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    BBC cuts ties with Burmese state broadcaster, citing ‘interference’

    The BBC’s Burmese-language news service has severed ties with Burma’s MNTV, with the former citing “interference” from the state broadcaster, saying it had constituted “a serious breach of trust with our audiences.”

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    BBC reporter wins appeal, walks free

    Reporter walks free from a court in Mandalay on Thursday, when he won an appeal against a conviction for punching a policeman.

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    BBC Burmese reporter jailed for hitting policeman

    Nay Myo Lin, a reporter for the BBC Burmese-language service, denounced his three-month prison sentence as unfair after he was found guilty of assaulting a police officer during protests last year.

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    Military reshuffle ahead of Nov election: BBC

    Burma’s Ministry of Defence announces that several senior ranking military officials, including the naval chief-of-staff, have been “allowed to retire”.

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    BBC’s Top Gear apologises for ‘slope’ slur

    Andy Wilman, executive producer of BBC’s Top Gear programme, has expressed regret for a remark on the show’s Burma special when host Jeremy Clarkson used the word “slope” as an Asian man crossed a bridge over the River Kwai. The term is a derogatory expression used to describe Asians. The comment led to complaints of …

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    BBC sued for racism in Top Gear Burma show

    Somi Guha, a British actress of Indian descent, has instructed lawyers to sue the BBC over an allegedly racist remark made by TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson who shot a series of his popular show “Top Gear” at the River Kwai which borders Burma and Thailand. Having helped build a bridge over the river, Clarkson chimed: …

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