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Myanmar Shop Owners Are Being Jailed For Giving A Raise To Their Employees. Here's Why
Wage increases are seen as undermining the regime by making people believe that inflation is rising.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Moved From Prison To House Arrest: "Very Hot Weather"
Jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a military official said Wednesday, as the junta announced a heatwave had prompted measures to protect inmates.
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No Bidders For Auction Of Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar Home: Report
No bidders showed up on Wednesday at an auction in Myanmar for the sale of the home of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, for which the starting price had been set at around $90 million, a witness and local media reported.
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Insects, Rats, "Most Wonderful Cake": An Australian's Time In Myanmar Jail
Days after Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021, an Australian economist working with her received an anonymous email telling him the police were watching his room and that he should flee.
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Myanmar's Aung Suu Kyi Pardoned In 5 Cases By Military Junta: Report
Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, though she still faces 14 others, state media said Tuesday.
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Maid Sentenced To Life In Jail For Murdering Indian Woman In Singapore
A maid from Myanmar was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her employer's 70-year-old mother-in-law from India, a media report said on Sunday.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Convicted Of Corruption, Jailed For 7 Years: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate.
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Aung Suu Kyi's Lawyers To Make Final Arguments In Myanmar Junta Trial
A Myanmar junta court is expected to hear closing arguments for the last remaining charges against jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, after the UN Security Council called for her release.
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Myanmar Releases Jailed Ex-UK Diplomat, Japanese Journalist
Myanmar's military said Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.
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8 Killed After Parcel Bombs Explode Inside Myanmar's Biggest Jail: Report
Bombs inside parcels exploded at Myanmar's biggest jail on Wednesday prompting soldiers to return fire in a confrontation in which at least eight people were killed, state media and a witness said.
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Myanmar Extends Jail Term Of Japanese Journalist By 3 More Years
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday jailed a Japanese journalist arrested while filming an anti-coup protest for three more years for violating immigration law, a diplomatic source told AFP.
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Myanmar's Aung Suu Kyi Jailed For 6 More Years For Corruption: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption on Wednesday, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.
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Myanmar Junta Jails Japanese Filmmaker For 10 Years For Fueling Dissent
Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota has previously made documentaries on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority and "refugees and ethnic issues in Myanmar".
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Australia Urges Immediate Release Of Citizen Jailed With Aung San Suu Kyi
Australia's government on Thursday rejected a Myanmar court's sentencing of economist Sean Turnell to three years in jail and demanded his "immediate release".
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Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed Under Myanmar's Official Secrets Act: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail under the state secrets act.
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Myanmar Shop Owners Are Being Jailed For Giving A Raise To Their Employees. Here's Why
Wage increases are seen as undermining the regime by making people believe that inflation is rising.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Moved From Prison To House Arrest: "Very Hot Weather"
Jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a military official said Wednesday, as the junta announced a heatwave had prompted measures to protect inmates.
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No Bidders For Auction Of Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar Home: Report
No bidders showed up on Wednesday at an auction in Myanmar for the sale of the home of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, for which the starting price had been set at around $90 million, a witness and local media reported.
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Insects, Rats, "Most Wonderful Cake": An Australian's Time In Myanmar Jail
Days after Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021, an Australian economist working with her received an anonymous email telling him the police were watching his room and that he should flee.
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Myanmar's Aung Suu Kyi Pardoned In 5 Cases By Military Junta: Report
Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, though she still faces 14 others, state media said Tuesday.
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Maid Sentenced To Life In Jail For Murdering Indian Woman In Singapore
A maid from Myanmar was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her employer's 70-year-old mother-in-law from India, a media report said on Sunday.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Convicted Of Corruption, Jailed For 7 Years: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate.
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Aung Suu Kyi's Lawyers To Make Final Arguments In Myanmar Junta Trial
A Myanmar junta court is expected to hear closing arguments for the last remaining charges against jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, after the UN Security Council called for her release.
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Myanmar Releases Jailed Ex-UK Diplomat, Japanese Journalist
Myanmar's military said Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.
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8 Killed After Parcel Bombs Explode Inside Myanmar's Biggest Jail: Report
Bombs inside parcels exploded at Myanmar's biggest jail on Wednesday prompting soldiers to return fire in a confrontation in which at least eight people were killed, state media and a witness said.
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Myanmar Extends Jail Term Of Japanese Journalist By 3 More Years
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday jailed a Japanese journalist arrested while filming an anti-coup protest for three more years for violating immigration law, a diplomatic source told AFP.
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Myanmar's Aung Suu Kyi Jailed For 6 More Years For Corruption: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption on Wednesday, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.
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Myanmar Junta Jails Japanese Filmmaker For 10 Years For Fueling Dissent
Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota has previously made documentaries on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority and "refugees and ethnic issues in Myanmar".
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Australia Urges Immediate Release Of Citizen Jailed With Aung San Suu Kyi
Australia's government on Thursday rejected a Myanmar court's sentencing of economist Sean Turnell to three years in jail and demanded his "immediate release".
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Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed Under Myanmar's Official Secrets Act: Report
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail under the state secrets act.
