The officials, based on a tipoff, searched the boat on the Irrawaddy River and found around 10 tons of timber in a hidden compartment.
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Win Htein remains in Katha prison
Sep 26, 2008 (DVB), Political prisoner Win Htein, who was released on Tuesday and re-arrested the following day, remains in Katha prison but has been given no explanation for his detention. National League for Democracy members and former army captain Win Htein was one of seven political detainees who were among the 9002 prisoners released …
Daily Briefing: Friday, September 2, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM NUG fundraising program sells out of land plots. The NUG’s End of Dictatorship (EOD) fundraising program’s Spring Glory project on Thanthuma Road sold out its 400 40 ft x 60 ft wide plots of land within a day. “All 400 plots of land were sold out on the first day. Two …
Thursday, June 23, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM PDFs control most of northwest’s transport routes: NUG. 90% of roads in Sagaing and Magway regions — where the junta continues to perpetuate widespread atrocities — are now controlled by PDF groups, Nay Hpone Latt, the NUG’s press secretary, told a press conference on June 21. The secretary also highlighted that the military …
Monday, June 20, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Major Magway defense force claims AA link, opens NUG dialogue. Magway’s People’s Revolutionary Alliance, a local defense force, said its group had received support from the Arakan Army and is now working to liberate the entirety of Magway Region before Thingyan (Burmese new year) 2023. Read DVB’s report. | BURMESE Following …
The Daily Briefing: Monday, June 13, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Talking points galore at Shangri-La Dialogue. This weekend, US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet met the UN envoy for Burma and various other ASEAN leaders in Singapore at the annual IISS Asia Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue), raising numerous discussion points on the crisis in Burma. Thailand’s special envoy to Burma, Bornpimol …