House raids without a warrant are set to end in Myanmar under draft legislation supported by the ruling party and rights activists.
Members of the governing National League for Democracy (NLD), many of whom had been a victim of surprise house raids under the former military regime, are supporting the bill currently going through parliament.
"Previous governments used this law to arrest political activists. As the ruling party, the NLD wants to amend this law in line with human rights standards," party spokesman Win Htein said Monday.
"The new law will end warrant less household inspections," he told dpa by phone.
Myanmar’s upper house last week discussed the proposed bill to amend the 2012 Ward or Village Tract Administration Law, which has required residents to inform government officials when visitors spend the night in their homes. (Courtesy of nationmultimedia.com)
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