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Activists condemn EU-funded election app for ‘inflaming ethnic and religious nationalism’
The mVoter 2020 app lists candidates’ official ethnicity and religion, data that critics say is used to oppress minorities
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In pictures: Yangon builds temporary hospital for Covid-19 patients as cases soar
Construction workers began work on a temporary hospital to treat Covid-19 patients on Sunday. The structure at a football training field in front of the Thuwanna Stadium in Thingangyun township, Yangon, will have 400 beds. Yangon’s regional government decided to build it as the number of Covid-19 patients reached 700 at the Phaunggyi medical center in Hlegu. Building work is due to be finished on Friday, September 18, said Zaw Zaw, chair of the Myanmar Football Federation and a well-known military crony, during a public meeting with regional social affairs minister Naing Ngan Lin. (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
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Myanmar Brewery nets Kirin, MEHL $155.9 million amid ongoing human rights investigation
Despite military conglomerate’s 2016 transfer of most revenue from public to private hands, NLD government awards it ‘outstanding taxpayer’ prize
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Swiss cement company backtracks on plans to sell to military cronies
The reversal comes after a German-language reporter's investigation into LafargeHolcim's liquidation plan
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Jade-rich Tatmadaw general to investigate deadly Hpakant mine disaster
Soe Htut among largest shareholders in military conglomerate with more jade licenses than any other company in Myanmar