Naypyidaw cracks down on ‘corrupt’ police in northern Burma

Copper mine activists face prison for ‘insulting’ police
Burmese authorities have issued arrest warrants against three local activists, who recently told reporters in central Burma that an emergency decree should be revoked Ministry orders employment brokers to stop sending workers to Malaysia
Burma’s Labour Ministry issued a directive to prevent labourers from moving to Malaysia following a series of violent assaults against Burmese migrants in Kuala Lumpur Thein Sein to visit Britain, France in July
President Thein Sein will visit Britain and France next month, an official said on Friday, as the international community continues to embrace his nation's democratic reforms UN convoy delivers aid to IDP camps in rebel territory
A ten-truck UN convoy with humanitarian assistance for more than 5,000 people arrived in displacement camps behind rebel lines in Kachin state on Friday for the first time in more than a year Malaysia to repatriate Burmese nationals after clashes
Malaysia said Thursday it would work with Burma to repatriate thousands of their nationals following clashes in the community that left at least four dead and led to a security sweep Shan political party, armed group push for political dialogue
Members of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy and the Shan State Army-South discussed ways they could urge the government to open a political dialogue with Burma’s ethnic armed groups Monks hold conference to address deadly religious unrest
Buddhist monks from across Burma will gather today for talks about the religious violence that has shaken the country, after some of them were implicated in attacks on Muslims Man behind Lashio riots handed 26 year sentence
A court in Lashio on Tuesday handed a 26-year prison sentence to the Muslim man accused of setting a Buddhist woman on fire in Lashio last month, which led to two days of anti-Muslim rioting Govt delegation arrives in KL, as relatives fret over recent violence
As a Burmese delegation arrived in Malaysia this week to inquire into the recent spate of violence targeting Burmese nationals, families in Burma continue to worry while rumours spread online Farmers in hiding near Inle Lake as officials crack down on ‘plough protests’
Locals near Inle Lake have gone into hiding after officials issued warrants for their arrests following a demonstration where the farmers ploughed land that had been confiscated

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