The contracts were awarded without other companies being invited to bid and following the withdrawal of Chinese firms from Myanmar’s solar sector.
The ethnic armed group accused the junta-installed state government of bullying locals and said the Tatmadaw’s heightened activity in the region risked triggering clashes.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that going ahead with the executions of prominent activists would ‘violate the right to life’.
At least five people were detained as regime troops used overnight guest registration laws to crack down and conduct checks in protest-hit townships.
Myanmar military regime spokesman Zaw Min Tun has demonstrated a rare ability to tell lies non-stop for hours, without shame.
With the UN envoy warning that Myanmar’s IDP crisis has ‘international ramifications’, Malaysia urged expanded powers for ASEAN’s envoy ahead of his upcoming visit.
Between June 10 to 12, regime troops burned down over 1,000 houses in four villages in Mawlaik Township.
With military tensions running high in Rakhine State, the Arakan Army is also detaining junta personnel in retaliation for regime raids against its members.
Both the NLD and the US State Department say there is no chance that any poll held by the regime will be free and fair.
Political prisoners are being systematically tortured and forced into hard labor across the country, according to sources.
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