The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has prepared a list of 24 terrorists from the North Eastern states. The agency will spend a sum of Rs 65 lakh in a bid to get information on these terrorists who belong to National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO).
These groups were involved in the ambush on Army personnel in Chandel district of Manipur, on June 4, 2015 in which 18 army personnel were killed. (Courtesy of OneIndia)
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November 29, 2015
Myanmar opposition says to form body to inspect its parliament representatives
YANGON, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) will set up a body to regularly inspect its elected parliament representatives.
U Tin Oo, chairman of the Central Committee for Winning the General Election and patron of the NLD, said at a meeting here Saturday that NLD will tighten its discipline ahead of leading the next term of the parliament.
He urged the representatives to work for change in accordance with what the party campaigned in the election.
NLD Chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi summoned the meeting attended by the party's elected parliament representatives in Yangon.
The NLD won an absolute majority in the election, strong enough to form a new government independently under the constitution.
According to Suu Kyi, the party's elected parliament representatives' private assets will also be regularly inspected during the five-year term of parliamentary office.
She urged the representatives to work hard for the people and cut their high salaries to show sympathy on the poor who voted them in the election. (Courtesy of GlobalPost)
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U Tin Oo, chairman of the Central Committee for Winning the General Election and patron of the NLD, said at a meeting here Saturday that NLD will tighten its discipline ahead of leading the next term of the parliament.
He urged the representatives to work for change in accordance with what the party campaigned in the election.
NLD Chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi summoned the meeting attended by the party's elected parliament representatives in Yangon.
The NLD won an absolute majority in the election, strong enough to form a new government independently under the constitution.
According to Suu Kyi, the party's elected parliament representatives' private assets will also be regularly inspected during the five-year term of parliamentary office.
She urged the representatives to work hard for the people and cut their high salaries to show sympathy on the poor who voted them in the election. (Courtesy of GlobalPost)
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How Canada is supporting Myanmar as it transitions from dictatorship to democracy
YANGON, Myanmar — For decades, Canada had no diplomatic ties with the brutal military dictatorship in Myanmar.
In fact, Canada had some of the toughest sanctions against the country.
But in 2010 the dictatorship slowly began to loosen its iron grip on the country and, when it became clear that Myanmar was moving towards a new era of openness, Canada began to consider ties.
The Canadian government opened an embassy a little more than a year ago.
“We were a little bit late here,” says Canadian Ambassador Mark McDowell. “Our licence plate is number 43 which indicates we are the 43rd embassy to set up shop here.
“We are relatively small, but now we’ve grown to 10 staff and we are able to deal with a lot of different types of issues now.”
The issues he’s referring to really run the gamut and ranges from consular services to provide assistance to the growing number of Canadian tourists heading to the country, to the many Canadians already based in the country working for NGO’s and jumping into the new economic opportunities in the country. (Courtesy of Global News)
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In fact, Canada had some of the toughest sanctions against the country.
But in 2010 the dictatorship slowly began to loosen its iron grip on the country and, when it became clear that Myanmar was moving towards a new era of openness, Canada began to consider ties.
The Canadian government opened an embassy a little more than a year ago.
“We were a little bit late here,” says Canadian Ambassador Mark McDowell. “Our licence plate is number 43 which indicates we are the 43rd embassy to set up shop here.
“We are relatively small, but now we’ve grown to 10 staff and we are able to deal with a lot of different types of issues now.”
The issues he’s referring to really run the gamut and ranges from consular services to provide assistance to the growing number of Canadian tourists heading to the country, to the many Canadians already based in the country working for NGO’s and jumping into the new economic opportunities in the country. (Courtesy of Global News)
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Reflections on the exuberance and hope of the Myanmar election
South-East Asia correspondent Liam Cochrane reflects on being in Myanmar for the historic moment Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party trounced the country's military-backed ruling party in landmark elections.
The final results were announced this week in Myanmar's historic national election, but the winner has been clear for some time.
The crowd was heaving — an exuberant sea of opposition supporters in red shirts and bandanas, dancing and singing in front of party headquarters in Yangon.
But we had a problem. We had lost our ladder. Somehow in the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, cameraman David and I had become separated from our local fixer, Shein.
He was carrying the aluminium step-ladder that we needed to get just slightly above the crowd to do a piece to camera for TV.
After several phone calls that mostly involved Shein and I shouting "what?" and "can you hear me?" down the line to each other, we gave up, and David and I managed to get into the tray of a small truck parked amid the crowd. (Courtesy of ABC News)
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The final results were announced this week in Myanmar's historic national election, but the winner has been clear for some time.
The crowd was heaving — an exuberant sea of opposition supporters in red shirts and bandanas, dancing and singing in front of party headquarters in Yangon.
But we had a problem. We had lost our ladder. Somehow in the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, cameraman David and I had become separated from our local fixer, Shein.
He was carrying the aluminium step-ladder that we needed to get just slightly above the crowd to do a piece to camera for TV.
After several phone calls that mostly involved Shein and I shouting "what?" and "can you hear me?" down the line to each other, we gave up, and David and I managed to get into the tray of a small truck parked amid the crowd. (Courtesy of ABC News)
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Democracy in Myanmar
With all of its drawbacks, democracy is still the final resolution in a state. Asian democracy is colourful. Asia is a home of largest democracy with the oldest democracy working in Japan. The world’s largest Indian secular democracy has fast becoming a religious dictatorship under Shiv Sena.
There are many countries in Asia which have not been democratised. Somewhere there is a political dictatorship with one party rule. Somewhere there are monarchs ruling. Somewhere there is a semi-military and civilian participation. Somewhere democracy faces instability and thrown out many times but also comes back as last resort. Somewhere not democracy but military dictatorship emerges as symbol of national integration.
Myanmar is now on the road to democracy. The South East Asian country, just neighbouring South Asia, was ruled so long by military junta. General elections were not held in the last 25 years. The military junta was accused by human rights organizations for human rights violations. Aung Sun Suu Kyi, human rights activist and pro-democracy leader, was long detained.
Historic general elections were held on 8 November and 33 million of voters cast their votes. Previous elections were held in 1990, showing similar results. The main context was with the ruling military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the National League for Democracy (NLD. The extremist Buddhist group, known as “Ma Ba Tha,” campaigned for the USDP Voters overwhelmingly voted for the NLD.
Polling was relatively fair and free if not absolutely. Had there been total transparency, the USDP would have wiped out. The USDP field many civilian officials and military officers. At least 170 of them contested the polls. The constitution retains quarter of seats for the military. This was perhaps the first time in democratic history that a large number of military officers stood as political candidates in elections. The minority Rohingya Muslim community was not allowed to field candidates. (Courtesy of The Nation)
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There are many countries in Asia which have not been democratised. Somewhere there is a political dictatorship with one party rule. Somewhere there are monarchs ruling. Somewhere there is a semi-military and civilian participation. Somewhere democracy faces instability and thrown out many times but also comes back as last resort. Somewhere not democracy but military dictatorship emerges as symbol of national integration.
Myanmar is now on the road to democracy. The South East Asian country, just neighbouring South Asia, was ruled so long by military junta. General elections were not held in the last 25 years. The military junta was accused by human rights organizations for human rights violations. Aung Sun Suu Kyi, human rights activist and pro-democracy leader, was long detained.
Historic general elections were held on 8 November and 33 million of voters cast their votes. Previous elections were held in 1990, showing similar results. The main context was with the ruling military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the National League for Democracy (NLD. The extremist Buddhist group, known as “Ma Ba Tha,” campaigned for the USDP Voters overwhelmingly voted for the NLD.
Polling was relatively fair and free if not absolutely. Had there been total transparency, the USDP would have wiped out. The USDP field many civilian officials and military officers. At least 170 of them contested the polls. The constitution retains quarter of seats for the military. This was perhaps the first time in democratic history that a large number of military officers stood as political candidates in elections. The minority Rohingya Muslim community was not allowed to field candidates. (Courtesy of The Nation)
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