Press conference on daring Kunchankone robbery
News - Crimes Written by Mizzima News Friday, 04 June 2010 18:20
Rangoon (Mizzima) –In a rare instance, a Press conference will be held on June 4 at the Police Force headquarters in Rangoon regarding the armed robbery in which three people were killed and 13 injured in Kunchankone Township, a police source said.
 
Burma explosions leave nine dead
News - Crimes Written by The Guardian Friday, 16 April 2010 16:49
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A Burma opposition supporter holds a placard of jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The opposition has refused to run in what it calls "sham" elections. Photograph: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty Images

 
Triple bomb attack kills eight at Burma festival
News - Crimes Written by Indepedent Friday, 16 April 2010 16:09
Three bombs exploded at a water festival in the former Burmese capital Rangoon yesterday, killing eight people and wounding 94, state television said, blaming "destructive elements" for the attacks.
 
Nine die in Rangoon bombings
News - Crimes Written by DVB Friday, 16 April 2010 16:08

Three separate blasts have hit Rangoon during the annual water festival, killing at least nine and injuring 75.

 
Kidnappers demand 20 million Kyat from tribal family
News - Crimes Written by BNI Monday, 29 March 2010 19:00
An armed gang of kidnappers has demanded 20 million Kyat from a tribal Arakanese Khami family in Buthidaung Township after abducting the head of the family at gunpoint...
 
Two Rohingya refugee women raped in the forest
News - Crimes Written by BNI Monday, 29 March 2010 19:00
Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazaar:  Two unregistered Arakanese Rohingya refugee women were raped in the forest by five local goons on March 27, when they were returning with firewood...
 
Police mob beat drunk man to death
News - Crimes Written by Khin Hnin Htet/DVB Wednesday, 10 February 2010 21:30
A man from Burma’s southern Mon state yesterday died from injuries sustained whilst beaten by a mob of around 20 policemen, his mother told DVB...
 
Secretary of Mongla-based ceasefire group assassinated
News - Crimes Written by Myo Gyi/Mizzima News Wednesday, 27 January 2010 23:06
The Secretary of the Mongla-based ceasefire group National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS) was assassinated by unknown assailants on Wednesday morning...
 
Two explosions slightly damage buildings in Kyaukkyi, Myanmar
News - Crimes Written by People's Daily Online Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:24
Two series of explosions occurred in Kyaukkyi, Myanmar's Bago division, Tuesday morning without casualties but slightly damaged some buildings, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar ..
 
Brawl in massage parlour injures one
News - Crimes Written by Mizzima News Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:40
A man was severely injured and hospitalized following a brawl on Sunday at a massage parlour in Rangoon’s Tamwe Township. Three customers at the Tundra Zone massage parlour ...
 
Fake 5,000-kyat Notes Seized in Pegu
News - Crimes Written by ZARNI MANN/The Irrawaddy Saturday, 09 January 2010 23:46
A retired policeman has been arrested in Pegu for allegedly trying to pass off fake 5,000-kyat notes at the city's central market, in the second reported case of counterfeiting since the new denomination was introduced ...
 
Two child soldiers facing execution
News - Crimes Written by Nan Kham Kaew/DVB Friday, 16 October 2009 18:36
Two child soldiers in Burma have been put on death row after being accused of killing another child soldier during a fight, the sister of one of the defendants said...
 
Police brutality case under investigation
News - Crimes Written by Phanida/Mizzima News Thursday, 15 October 2009 23:25
The North Okkalapa Police station is investigating the death of Kyawt Maung, allegedly beaten to death by police earlier this month. Police Station House Officer, Divisional Health Department Office Superintendent ...
 
Security tightened in Buthidaung prison
News - Crimes Written by Kaladan Press Wednesday, 05 August 2009 19:30
Buthidaung, Arakan State: Security has been tightened in Buthidaung prison by the Burmese Army as alleging some prisoners escaped from prison yesterday night, said an official source. Some rocks and stones were thrown at the prisoner’s sheds number 4 and 5 yesterday ...
 
Gold shop looted in Northern Burma
News - Crimes Written by Myo Gyi/Mizzima News Thursday, 09 July 2009 21:26
Two armed men looted a famous gold shop near No. 1 Central Market in Bamo town of Kachin State in Northern Burma on July 6 and fled with gold ornaments and jewellery worth Kyat 6 million (approximately USD 6,000),  local residents said...
 
Explosion in UNLF Home Kills Two
News - Crimes Written by MIN LWIN/The Irrawaddy Monday, 08 June 2009 18:31
Two people died when a house containing AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers, explosive material and rounds of ammunition exploded and caught fire in a home owned by the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) in Tamu Township ...
 
Woman killed in bus accident near Pegu
News - Crimes Written by Phanida/Mizzima News Tuesday, 02 June 2009 22:58
A woman was killed and 40 others injured when a ferry bus belonging to a garment factory collided with a heavy truck in Pegu Township, north of Rangoon on Monday...
 
Two arrested with fake Burmese currency
News - Crimes Written by Phanida/Mizzima News Friday, 22 May 2009 21:38
Two persons were arrested by the police in Tachileik for being in possession of Kyat 1,000 denomination counterfeit currency notes. The police arrested Sai Khun Nwan and Sai San Shwe hailing from Seinwi Township ...
 
Gunmen loot jewellery store in central Burma, kill one
News - Crimes Written by May Kyaw/Mizzima News Friday, 08 May 2009 11:38
One person was killed and two injured after three armed gunmen broke into a jewellery shop in the Yameathin town market in central Burma and looted gold ornaments on Wednesday. The gunmen fired eleven rounds...
 


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