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Junta officials, two teak traders killed over unequal division of loot

Two junta officials and two Chinese teak traders from Taunggyi were killed by each other in Kholam, Namzang township, after quarreling over the division of the proceeds from teak trading, according to SHAN sources.

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  • Published: 2008-07-17

Junta members assassinated at dinner party

Two junta officials in Kholam, Namzang township, southern Shan State, along with two other civilians were shot by unknown gunmen while they were having dinner, according to SHAN sources.

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  • Published: 2008-07-14

Regional commanders: Ceasefire, non-ceasefire groups must abide by the new constitution

Regional commanders said all ceasefire and non-ceasefire groups must comply with the new constitution approved by Burma’s ruling junta in May, while meeting with people from United Wa State Army and Shan State Army, according to SHAN sources.

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  • Published: 2008-07-13

Famous Shan abbot passes away

Most Venerable Bhaddanta Aggamahapantita Nyanasambhara, 84, of Wat Pitaka at the historic town of Panglong, passed away last evening at 07:13 (Burma Standard Time) at the Taunggyi hospital.

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  • Published: 2008-07-09

Villages deserted as residents flee to border to escape military persecution

Long Keng village in Mong Pan township, southern Shan State, became deserted when villagers fled to border after some of them were detained and tortured and some disappeared as the military accused them of killing their members one month ago, reported SHAN correspondent from southern Shan State.

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  • Published: 2008-07-08

Mongla sticks to its guns

Bi-annual meeting of the Mongla ceasefire group yesterday resolved to hold on to the present territories that have been under its control since prior to 1989, when it was part of the Beijing-backed Communist Party of Burma (CPB), according to an insider source.

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  • Published: 2008-07-08

Villagers tortured for "not seeing" the rebels

Three villagers from Kunhing, southern Shan State were beaten by the Burmese Army on 3 July and after they denied seeing and knowing the whereabouts of the Shan State Army (SSA) "South" fighters in the areas, reports Shan Herald correspondent from southern Shan State.

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  • Published: 2008-07-05

Ceasefire group under pressure to surrender

The National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS), commonly known as the Mongla group, has been urged twice last June to “exchange arms for peace,” a euphemism for surrender, according to a senior Shan officer from Mongla, opposite China’s Daluo.

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  • Published: 2008-07-05

Truck caught with drug chemicals released after bribe

After bribing the authorities, the truck which was seized with drug production facilities and precursor chemicals by Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) in Tachilek, eastern Shan State was released two weeks ago, reports Shan Herald correspondent from the Thai-Burma border.

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  • Published: 2008-07-04

Burma’s Sham Referendum

The following article appeared in Mekong Today, June issue. It talks about widespread irregularities that took place during the constitutional referendum.

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  • Published: 2008-07-03

Poll says people rejected the draft charter

According to a month-long exit poll conducted by SHAN, almost 63% of eligible voters had cast No against the draft constitution drawn by the military.

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  • Published: 2008-07-03

Fewer refineries but no less output

Compared to 2003 when SHAN’s Drug Watch published Show Business: Rangoon’s War on Drugs in Shan State, there appear to be fewer heroin or methamphetamine factories along the Thai-Burma border.

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  • Published: 2008-06-28

Sexual violence continues in Shan State

Sexual violence goes on in Shan State as the clashes between Burma Army and Shan State Army (SSA) increase, since the Burmese military beefed up its security forces, before the May 10 referendum and after the Cyclone Nargis devastated its delta areas, according to a Shan Herald reporte from the border.

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  • Published: 2008-06-27

Increased cultivation on the Shan-Kayah border

Junta authorities cannot be faulted for their efforts to whitewash themselves when it comes to drugs, but impoverished people are turning more and more to poppy cultivation along the Shan-Kayah border areas, says Karenni Anti-Drug Action Committee (KADAC), an independent fact-finding group based on the Maehongson-Kayah border.

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  • Published: 2008-06-27

Wanyin ill-informed choice for drug free project

More than two years after the Yawngkha drug free project was abandoned by Thailand, Burma’s latest Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein, on his 29 April-1 May visit, reportedly proposed another project in a locality hitherto unknown to the outside world.

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  • Published: 2008-06-26
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