An innocent villager from Yi Hku village in Pangsai, (or Kyukok) Township, northern Shan State, who was arbitrary arrested by the Burmese military on July 1, is still missing even though authorities claim they released him.
Upon the approval of a first draft of a state-level bill covering gem production and trade in Kachin State, officials with the Myitkyina Gem Trade Association (MGTA) said they were happy with the results.
Burmese President Thein Sein will begin a three-day visit to Thailand on Sunday, following two postponed trips in June. The trip was greeted on Friday by an editorial in The Bangkok Post strongly challenging Thein Sein’s recent comments about the Rohingya population in western Burma.
The Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) had just fought the 23rd engagement against a Burma Army column that had trespassed on the territory under its control on Wednesday, 18 July, according to local sources.
Dr. Tun Aung (a) Nur Haque, who is being held in Sittwe Prison after being arrested in Maungdaw was produced in the district court in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, on Tuesday.
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