary (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Incumbent MP Maung Myint told constituents that the NLD has 42 Muslims running for office and suggested they had a sinister agenda
Oct 23, 2020
NLD candidates Min Aung (left), Ni Ni May Myint (center) and Chit Chit Chaw were detained last week
The group said it would free the candidates if the government released people ‘detained unlawfully for demanding peace’ - but NLD says offer is 'absolutely inappropriate'
Oct 20, 2020
Graphics by Moe Htet Hlyan/Myanmar Now
The army-backed party still has a fighting chance in the hometown of Aung Thaung, but the NLD is favoured to win
Oct 19, 2020

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