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    Officer in Reuters case broke police code by copying statements, lawyer says

    A police witness in the case against two Reuters reporters accused of possessing state secrets in Burma is “unreliable,” the reporters’ lawyer said on Monday, because he obtained testimony from previous witnesses, in violation of police code.

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    Death penalty for three-time police killer

    A man convicted of the September murder of two policemen was sentenced to death by hanging at Rangoon’s Thanlyin Township court on Friday.

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    Building code to shore up rickety construction sector

    The Burma National Building Code is set to combat the endemic corruption and safety issues holding back the construction industry.

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    Students in Pathein slapped with fines over anti-war performance

    A judge hands down fines to eight students who were charged with defamation under section 500 of the Burmese Penal Code after the youths staged an anti-war play in Pathein, the Irrawaddy Region capital.

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    Ex-child soldier gets two years in prison for telling of forced conscription

    A Yangon court on Wednesday sentenced the former child soldier Aung Ko Htwe to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour under section 505(b) of Burma’s Penal Code, a provision broadly covering public incitement.

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    Unwanted kiss leads to #MeToo reckoning for monk in Bago

    An abbot at a monastery in Bago Region is facing criminal charges after he allegedly forcibly kissed a woman and will now have to answer to a court for the Penal Code offence of “assault or criminal force [against a] woman with intent to outrage her modesty.”

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