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• Elections update

  Created: Sunday, 07 November 2010 14:44 Author: Hseng Khio Fah

  Northern Shan State5 November, Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) members in Northern Shan State’s Namtu township were forbidden from wearing their traditional clothes in the polling booths, according local sources. ...

• White tigers consider yielding to Lions

  Created: Saturday, 06 November 2010 16:59 Author: Hseng Khio Fah

  Candidates of Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP), the 4th biggest political party that will also be contesting in Sagaing division, are reportedly taking into consideration on quitting contesting the elections which will be held on coming Sunday d...

• Vote buying, Vote cheating, forced voting of junta party across Burma

  Created: Saturday, 06 November 2010 16:49 Author: Hseng Khio Fah

  Northern Shan StateOn 18 October, Sai Myint Aye, Daw Hninn Yu Hlaing and Sai Kham Mart, candidates of junta-backed Union Solidarity and Democratic Party (USDP) in Northern Shan State’s Lashio township called on villagers from Ta Pong village tract to ca...

• Vote buying of USDP taking place in Sino border town

  Created: Thursday, 04 November 2010 14:41 Author: Hseng Khio Fah

  One of the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) candidates Kyaw Myint aka Li Yongqiang, 51, well-known Panhsay militia chief from Namkham is reportedly giving money and presents to villagers who attend his campaign rallies as well as...

• Advance voting continue on outlying areas of Shan State

  Created: Wednesday, 03 November 2010 19:00 Author: Hseng Khio Fah

  Election commissions across Shan State South and North are rushing up to conduct advance voting on the outskirts of towns, claiming they are worried there may be some disturbance by rebels and anti-elections groups on the Election Day, according to local ...

• Forced voting for junta party taking place in Shan State North

  Created: Tuesday, 02 November 2010 16:42 Author: Hseng Khio Fah

  Township election commission in Northern Shan State’s Hsenwi township were reportedly forcing villagers to cast votes for the junta-backed party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in their advance voting exercise, according to local sour...

• Disenfranchisement of Wa townships hurt more than the voters

  Created: Tuesday, 02 November 2010 09:29 Author: S.H.A.N.

  The withdrawal of 4 Wa townships by the Election Commission on 16 September from the 7 November polls not only deprived tens of thousands of eligible voters of their rights, reported the latest issue of The White Tiger newsletter, which was published last...

• Border residents told to cast vote for junta-backed party

  Created: Monday, 01 November 2010 16:17 Author: Hseng Khio Fah

  Yet again local residents in Muse, Northern Shan State, opposite China’s Yunan province, were instructed to give vote for candidates of junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) by Chairman of Muse Township Peace and Development Council...