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Htay Aung talks at a meeting between a USDP MP and local residents of Kawhmu in February (Photo: Sai Zaw | Myanmar Now)

Independent MP candidate running against Suu Kyi arrested for sedition

The arrest comes after Htay Aung accused the NLD of receiving financial support from abroad for its...

Published on Aug 26, 2020

Arrest Warrant Issued for ‘Bullet’ Hla Swe After He Said It Would Be ‘Cool’ If Government Staff Died

‘Come and bomb. Let all the people from the government and secretariat offices die, that’d be cool,’ the firebrand former MP said.

Aug 8, 2019

Wirathu preaching at a Yangon rally held in support of Tatmadaw in 2018 (Photo-Shwe Paw Mya Tin)

‘No Chance to Defend Himself’ - How a Court Plans to Try Wirathu in Absentia

‘The law doesn’t wait till he shows up’, said one legal expert

Jun 11, 2019

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