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Press Statement from Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MYANMAR categorically rejects the statement of the who support unlawful associations and terrorist The United Nations High Commissioner for Hu- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights groups such as the so-called National Unity Govern- man Rights has been mandated to promote and pro- Ms. Michelle Bachelet pertaining to the situation in ment and the People’s Defence Forces do not want tect all human rights for all in an impartial manner Myanmar issued on 11 June 2021. It is learnt that the teachers and civil servants to perform their assigned in line with the United Nations General Assembly’s facts mentioned in the statement are lack of accuracy duties and has committed arson and bomb attacks Resolution A/RES/48/141 dated 7 January 1994. Thus, and impartiality. against schools which caused killings of innocent in accordance with her mandate, she needs to be fair The report mentioned the attacks on schools and civilians including administrative and educational and impartial while performing her duties, particularly religious bulidings and the uses of public housing by personnel. addressing the situation of the country. the Tatmadaw which leads to misunderstanding to In carrying out public safety duties, the Tatmadaw Myanmar wishes her to conduct her works in an the public. However, the report neither mentioned has been paying special attention to ensure the safety impartial, objective and constructive manner while nor condemned the acts of sabotage and terrorism of innocent people, the law enforcement and the rule of upholding the provisions of the Charter of the United committed by the unlawful associations and terrorist law within the existing legal framework. When the use Nations. groups as well as the sufferings and deaths of the of force is necessary, the security forces are exercising Ministry of Foreign Affairs, security forces. the minimum use of force for self-defence purpose and Nay Pyi Taw. In connection with the attacks on schools, those maximum restraint to address the violence. Date 13-6-2021 YCDC planning to build 50 mln euro worth Waste to Energy plant in Htainpin dump site

YANMAR’S Waste to energy and waste to Mbiogas plant, backed by Poland’s government tech- nology and financial support, will be built in Htainpin dump site in Hlinethaya Township, with the lowest possible environmental impact, according to the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). “YCDC has projected to build the waste to energy and waste to biogas plant in Htainpin dump site, in cooperation with Poland government. Htainpin dump site has been polluted. This biofuel plant will produce the compressed natural gas CNG and other biofuels which can substitute firewood and re- duce water and air pollution,” said Dr Aung Myint Maw, di- rector of YCDC (Environmen- tal Conservation and Cleaning Department) explained. This plant will be constructed with the low-interest loan 50 mil- lion euro of Poland government. SEE PAGE-4 Photo shows picture on Yangon Waste to Energy Plant in Shwepyitha Township.

INSIDE TODAY

NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL BUSINESS MoHA Union Minister MoSWRR provides cash Union Minister for Armed insurgents Corn export tops meets members of assistance to charity Information inspects set fire to school $331.49 mln in first local security force in organizations, senior MRTV retransmission textbooks for Chin State half of 2020-21 FY Magway citizens in Bago Region station in Laukkai Education Department PAGE-3 PAGE-3 PAGE-4 PAGE-4 PAGE-6 14 JUNE 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Nine Objectives

1. Political affairs (b) To develop a stable market economy and promote international investment (a) To build a Union based on democracy and federalism, through a disciplined in order to enhance the economic development of the entire National people. and genuine multiparty democratic system that is fair and just. (c) To promote and support local businesses to create employment opportu- (b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring peace for the entire nation in nities and increase domestic production. line with the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (c) To continue implementing the principle of peaceful co-existence among 3. Social affairs countries through an independent, active and non-aligned foreign policy. (a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, the genuine spirit of patriot- ism. 2. Economic affairs (b) To respect and promote the customs and traditions of all National peoples (a) To enhance production based on agriculture and livestock through modern and preserve and safeguard their cultural heritage and national charac- techniques and strengthen all-round development in other sectors of the teristics. economy. (c) To enhance the health, fitness and education quality of the entire nation.

Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council

1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with the

law.

2. Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19.

4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.

5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and

further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards.

Republic of the Union of Myanmar Anti-Terrorism Central Committee Declaration of Terrorist Groups Notification No 2/2021 12th Waning of Tagu 1383 ME 8 May 2021

The Anti-Terrorism Central Committee has issued this order with the approval of the State Administration Council in exercising sub-section (e) of Section 6 and sub-section (b) of Section 72 of the Counter-Terrorism Law. 1. Unlawful Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw-CRPH and National Unity Government-NUG formed by CRPH constantly incited Civil Disobedience Movement-CDM participants to commit violent acts. Many riots occurred in many places of the country due to their incitements. They perpetrated bombing, arson, manslaughter, and intimidation to disrupt the state administrative machinery due to the influence of the leaders of CRPH and NUG. Moreover, NUG established People Defence Force-PDF. Violent acts occurred in the name of regional defence forces instigated by NUG and PDF. It is found that their acts to join CDM, threatening non-CDMs, inciting students and teachers not to go to schools, supporting terrorist acts and perpetrating such terrorist acts violate Section 3 (b) and Sub-section 13 of the Counter-Terrorism Law – acts with the intent to cause fear in public, to force Government or any internal and external organization to do an illegitimate act or to refrain from doing a lawful act, and other acts, stipulated by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No 23 on 4 June 2014. 2. Therefore, unlawful associations – Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw-CRPH, National Unity Government-NUG, People Defence Force-PDF and all their subordinates have been declared as terrorist groups.

Chairman Anti-Terrorism Central Committee 14 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 3

MNMM MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNNM N Gentlemen agreements were sought from N N ethnic armed organizations N N SINCE the country started walking on the path to the multiparty democracy in 2011, it has not yet restored the cent per cent peace in its democratization N process amid armed conflicts. Hence, the invitation was extended to hold dialogues on peace in 2011, and the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-NCA was signed in 2015. Before signing the NCA, gentlemen agreements were sought from ethnic armed organizations. N N

(Excerpt from the speech to the State Administration Council meeting made by N the Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 25 May 2021) N

MNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNMMNN MoHA Union Minister meets members of local security force in Magway

UNION Minister for Home Af- security members and their fairs Lt-Gen Soe Htut, mem- families. ber of the State Administration The Union Minister also Council, met the security force met the departmental officials members and their families in and ward/village-tract adminis- Magway Region. trators at the City Hall of Mag- During the meeting, the way Township. Union Minister discussed the The Union Minister dis- occurrence of riots from peace- cussed the emergence of the ful protest starting 1 February to State Administration Council, date, deaths and injuries of some five-point road map and nine security members in terror acts, objectives of SAC, the perfor- attacks to undermine the peace mance of current Union Election and stability of the State and cur- Commission, strong opposition rent work plans of the ministry. against the government, attacks He also highlighted the dos of terrorists across the nation and don’ts for the security mem- and duties of ward/village-tract bers and the needs to serve the administrators to cooperate with duties to be loyal to the State, the relevant security members efforts not to defame the respec- to ensure the safety of their ar- tive regiments and units, fair eas with esprit de corps. control over subordinates, taking At the local military hospi- care of instigation regarding the tal, the Union Minister provided external destructive elements food to the locals, monks, ser- and welfare tasks for families. vicemen and police members Of them, the Union Minis- worker, who escaped from an armed terrorist group in Gan- The Union Minister then under the medical treatment at ter separately provided cash attack with five dead occurred gaw Township of Magway Re- provided basic food aids to the the hospital. assistance to the female health in setting fire to the vehicle by gion on 31 May.—MNA MoSWRR provides cash assistance to charity organizations, senior citizens in Bago Region Council member U Aung Min and Thayawady districts at Pyay explained the purpose of pro- township. viding cash assistance. She also visited the drug Then, the Union Minis- rehabilitation centre (Wethti- ter and party handed over K kan) and met the trainees and 558.87 million—K87.45 million officials of 2/2021 drug addict for 11 charity organizations and treatment and rehabilitation K471.42 million for senior citi- course. zens—to region administration She then inspected the re- council members and officials. hab centre and construction site Afterwards, region and dis- of new two-storey staff housing trict authorities presented the operated by Star Vigour Com- social pension for the aged care pany Limited with 2020-2021 THE Ministry of Social Welfare, over the age of 85 in Pyay and ion Minister Dr Thet Thet Kh- homes and charity houses to the budget. The staff housing will Relief and Resettlement provid- Thayawady districts of Bago ine made a remark and Deputy relevant representatives. be 144 feet long, 40 feet wide ed cash assistance to charity or- Region on 12 June. Minister U Aung Tun Khine and The Union Minister then and 24 feet high two-storey RCC ganizations and senior citizens During the ceremony, Un- Bago Region Administration met the ministry’s staff in Pyay building.—MNA 14 JUNE 2021 4 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Union Minister for Information inspects MRTV retransmission station in Laukkai

UNION Minister for Informa- Hopang and Laukkai in Shan tion U Chitt Naing yesterday State (North) and those from morning inspected Myanma Information and Public Rela- Radio and Television retrans- tions Department and instruct- mission station in Laukkai ed them to take care of health of Kokang Self-Administered condition, culture good morale, Zone and instructed officials serve the duty honestly, and to disseminate information to try hard to be capable in the the people. work process with moral, dis- Along his tour of inspec- cipline and goodwill. He also tion, the Union Minister met presented cash assistance with staff from MRTV retrans- and foodstuff to them.—State mission stations in Lashio, IPRD/GNLM Union Minister for Information U Chitt Naing meets staff from Laukkai retransmission station and Information and Public Information Department.

Armed insurgents set fire to school textbooks Burnt missionary for Chin State Education Department Sayadaw’s body found IT has already announced Mindat-Matupi road. There- ment in the first week of June that Sayadaw Ashin Panna- fore, his lay attendant U Lain 2021 were stopped by armed jota from Twideng Village Lay of Taungpulu monastery insurgents between mile posts in Chin State, who left for and local residents went to 35 and 40 on Gangaw-Haka road Mindat by Nissan Note on 4 the incident place on 11 June near Ywavan Village. Those in- June to sit for Phahtamapy- and found the burnt body of surgents ordered truck workers an written test to be held in the Sayadaw and vehicle in to unload the school textbooks Haka on 7 June, was miss- the bush about 500 feet from from the vehicles and return ing. 27 miles and seven furlongs the trucks. According to the inves- long road. On arrival at the scene, tigation, the Sayadaw was Mindat Myoma police sta- security forces found destruc- burnt by the terrorists on tion investigated the case to tion by fire at the site of school arrest the suspects who killed textbooks. the innocent missionary monk. While the government is striving for teaching children in The security measures Chin State during the schooling have been heightened to reveal the case as the armed groups Photo shows a pile of burnt school text books. period, extremist armed insur- gents brutally committed the brutally killed the innocent ci- TWO cargo trucks carrying by Upper Myanmar Government destruction of school textbooks, vilians including members of 127,797 copies of school text- Printing Factory (Mandalay) to causing loss to the children from the Sangha. —MNA books from KG to Grade 4 sent Haka District Education Depart- Chin State.—MNA 27 mile and seven furlongs post. YCDC planning to build 50 mln euro worth Waste ...

FROM PAGE-1 Additionally, the Envi- of land near Hlawkar Road in Supply Corporation (YESC)’s of this, the YCDC stepped up to The Environmental Con- ronmental Conservation and Shwepyitha Township, Yangon, national power grid. Therefore, implement the waste to ener- servation and Cleaning Depart- Cleaning Department under and the project cost US$16 mil- it can supply about 180 MWh gy and waste to biogas project. ment is daily handling more the YCDC cooperated with lion. The plant burns 60 tonnes per month. Poland government is mulling than 2,500 tonnes of garbage, the JFE Engineering, which of garbage from Mingaladon “About 2,500 tonnes of sol- over it to sign an agreement and 1,500 tonnes of garbage is is commissioned by the Tokyo dump site to generate 760 KW id waste are daily generated amid the surging coronavirus disposed at Htainpin dump site. Metropolitan Government, electricity per day. About 400 in Yangon. At present, Yangon cases. We will make concerted This biofuel plant will gener- to build the first ever Yan- KW of electricity is used to oper- Waste to Energy plant can incin- efforts to start this project,” said ate CNG from 1,000 tonnes of gon Waste to Energy Plant. ate the plant and other 300 KW erate only 60 tonnes of waste to Dr Aung Myint Maw. — Pwint garbage. The plant is located on 15 acres are fed into Yangon Electricity generate electricity. As a result Thit Sa/GNLM

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MYANMAR’S corn exports to and Mandalay, Sagaing and foreign countries generated rev- Magway regions. Myanmar has enue of more than US$331.49 three corn seasons—cold sea- million in the first half (Oct-Mar) son, summer and monsoon. The of the current financial year country yearly produces 2.5 to 3 2020-2021, Myanmar Customs million tonnes of corns. Department’s statistics showed. The corn crop is mostly de- The prices of Myanmar’s manded by feedstuff process- corn are climbing up in Manda- ing business. This being so, it lay market on the back of strong is potential business for both demand by Thailand, coupled domestic and external markets, with the growing demand in said an official of the Ministry of domestic market, traders from Commerce. Mandalay depot said. During last FY 2019-2020 Prior to Thingyan Festival which ended on 30 September, in April, the corn fetched K28,000 the country exported 2.2 mil- per three-basket bag. Both the lion tonnes of corns to external Corn plants thriving in plantation. foreign demand and domestic market, with an estimated value demand prompted the sellers owing to zero demand, he added. between 1 February and 31 Au- garding corn import of Thailand, of $360 million, the Ministry of raise the prices starting from “The lack of demand by gust. said a corn exporter. Commerce’s data showed. the first week of May. Following sea is attributed to the political Thailand has granted tax With growing the local corn As per data from the Minis- a gradual upward trend, the corn changes and disruption in logis- exemption on corn import be- consumption, Myanmar’s corn try of Commerce, Myanmar ex- was priced above K 32,900 per tic sector,” said U Min Khaing. tween February and August. export to foreign markets is ported 1.5 million tonnes valued bag in early June, Soe Win Myint At the present time, Myan- However, Thailand imposed expected to reach 1.6 million at $270 million in the 2018-2019 depot from Mandalay stated. mar transports corns to Thai- the maximum tax rate of 73 per tonnes this year, the associa- FY, 1.4 million tonnes of corn Myanmar has been deliv- land through land border, with a cent on corn import to protect tion stated. worth over $290 million in the ering corns to the neighbour- tonne of corn fetching up about the rights of their growers if Myanmar is the second 2017-2018 FY, 1.2 million tonnes ing countries such as Thailand 8,000 baht. the corns are imported during largest exporter of corn among of corn worth $250 million in the and China via land border. The Thailand gives green light the corn season of Thailand, in regional countries. At pres- 2016-2017 FY, and, 1.1 million shipment to Singapore, Malaysia to corn import through Mae Sot accordance with the notification ent, corn is cultivated in Shan, tonnes of corn worth $300 million and Viet Nam abruptly stopped under zero tariff (with Form-D), of World Trade Organization re- Kachin, Kayah and Kayin states in the 2015-2016 FY.—HH/GNLM

Livestock, fisheries attract Sesame seeds export tops $284.47 mln in H1 five foreign investment MYANMAR’S sesame seeds while, China purchases various The volume of sesame ex- export has earned US$284.47 coloured sesame seeds from the ports was registered at over projects in seven months million in H1 (Oct-Mar) of the country. This year, Japan has 96,000 metric tonnes, worth $130 current financial year 2020-2021, not purchased Myanmar’s ses- million, in the financial year 2015- according to data released by ame yet. 2016; $100,000 tonnes, worth $145 Myanmar Customs Depart- Sesame is cultivated in the million, in the FY 2016-2017FY; ment. country throughout the year. 120,000 tonnes, worth $147 mil- The export price of sesame Magway Region is the main lion, in the FY 2017-2018; 33,900 seeds is rising a bit for now ow- producer of sesame seeds. The tonnes valued $43.8 million in ing to Kyat weakening against seeds are also grown in Manda- the 2018 mini-budget period, dollar in forex market. lay and Sagaing regions. 125,800 tonnes, worth $212.5 At present, the black ses- Of the cooking oil crops million in the FY 2018-2019 and ame seeds (Samone variety) grown in Myanmar, the sown over 150,000 tonnes of sesame, fetched K130,000-K148,000 per acreage under sesame seed is worth $240 million in the previ- bag, Mandalay depot stated. the highest, accounting for 51.3 ous FY 2019-2020, the trade data Normally, Myanmar ex- per cent of the overall oil crop of Central Statistical Organiza- ports about 80 per cent of sesa- plantations. tion indicated.—KK/GNLM me production to foreign mar- kets. China is the main buyer of A local fisherman capturing fish in the river. Myanmar sesame, which is also LIVESTOCK and Fisheries $926.218 million of FDI have shipped to markets in Japan, sector has attracted five foreign flowed into the livestock and South Korea, China (Taipei), investment projects as of April- fisheries sector. UK, Germany, the Netherlands, end in the current financial Next, 16 countries have put Greece, and Poland among the year 2020-2021 since October, investment in the livestock and EU countries. according to the Directorate fisheries sector so far. The EU markets prefer of Investment and Company Among them, Thailand has organic-farming sesame seeds Administration (DICA). topped the list of investments, from Myanmar, said an official Those businesses brought with over $380 million, followed from the Myanmar Trade Pro- in over US$20 million, including by Singapore with about $130 motion Organization. the expansion of investments million. Japan prefers Myanmar’s by the existing joint ventures. Myanmar’s livestock and black sesame seeds, cultivated They are executing poultry fisheries sector are crucial to under good agricultural practic- farm, pig farming and sales of the livelihoods of many vulner- es (GAP), and purchases them pigs, production and farming of able households and contribute after a quality assessment. broiler and shrimp, as per data to improving nutritional out- Black sesame seeds from My- of the DICA. comes in the country. — KK/ anmar are also exported to Since 1988-1989 FY, about GNLM South Korea and Japan. Mean- Photo shows thriving sesame plants. 14 JUNE 2021 6 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Press released on directive of NLD to purchase arms and ammunition, commit explosive destruction, send persons to military training courses ACCORDING to the order giv- Kyaw of All Burma Students’ of arms and ammunition. Thein en by National League for De- Democratic Front (ABSDF) in Naing arranges terror acts and mocracy (NLD), Nyein Chan March 2021. Moreover, he sent sabotage acts in Dagon Myothit (a) Khaing Ko Mon and Shoon eight persons wishing to attend (South) Township, according to Seint Seint who attended the the military training course to Nay Myo (a) Charlie. Moreover, military and explosive course the area of KNU Brigade (5) in Thein Naing had contacted Nye- in the area of KNU Brigade (5) Bilin Township. in Chan to send some youths in Bilin Township and performed In the third week of April from Dagon Myothit (South) purchase of arms and ammuni- 2021, Thein Naing (former MP of Township to the military training tion were arrested in Mayangon Region Hluttaw Constituency-2 course and open the explosive Township yesterday. of Dagon Myothit (South) Town- course in the same township. It Nyein Chan attended the ship) contacted Nyein Chan via was scrutinized that current ex- military and explosive course Nay Myo (a) Charlie for pur- plosive destruction events were together with Shoon Seint Seint chase of arms and ammunition. committed under the directive of in the area of KNU Brigade (5) The two suspects arranged a link fugitive Yi Mon (a) Tin Thit (for- in Bilin Township due to the between a man (under scrutiny) mer NLD’s Pobbathiri Township connection created by Tun Aung and Thein Naing for purchase MP of Pyithu Hluttaw) from un- lawful association and terrorist groups CRPH and NUG. It was scrutinized that fu- gitive Yi Mon (a) Tin Thit from NLD and Thein Naing (former MP of Region Hluttaw Constitu- ency-2 of Dagon Myothit (South) Township of NLD) are main ma- nipulators to purchase arms and ammunition, commit explosive destruction acts and arrange the Diagram on those who arrange purchase of arms and ammunition under Related equipment in arresting Nyein Chan (a) Khaing Ko Mon and youths to attend military training directives of NLD. Shoon Seint Seint seen in documentary photo. courses.—MNA NLD members play Sagaing Region, Chin State beef up crucial role in sending COVID-19 preventive measures trainees to KIA’s Laiza HQ THE Ministry of Defence and THE officials arrested Aung taw MP of Minkin Township), Ministry of Health and Sports co- Khant (owner of Shwe Thiha Aye Chan (follower of former operate to tighten the COVID-19 rice mill in Shwebo) for sending Sagaing Region Minister Moe prevention, control and treat- trainees to KIA’s Laiza head- Kyaw Thu for Ministry of Im- ment activities as the number quarters and participating in migration, Sagaing Region), of confirmed cases has risen in creating explosives on 21 May. a monk, Kyaw Thu Han Tun Sagaing Region and Chin State. The suspect Aung Khant (former No (2) Constituency The military officers pro- attended the meeting held of Region Hluttaw Region MP vide the necessary assistance by NUG, which was terrorist of Kanbalu in 2015), Nay Zin to Cikha station hospital in Ton- organization declared by the Latt (former No (2) Constit- zang Township, Tamu’s district government on 16-5-2021, with uency of Region Hluttaw MP general hospital, Kalay hospital, some 40 participants including of Kanbalu) and other three Kalewa hospital and Mawlaik fugitive Zaw Wai Soe. Present people held a zoom meeting un- district hospital. at the meeting were Myint der the topic of Sagaing People The health workers, Tat- Oxygen cylinders kept in a room before distribution. Htwe (former No (2) Constitu- Defence Force (SPDF). Dur- madaw medics and volunteers ency of Region Hluttaw MP of ing the meeting, Khin Hmwe perform early detection of COV- Moreover, the COVID-19 The military officers re- YeU Township), Aye Myat Mon Lwin made a decision to bring ID-19 cases and lab tests and Antigen Test (RDT), oxygen paired the Oxygen Plant in Ka- (former No (2) Constituency of the weapons from KIA’s Laiza arrange to isolate those who had cylinders, oxygen, PPEs, Pulse lay hospital and distributed the Region Hluttaw MP of Myaung headquarters and Aye Zin Latt close contact with positive cas- oximeter and other medicines oxygen cylinders to Kalay and Township), Khin Hmwe Lwin (former Pyithu Hluttaw MP of es and those came from border were sent to Kalay Township by Tamu townships. (former No (1) Constituency of Shwebo) made arrangements areas. Tatmadaw convoy. Similarly, the Ministry of Region Hluttaw MP of Minkin to send the youths to military Health and Sports arranges to Township) and Naing Aung training. provide human resources, gen- (former No (2) Constituency Therefore, the NLD’s for- erator and fuel including other of Region Hluttaw MP of Wet- mer MPs Khin Hmwe Lwin, necessary things. let Township), and the meeting Nay Zin Latt, Aye Zin Latt, The military medics con- discussed measures of People’s Kyaw Thu Han Tun, Naing duct COVID-19 tests with RT Defence Force (PDF) and med- Aung, Myint Htwe and Aye PCR with mobile lab in Kalay ical services for the injured in Myat Mon play key role in Township. the clashes. giving instructions to organ- Sagaing Region health offi- Moreover, on 18 May 2021, ize Sagaing People's Defence cials accelerate the COVID-19 including Aung Khant, Khin Force (SPDF) and ask for train- preventive measures together Hmwe Lwin (former No (1) ing and weapons from KIA’s with local organizations and pub- Constituency of Region Hlut- Laiza headquarters.—MNA A patient undergone medical treatment. lic health workers.—MNA 14 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR NATIONAL 7 Dr Htar Htar Lin, Dr Maung Maung Nyein Tun, Dr Swe Zin Oo under arrest for involving in CDM, assisting terrorist organization NUG DR Htar Htar Lin, Director of essary drugs, and expenses. In Sports, Nay Pyi Taw In-charge of extended immu- Former Staff Officer, Ministry the Expanded Immunization addition, she was reportedly 8. Dr Cho Cho San (member) nization/infection (resigned), of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Programme of the Ministry of instructed to calculate US$8 Former Deputy Director, Lashio Taw Health and Sports, disconnected million for six months’ medical Ministry of Health and 6. Dr Hnin Ei Phyu (member) Therefore, 12 doctors, in- herself from the ministry and in- expenses related to terror acts Sports, Nay Pyi Taw Team leader, (extended im- cluding Dr Htar Htar Lin from volved in the Civil Disobedience nationwide. They planned to re- 9. Dr Su Su Linn (member) munization/infection), Union Public Health Team, ten doc- Movement (CDM) without clear- ceive US$8 million healthcare Former Assistant Secre- Territory, Nay Pyi Taw tors from SHAT and five doctors ing the K161.198 million balance aid by a Grant Proposal from tary, Ministry of Health and 7. Dr Chit Ko Han (member) from the Clinicians Team, will be of the expanded vaccination pro- international donors. Sports, Nay Pyi Taw Former Deputy Head of Re- charged and prosecuted under gramme. A case was filed on 20 Dr Htar Htar Lin, under fu- 10. Dr Lwin Mar Hlaing (mem- gion Department, Yangon Section 505-A of the Penal Code February 2021 against her at gitive Zaw Wai Soe’s control, was ber) Region for acting as per the instructions Payagon Myoma Police Station appointed as the group leader of Former Deputy Director, 8. Dr Su Su Hlaing (member) of fugitive Zaw Wai Soe and ter- in Ottarathiri Township under the Public Health Team. Twelve Ministry of Health and Former Head of District rorist organization NUG, and Section 505-A of the Penal Code. absconded doctors, who were Sports, Nay Pyi Taw Public Health Department, under Section 17 (1) for colluding She was arrested on the road- also involved in CDM, acted as 11. Dr Nyein Nyein Chit (mem- Yangon South District with the illegal organization and side of Nawade in Yawmingyi members. ber) 9. Dr Z Lwan Khong (member) Section 124 for High Treason. ward, Dagon Township, on 10 1. Dr Htar Htar Lin (Group Former Assistant Direc- Team Leader (extended im- Therefore, the officials June 2021. Leader) tor, Ministry of Health and munization/infection), Myit- searched the suspects who have According to her confession, Former director, Ministry of Sports, Nay Pyi Taw kyina contact with the fugitive Zaw she not only joined the CDM and Health and Sports, Nay Pyi 12. Dr San Thanda (member) 10. Dr Kyaw Thu Swe (member) Wai Soe and suspect Dr Htar formed the CDM Core Group Taw Former Lecturer, University Team Leader, (extended Htar Lin. According to the re- together with other CDM doc- 2. Dr Khin Nyein Chan (mem- of Medicine (Mandalay) immunization/infection), port received from the public, tors and staff but also colluded ber) Dr Moe Kyaw Thu (Former Sagaing Dr Maung Maung Nyein Tun with terrorist NUG, which was Former Lecturer, University Health Officer in Bilin Township) It is also learned that plans (former lecturer for Surgery, declared an unlawful association of Medicine (Magway) was reportedly appointed as are underway to form Township University of Medicine, Man- and terrorist group. 3. Dr Moe Kyaw Thu (member) group leader of State Health Ad- Health Admin Teams (THAT) dalay) and his wife Dr Swe Zin She added that fugitive Zaw Former Head of Township min Team (SHAT), which is un- and, to link between SHAT and Oo (ex-specialist of Mandalay Wai Soe, appointed as Health Public Health Department, der Public Health Team, along THAT online, the Clinicians General Hospital) were arrest- Minister by NUG, contacted her Bilin with ten members as follows: Team was formed with five doc- ed by the security members at through Signal Application to 4. Dr Thuzar Chit Tin (mem- 1. Dr Moe Kyaw Thu (Group tors, including Dr San Thanda, a guest house in South Yemon help him as much as possible. ber) Leader) as follows: Ward of Mahaaungmye Town- She was frequently communi- Former Head of State Med- Former Head of Township 1. Dr San Thanda (Group Lead- ship of Mandalay Region on 13 cated by fugitive Zaw Wai Soe ical Services Department, Public Health Department, er) June 2021. via zoom meeting and he asked Taunggyi, ShanState (South) Bilin Former Lecturer, University Of 25 suspects, Dr Htar her to help write an encouraging 5. Dr Myo Myo Mon (member) 2. Dr Naing Naing Tun (mem- of Medicine (Mandalay) Htar Lin, Dr Maung Maung speech for CDM staff. In addition Former Deputy Director, ber) 2. Dr Maung Maung Nyein Tun Nyein Tun and Dr Swe Zin Oo to writing encouraging speech- Ministry of Health and Former Deputy Head of State (member) were arrested and so the offi- es, she had to write programmes Sports, Nay Pyi Taw Department, Hpa-an Former Lecturer, University cials keep investigating to detain for NUG’s healthcare activities 6. Dr Aung Soe Htet (member) 3. Dr Sharon Pur (member) of Medicine (Mandalay) the remaining 22 suspects. and prepare charts and infor- Former Deputy Director, Former Assistant Director, 3. Dr Swe Zin Oo (member) It is announced for the pub- mation for the Zoom Meeting. Ministry of Health and Haka Former specialist, Mandalay lic to inform the nearest local Fugitive Zaw Wai Soe as- Sports, Nay Pyi Taw 4. Dr Aung Kyi (member) General Hospital battalions and police stations signed Dr Htar Htar Lin to com- 7. Dr Htoo Myint Swe (mem- Post-graduate student (Anes- 4. Dr Ye Zin Aung (member) if the suspects are found, and pile a list of medicines used in ber) thetics), University of Medi- Former specialist, Myingyan those who hide them will be tak- NUG’s healthcare activities and Former Assistant Direc- cine-2 Hospital en effective actions under the calculate the demographic, nec- tor, Ministry of Health and 5. Dr Deni Lin (member) 5. Dr Zay Min Tun (member) law.—MNA

373 new cases KNDO abducts innocent 47 workers, brutally of COVID-19 kills 25 persons reported on A total of 47 civilian innocent men, six women and 10 children, 13 June, total workers from construction of totalling 22 escaped from KNDO Uhu Creek Bridge on Kane- and six of them were injured and figure rises to lay-Mawkhi road near Kanelay provided medical treatment by 145,603 Village in Wawle in Myawady Tatmadaw medical corps mem- District being built by local mil- bers. itary unit were abducted by a On 11 June, one burnt body group led by Saw Par Wah at was found at the site, 1,300 me- Myanmar’s COVID-19 posi- the rank of captain at KNDO for tres northeast of Uhu creek tive cases rose to 145,603 after reasonless on 31 May, and some bridge and six more spoiled bod- 373 new cases were reported of abductees were brutally killed. ies with hands tied behind their on 13 June 2021 according to Some 30 members led by back in the ground. On 12 June, the Ministry of Health and Saw Par Wah from KNDO ab- 18 more spoiled bodes were also Sports. Among these con- ducted 31 men, six women and found. firmed cases, 132,928 have 10 children, totalling 47 from the Officials from the bridge Construction workers brutally killed by KNDO. been discharged from hospi- construction site by dumper. construction site checked the tals. Death toll stands at 3,244 Security forces were in a dead bodies with their identities filing the inquests at the respec- taking security measures to ex- after three died. —MNA hot pursuit of the abductees for to inform parents and relatives tive police stations. port and combat the terrorist their escape. On 1 and 9 June, six about the deaths and opened the The Tatmadaw columns are group.—MNA 14 JUNE 2021 14 JUNE 2021 8 OPINION THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ARTICLE / NATIONAL 9 Need to encourage Nayon: The Month of the Festival of Religious Examinations ` By Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt (Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Sithu) Myanmar Daily Weather Report literary arena and (Issued at 7:00 pm Sunday 13 June 2021) AYON is the third month Thirdly it is in the month of Nayon paragraph was Kason, not Nayon. and the rest were classified under in the lunar calendar that religious examinations are In the Lawka Byu Har (လောက the lists, list I and List II according BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at 18:30 literati to create Nof Myanmar People. It held for the Buddhist monks. ဗျူဟာ) or commonly known as Iny- to their merits. hrs MST today, the low pressure area over the Northwest approximates to June, and it is Three Sasanas one Sardan (အင်ရုံစာတမ်း) which is Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Odisha and West Bengal the last month of summer. The There are three Sasanas a treatise on “Court Ceremonies Lavish reward Coasts(India) still persists. Monsoon is strong to vigorous over peak of summer is Kason or May (Teachings of the Buddha) in Bud- and Festivals of 29 Kings of Innwa Successful candidates were the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. better works when the sun mercilessly burns dhism, namely Pariyatti Sasana and Nyaung Yan dynasties” com- lavishly rewarded by the King. A SPECIAL FEATURE: According to the observations at up everything on earth reducing which means acquisition of sound plied by Thiri Uzana the Inyone big Pujas (ပူဇာ) or honouring cer- 18:30 MST today, the land depression over the Viet Nam has RIZE-WINNING works in the national literature award and the country to a parched land. In knowledge of the Dhamma the Minister, we find references to emony was held in the courtyard unimportant. Sarpay Beikman manuscripts award shape the nature and Nayon the solar heat begins to de- Law, and all religious literatures holding of religious examinations where richly decorated pavalio FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 14 June 2021: Plifestyle of Myanmar people by giving deep thoughts on how cline as the monsoon arrives from and scriptures through intensive in the month of Nayon under royal were set up. The Pahtama Kyaw Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Lower Sagaing, to build the lives and how to overcome life challenges. the south-west direction bringing and extensive learning, Patipatti patronage of Innwa kings who far candidate was carried on a gilt pal- Mandalay and Magway regions, fairly widespread in Nay Pyi The manuscript contest of the Sarpay Beikman started its rain-bearing clouds, releasing Sasana which means the being proceeded King Thalun. Holding anquin borne by 40 men with gold Taw, Upper Sagaing Region and Kachin State and widespread first step in 1955 and the National Literature Award in 1972 to showers everywhere. Skeletons accomplished in knowledge and of religious examinations in Nayon umbrellas shading him. The oth- in the remaining regions and states with likelihood of regionally select the best works in fiction and non-fiction genres. Selection of trees which have stripped off Priveda Sasana which means the and ordination of successful can- er candidates wearing rich attire heavyfalls in Bago Region and Rakhine Kayin, Mon states boards of both contests chose the best works reflecting images of all their year-worn yellow foliage acting according to knowledge didates in the subsequent month The Lord Buddha delivered the famous Maha Thamaya Sutta to the Devas with gold salwe on their breasts and isolated heavyfalls in Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi the people’s daily lifestyle. begin to put on new emerald green communicated and acquired. Pari- Waso are in natural sequence. The and Brahmas of all universes. followed either riding horses or regions. Degree of certainty is (100%). Literati create the works garments. yatti or learning of the Dhamma academic terms of religious educa- being carried on the sedan chair STATE OF THE SEA: Occasional squalls with rough seas of literature whether they is primarily important. tion come to an end in Nayon and public. Marazein Pagoda at Mandalay. In according to their positions in the will be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface submit the manuscripts to Green carpet new academic year commences in 1873 he invited all learned head examination results. Royal musi- wind speed in squalls may reach (40)mph. Wave height will be As such, it is the selection committees of The hard parched land has Diligent study the first month of Buddhist Lent One whole month monks from the four corners of his cal Ensemble called “Sain Waing about (9-13) feet off and along Myanmar Coasts. both contests with the aim of now become soft and fresh with Monks are encouraged to that is Waso. So it is appropriate to According to the Maha Capital to his Palace and put up his Tawgyi” played music of welcome OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Continuations necessary to giving significant messages rain water and in no time it turns devote themselves to the diligent hold religious examination in Nay- Yazawun or the Great Chronicle supplication requesting the Most and honour. Their Majesties and of increase of rain in Coastal areas. to the readers. In this regard, into a green carpet of grass. There study of all religious literatures, on and to start again teaching in religious examinations in the Venerables to train novices and the Court appeared in state on FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING their messages may be rais- is a Myanmar saying ‘‘နယုန်မိုးသေး Thpitakas. Tipitakas literally Waso. Other historical and literary Konbaung dynasty took one whole young monks so that they could re- the podium of the Hluttaw (Coun- AREA FOR 14 June 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. encourage ing public awareness about မြက်သားမွေး” ‘‘Little showers of means three baskets – (1) Vinaya evidences indicate Nayon as the month, beginning on the 8th wax- cite not only Vinaya but the whole cil of Ministers in the time of My- Degree of certainty is (100%). political, economic, social, Nayon nurture tender grass”. (2) Sutta and (3) Abhidhamma. All month of the Festival of religious ing of Waso. But normally exami- Tipitaka by heart. So from the only anmar Kings) and poured lustral FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA etc. The word “Nayon” had been Buddhist monks including novic- examinations. nations lasted two to three weeks, Vinaya but the whole Tiptaka by water from the gold libation ever FOR 14 June 2021: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree of writers to pro- The authors with critical spelt differently in different pe- es must learn them and pass the On page 376 of the Glass Pal- depending upon the number of heart. So from the year 1873 on- as the successful candidates in certainty is (100%). thinking initiate the improve- riods of Myanmar history. In the examinations held annually in the ace Chronicle, Volume three it is candidates and the subjects ex- wards religious examinations were line approached him to receive FORECAST FOR MANDALAY AND NEIGHBOURING ment of public lifestyle. Their Bagan Period it was spelt as “Nan month of Nayon. mentioned that: amined varied from time to time. held to select the most learned the rewards from him. Kyats 1000 AREA FOR 14 June 2021: Isolated rain or thundershowers. duce quality literary works shape chil- Yon” or ‘‘Na Yon” where as in the his Majesty took occupancy of As religious examinations held by and brilliant candidate called in pure silver for the higher grade Degree of certainty is (100%). dren’s future and persuade Innwa Period it was spelt to sound Laity’s support the Palace “Kyaw Aung San Nan” the Kind were very arduous, de- “Pahtama Kyaw” (ပထမကျော်). and Kyats 2500 in pure silver for literature suita- them into a better world ‘‘Nan Yon”. Buddhist laity of all walks of (ကျော်အောင်စံနန်း) and then at Inn- manding too much of physical and The King built a big Pahtan zayat the Highest grade were present- through the arts of writing. Astrological name of Nayon life-form royalty to the commoners wa he built a monastery which was mental energy, monk candidates (ပဋာန်းဇရပ်) and 33 examination ed. In addition, the privilege of tax Masterpieces of literature is May Htone (မေထုန်) or Mithuna see to the needs of the examiner dedicated to the Most Venerable were asked to change to become halls called “Thudhamma zayats” immunities was granted to their ble for all ages can shape youths’ lives to (Gemini). May Htone is derived and examinee monks. Cash do- Baddanta Nyana Wara who stood laymen during the examination of teak, varnished with red vermil- parents and nearest relatives. straighten the lives on wrong from the Pali word ‘‘မေထုန” (mi htu nation and other contributions in first in the religious examinations. period so that they could partake ion and finely gilt. Some of them ways onto the right ones. na) and woman. The astrological kind are collected to support the This learned monk received the of evening meal to replenish their still stand in good condition at the Privileges of the people Whatever it may be, symbol of Nayon is a couple of man holding of the religious examina- title “Pahtama Kyaw” (ပထမကျော်) strength. Examinations were both foot of the Mandalay Hill. The Pahtama Kyaw was everybody should clearly and woman holding a long rood tions. Nayon is the month in which and later he came to be known as oral and written. Candidates had adopted by the King and should and provide accept a concept that only and a harp. Sometimes a pair of the learning period of the whole “Kyaw Aung San Hta Sayadaw” to recite passages from the pre- Four grades he choose a career he would be when the literary works actu- Keinnara and Keinnari (Male and year comes to an end. So Exam- (ကျော်အောင်စံထားဆရာတော်). scribed texts by heart and give There were four grades of appointed clerk with the prospect ally serve the interests of the female mythical birds with human inations are held to test the aca- correct time of King Bodawpaya examination viz. (i) Pahtama of promotion to Wungyi (Minister) assistance to State and the people should head) is presented to symbolize demic progress of monk scholars. Time of Examinations (A.D. 1782-1819) a royal order was Nge (ပထမငယ်) or Lower Grade one day. If not, he could remain these works be considered this month. In Nayon the Moon A festal atmosphere is imported to Although festival of religious issued in 1153 ME (A.D. 1791) pre- (ii) Pahtama Lat (ပထမလတ်) or monk, well supported by the King for award. It is the prima- and Jehta star together and the this function by offering food and examinations in Nayon was not scribing the texts for examination. Middle Grade (iii) Pahtamagyi who would build a monastery for doyen literati ry policy for prioritizing the Sun and Migathi star together priestly utensils to the monks at recorded yearly, there is no doubt This order remined in force till the (ပထမကြီး) or Higher Grade and him and might raise him to be “raja State and the people. First, reach noon time. The flower of the Examination centres. that they were held regularly reign of King Bagan (A.D. 1846- (iv) Pahtama Kyaw (ပထမကျော်) guru” or King’s Teacher. second and third winners are the month is jasmine, star-like throughout Myanmar history. 1853). or Highest Grade. so as to create selected in various genres of pure white bloom with pleasant Earliest mention Examinations took place in the His son and successor King Well Preserved the Sarpay Beikman Manu- fragrance. The earliest mention of reli- Thudhamma zayats built by the Peak of progress and perfec- Thibaw was a successful candidate Although Myanmar fell under script Ward and the National gious examinations being held was King. Preparations were made tion in the first three grades. When he the British rule for 117 years this better litera- Literary Award. Three counts found in the volume three of the in advance such as gilding the During the reign of King Min- became King he passed Religious tradition of holding religious exam- In fact, both literature Nayon is important in My- Myanmar Chronicle called Hman- zayats, renovating and decorat- don (A.D. 1853-1878) religious ex- Examination Law, which was the inations was well preserved. Even ture works day award contests are plat- anmar culture on three counts. nan Yazawun Tawgyi i.e. The Glass ing the surroundings. Pavilions aminations reached the peak of first of its kind in Myanmar history. during the second World War when forms for writers to pres- Firstly, it is the month during Palace Chronicle. On page 239 we were constructed in which the progress and perfection. He was It was published in book form by Myanmar was under the Japanese ent their opinion, creation, which Myanmar farmers begin find the following paragraph: monks were fed daily and were a devout Buddhist King who pro- the Hluttaw Press in 1883. By this occupation, attempt to revive this by day. presentation and motivation. ploughing their fields. It is the first “In the year 1000 M.E. (A.D presented with offertories. A spe- moted Buddhism by supporting law there were only three grades, tradition was made in 1943 by the Hence, readers can enjoy month of wet cultivation. In the 1638) the monk teachers examined cial “min lan” (မင်းလမ်း) or royal Sanghas (Assembly of monks) as Lower grade, Higher grade and then Adipadi Government. It was various tastes of literature time of Myanmar Kings, Le Htun the student novices on the subjects road was made lined on either side best he could. He convened the Highest grade. called Vinaya (Code then Adipadi on the lifestyle of rural and urban people, natural beauties and Mingala (လယ်ထန်မင်္ဂလာွ ) or royal they had learnt. Hundred and eight with yazamat fences (ရာဇမတ်ကက်ွ ) 5th Buddhist Council in 1871 which Government. It was called Vinaya ideological presentation. ploughing ceremony was held in novices passed the examinations. (Diamond shaped design of lattice revised and edited the Tipitakas or Three forms of examination (Code of conduct) Examination of Literature can help people’s dreams come true. It features this month so that there would Seven of them were ordained at fences) and flower pots. The sur- the Buddhist Canon. The author- Examination took three forms Burma. There were four grades various kinds of knowledge across the world to readers from all be good rain and good harvest. noon, on Sunday the 14th waxing face of the royal road was covered ized version of Tipitakas was then (i) oral examination and (iii) writ- and only treatises on Vinaya were parts of the country as well as the world. So, it can be identified as Secondly, it was on the full moon moon of Kason. with fine whit sand. At the end of inscribed on 729 white alabaster ten examination. Success or failure prescribed for examination. a media linking between the writers and the readers. day of Nayon that the Lord Bud- “So it is commonly assumed the road was built a richly deco- slabs, Vinaya on 111 slabs, Suttas was decided on the merits scored Today this tradition of holding As such, it is necessary to encourage writers to produce quality dha delivered the famous Maha that the Festival of religious ex- rated Pavilion for Their Majesties on 410 slabs, and Abhidhamma on in all forms of examination. From religious examination is kept alive literature suitable for all ages of the people and provide assistance Thamaya Day which Myanmar aminations originated in the reign and the court from homage to the 208 slabs. These slabs on housed among the successful candidates by the Government and the public to doyen literati so as to create better literature works day by day. Buddhists celebrate by reciting the of King Thalun (A.D 1629-1648). monks. Naturally festivities took in cave- like brick buildings set the one who scored the highest in co-operation. said Sutta and doing good works. But the month mentioned in the place where royalty appeared in up in the precincts of Maha Loka total marks was selected “First” 14 JUNE 2021 10 GLOBAL TOP STORIES THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR EU urges UK to uphold Brexit deal but Johnson defiant

EUROPEAN leaders on Sat- gle market and customs union. The row -- and the spec- urday delivered an ultimatum A separate agreement -- tre of what the UK press has to UK Prime Minister Boris the Northern Ireland protocol dubbed a “sausage war” -- has Johnson to keep his word on -- was also signed to govern dogged the showpiece G7 sum- Brexit to resolve a row over trade in the UK province, which mit in southwest England. new trade arrangements in shares the country’s only land Johnson on Saturday Northern Ireland. border with the bloc. morning held talks with French But Johnson defiantly re- But London has so far President Emmanuel Macron, stated his calls for Brussels failed to implement full checks German Chancellor Angela to compromise, urging a more on goods heading into Northern Merkel and the heads of the pragmatic approach after talks Ireland from mainland Britain European Commission and the between the two sides broke -- England, Scotland and Wales. European Council. down earlier this week. And it has indicated that it All told him directly to The UK and the European will extend a grace period on abide by the terms of the di- Union signed a last-gasp trade the delivery of British chilled vorce deal he signed to take deal in December last year, just meat products at the end of this the UK out of the European weeks before the former’s de- month, prompting EU threats Union after nearly 50 years of The protocol led to supply delays and empty shelves in Northern parture from the European sin- of retaliatory measures. membership. — AFP Ireland. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

NEWS Azerbaijan releases 15 Armenian POWs IN BRIEF AZERBAIJAN on Saturday re- Fighting broke out be- tained Armenians in exchange leased to Armenia 15 prisoners tween Azerbaijan and Arme- for the map of 97,000 anti-tank Anti-terror “academy” set up in Ivory Coast of war captured last year dur- nia in September 2020 over and anti-personnel mines in ing hostilities over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, claiming the Agdam district,” one of the IVORY Coast and France on Thursday inaugurated a counter-terror- Nagorno-Karabakh region, the around 6,000 lives over six territories Armenia has ceded ism academy designed to ramp up the Sahel area’s means to counter foreign ministry in Baku said. weeks. to Baku, Azerbaijan’s foreign a widespread jihadist risk. Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi and The ministry also said The war ended in Novem- ministry said in a statement. his defence minister, Tene Birahima Ouattara, had been joined by that under the deal mediated ber with a Russian-brokered The ministry also thanked French International Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian for the opening of by Georgian Prime Minister ceasefire under which Yerevan US Secretary of State Antony the Worldwide Academy for the Combat Towards Terrorism (AILCT) Irakli Garibashvili, Yerevan re- ceded swathes of territory it Blinken, top US diplomat for based mostly simply exterior Abidjan, the nation’s enterprise capital. ciprocated by providing Baku had controlled for decades. Europe Philip Reeker, Europe- The three-building website will put these attending the acade- with maps of minefields in the On Saturday, “Azerbaijan an Council President Charles my by way of three phases of particular forces anti-terrorism coach- conflict zone. handed over to Armenia 15 de- Michel, and the OSCE Swedish ing. — AFP chairmanship for their roles in the negotiations. “Our brothers returned French army kills Mali jihadist linked to to their families thanks to the journalist murders efforts of Georgia’s Prime Min- ister Irakli Garibashvili, our FRENCH soldiers have killed a Malian jihadist suspected of being Georgian brothers as well as responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of two French journal- our partners from the US and ists in 2013, Defence Minister Florence Parly said Friday. EU,” Armenian Prime Minister Parly said French forces in the Sahel region killed “four ter- Nikol Pashinyan told journal- rorists” during an operation in northern Mali on June 5, including ists. Bayes Ag Bakabo, the prime suspect in the deaths of RFI radio He said he had earlier reporters Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon. “provided Azerbaijan with a “His neutralisation means the end of a long wait,” Parly said, certain number of minefield adding that Bakabo was in the village of Aguelhok and was prepar- maps through Russian For- ing an attack against UN peacekeeping forces when he was killed. Russian peacekeepers clear mines in Nagorno-Karabakh. PHOTO: eign Minister Sergei Lavrov.” — AFP RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY/AFP — AFP

Kumamon shop opens in Shanghai with pop-up to travel across China

A Kumamon-themed store has Some 60 items such as bags we’d like to promote the prefec- opened in Shanghai, with a sim- and cushions are available to ture’s attractions by teaming ilar pop-up store scheduled to buy. up with a private firm,” said introduce the black bear-like The store is operated by a Nobuhiro Fujimoto, head of mascot of southwestern Japan’s local animation firm with goods Kumamoto Prefecture’s office Kumamoto Prefecture to many and exhibits approved by the in Shanghai. other parts of China. Kumamoto prefectural govern- Many of the goods are avail- Known as “Xiong Ben ment. able only at the shop, which will Xiong” in China, a 2.5-meter-tall Included is a panel with il- operate through June 30. inflatable Kumamon welcomes lustrations of Kumamoto Castle The outlet will then feature A 2.5-meter-high balloon representing Kumamon, the official black visitors at the entrance of the and a hot spring to be used as a in various regions including bear mascot of Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture, is on display on June 7, 2021, at a temporary shop dedicated to goods related to the mascot, store set up in a large commer- spot to snap pictures. Beijing, according to the pre- which recently opened at a shopping complex in the suburbs of cial facility in the suburbs of “To prepare for the future fectural government. —Kyodo Shanghai. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS Shanghai. after the coronavirus pandemic, News 14 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ENVIRON/SCI: WORLD 11

NEWS Marching climate activists urge G7 to step up IN BRIEF procession through Falmouth -- as he joined the Falmouth pro- an hour’s drive from the Carbis testers. Oil spill drifts away Bay summit site. Oliver had travelled from from Corsica coast The harbour town in south- northwest England, linking up west England is being used to with family members from other FEARS two oil slicks would host a media centre for reporters parts of the country to descend pollute eastern Corsica’s hol- from around the world covering on Falmouth. iday beaches eased Saturday the first in-person gathering of He said G7 leaders appeared after French officials prepared the elite group since 2019. unwilling to make the “radical” for the worst and naval boats Heightened security stretch- sacrifices need to avert cata- armed with clean-up equip- ing around the seaside resort at strophic climate change. ment arrived off the Mediter- Carbis Bay, including extensive Dozens of demonstrators ranean island. “We are more police checkpoints and Royal dressed entirely in red — rep- reassured now because the Navy vessels offshore, has kept resenting the accelerating rate pollution is drifting away from The harbour town in southwest England is being used to host a media protesters largely out of the world of species’ extinctions — led the the coast,” maritime prefecture centre for reporters from around the world. PHOTO: AFP leaders’ view. procession through Falmouth spokesperson Christine Ribbe THOUSANDS of environmental diversity loss. “I have a grandchild who’s behind a banner reading: “G is told AFP. campaigners rallied noisily and Beating drums and holding one, and I want some life for him for greenwashing.” “The pollution is break- colourfully Saturday in Cornwall placards, up to 2,000 activists when he grows up not affected Others held placards bearing ing up and now about 10 to urge G7 leaders to do far more from the Extinction Rebellion by climate change and pollution,” various slogans, including “deeds kilometres (six miles) or so against climate change and bio- (XR) pressure group staged a retiree David Oliver, 62, told AFP not words”. — AFP offshore. But we have to remain very careful because the situation can change with Across US West, drought Nobel-winning Japanese the currents.” The authorities had voiced concern the oil would pollute the coast from arriving dangerously early chemist dies at 85 Aleria to Ventiseri on Saturday and closed beaches along LAKES at historically low lev- far from Las Vegas, stands at the 40-kilometre stretch and els, unusually early forest fires, just 36 percent of capacity, be- banned fishing. Two naval restrictions on water use and low even a record set in 2016. ships, equipped with “anti-pol- now a potentially record heat Authorities expected lution material and specialised wave: even before summer’s something like this — but not staff” were already picking up start the US West is suffering until August. oil from the surface of the sea. the effects of chronic drought The situation in northern — AFP made worse by climate change. California, which normally Eighty-eight percent of the receives ample precipitation West was in a state of drought in the winter and spring, is Sri Lanka seeks $40 this week, including the entire no better. Lake Oroville, the million in damages states of California, Oregon, state’s second largest reser- Japanese chemist Ei-ichi Negishi (R, with his family) won the over ship fire Utah and Nevada, according voir and a key part of a network Nobel Prize for his work developing a method to create complex chemicals. PHOTO: SCANPIX SWEDEN/AFP/FILE to official data. providing potable water to 27 SRI LANKA is seeking $40 In a particularly stark million Californians, is 165 feet JAPANESE chemist Ei-ichi due faculty in 1979. million in damages from the symptom of this trend, which is (50 meters) lower than in 2019. Negishi who won the Nobel In 2010, he won the Nobel operator of a ship that left affecting more than 143 million Widespread water-use prize for developing a method Prize for chemistry along with massive pollution when it Americans, Lake Mead — the restrictions appear inevitable for creating complex chemicals Richard Heck of the University caught fire off the country’s country’s largest reservoir, ly- over the coming months, with necessary for manufacturing of Delaware and Akira Suzuki of west coast, officials said ing at the border of Nevada and potentially serious ramifica- drugs and electronics has died Hokkaido University. Saturday. Arizona — now stands at its tions for Western states, in par- aged 85, his US university said. Through the trio’s work, Ports and shipping minis- lowest level since its creation ticular for irrigation-depend- Negishi died on Sunday in organic chemistry has devel- ter Rohitha Abeygunawardena in the 1930s. ent farmers — who provide Indianapolis, Purdue University oped into “an art form, where said an interim claim had been The lake, formed when the much of the country’s fruits said in a statement on Friday, scientists produce marvellous lodged with X-Press Feeders, massive Hoover Dam was built and vegetables. — AFP adding his family would lay him chemical creations in their test which controls the Singa- across the Colorado River not to rest in Japan sometime next tubes,” the award citation said. pore-registered MV X-Press year. Heck laid the groundwork Pearl. The Manchuria-born sci- for bonding carbon atoms by The vessel has been sub- entist graduated from the pres- using a catalyzer to promote merged in seas off Colombo tigious University of Tokyo and the process in the 1960s. since June 2 after burning worked at Japanese chemical Negishi fine-tuned it in 1977 for almost two weeks and giant Teijin before going to the and it was taken a step further releasing tonnes of plastic raw United States on a Fulbright by Suzuki, who found a practical materials that swamped local scholarship in 1960 to study way to carry out the process. beaches. Sri Lankan environ- chemistry. He joined the Pur- — AFP mentalists have called it the “worst marine disaster” in the country’s history. “In addition to this (claim), we will also seek reimbursement of the cost of putting out the fire,” Abeygun- awardena said, adding that the full damage to the environ- With the water level reaching historic lows, boats had to be taken out of Lake Oroville in Northern California; this photo is from May 24, ment was still being assessed. 2021. PHOTO: AFP/FILE — AFP 14 JUNE 2021 12 ECON: WORLD THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Rare earth metals at the heart of China’s rivalry with US, Europe

WHAT if China were to cut off rare earth minerals from China, the United States and Europe the US Geological Survey says. from access to rare minerals The European Union gets 98 that are essential to electric percent of its supply from Chi- vehicles, wind turbines and na, the European Commission drones? At a time of frequent said last year. Amid the transi- geopolitical friction among tion to green energy in which those three powers, Washing- rare earth minerals are sure ton and Brussels want to avoid to play a role, China’s market this scenario by investing in dominance is enough to sound (From L) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, U.S. President the market for 17 minerals with an alarm in western capitals. Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italian Prime unique properties that today are Cars and turbines Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der largely extracted and refined Rare earth minerals with Leyen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a photo in Cornwall, England, on June 11, 2021. They in China. names like neodymium, prase- gathered for a summit of the Group of Seven major economies. PHOTO: KYODO/POOL “The expected exponential odymium and dysprosium are growth in demand for minerals crucial to the manufacture of that are linked to clean energy magnets used in industries of G-7 to launch infrastructure plan to is putting more pressure on US the future like wind turbines and Europe to take a closer look and electric cars. And they are counter China’s Belt and Road at where the vulnerabilities are already present in consumer and the concrete steps these goods such as smartphones, LEADERS of the Group of seen as a key deliverable of the BRI by offering a higher-quality governments can take,” said computer screens and telescop- Seven industrialized nations summit, as the bloc of wealthy choice,” a U.S. official said. Jane Nakano, a senior fellow at ic lenses.Others have more tra- on Saturday sought to coun- democracies -- Britain, Can- Chinese President Xi Jin- the Washington-based Center ditional uses, like cerium for ter China’s growing economic ada, France, Germany, Italy, ping has advocated the BRI for Strategic and Internation- glass polishing and lanthanum clout by agreeing to launch a Japan and the United States, since 2013 to increase Beijing’s al Studies. In 2019, the United for car catalysts or optical lens- new infrastructure project for plus the European Union -- ex- influence abroad by financing States imported 80 percent of its es. — AFP the developing world as an al- plores ways to better contrib- and building infrastructure ternative to Beijing’s Belt and ute to the world in the face of projects across Asia, Europe Road Initiative. China’s rise. and Africa. On the second day of the With the participation of But it has been criticized three-day summit in Corn- the private sector, the initia- for a lack of transparency, poor wall, southwestern England, tive is intended to collectively environmental and labor stand- the G-7 leaders also discussed catalyze hundreds of billions of ards, and its record of saddling Beijing’s alleged abuses of the dollars of infrastructure invest- developing countries with debt. Uyghur Muslim minority in the ment for low- and middle-in- The demand for high-qual- Xinjiang region, western Chi- come countries in the coming ity physical, digital and health na, with Japanese Prime Minis- years, the White House said. infrastructure is high, the ter Yoshihide Suga expressing The project, which will be White House said, citing a “deep concerns” about human global in scope, ranging from World Bank estimate showing rights in China. Latin America to Africa and a cumulative $40 trillion worth Photo taken in 2012 shows a rare earth refinery near Baotou, China, The agreement on the the Indo-Pacific, will not “just of infrastructure needs in the the country dominating the global mining and refining of the “Build Back Better World” in- be an alternative to the BRI” developing world through 2035. minerals. PHOTO: AFP/FILE frastructure initiative can be but is expected to “beat the — Kyodo News US Fed expected Iraq arrests two generals on suspicion of to stand its ground bribery at key port of foodstuffs and medicines which despite rising inflation is reputed to be the most corrupt in Iraq. The sums allegedly found EVEN in the face of rising inflation, the lackluster progress on in their position were tiny given restoring jobs lost during the pandemic means the US Federal the scale of corruption in Iraq, Reserve is unlikely to budge on monetary policy when it meets which is estimated to have cost next week. the country hundreds of billions of Central bank chief Jerome Powell has made it clear the dollars since the US-led invasion Fed will hold the line on its massive bond buying program and of 2003. rock-bottom lending rates until data reflect lasting improvement “$1,000 were found in the in employment across all economic strata. But the recent surge office of the general in charge in inflation in the world’s largest economy is ramping up the pres- of Umm Qasr North,, while the sure on policymakers to begin to pull back on stimulus programs. other general had hidden $2,100 Hints of whether central bankers will buckle may be seen in a waste basket in his office,” a next week when the Fed’s policy-setting Federal Open Markets Both men worked at the Gulf port of Umm Qasr, a key entry point for source in the state anti-corrup- Committee (FOMC) holds its two-day policy meeting. “No good imports of foodstuffs and medicines which is reputed to be the most tion body, the Commission for corrupt in Iraq. PHOTO: AFP/FILE deed goes unpunished and that is the case with the rapid reopen- Integrity, told AFP. ing of the economy,” economist Joel Naroff said in an analysis. IRAQ announced Saturday it has mated to cost the state $6.3 billion “These were bribes intended “The upside is that growth is soaring. The downside is that arrested two generals on sus- a year in lost revenues. Both men to facilitate the smooth passage consumer inflation is surging, and labor problems are pressuring picion of taking bribes to waive worked at the Gulf port of Umm of cargos,” the source said. — businesses.” — AFP customs duties, a practice esti- Qasr, a key entry point for imports AFP 14 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR BIZ: WORLD/AD 13 More US finance giants ANA begins on-site vaccination, first tiptoe into cryptoassets among Japanese firms INVESTING in bitcoin thing of an investment and other digital cur- sideshow dominated by ALL Nippon Airways Co. rencies remains a risky computer geeks, crypto- on Sunday began its COV- game where the rules currencies are sparking ID-19 inoculation program could change significant- greater interest among for employees at Tokyo’s ly, but the payoff could be mainstream investors af- Haneda airport, moving big. ter a big jump in bitcoin up the schedule set by the In response to this prices in 2020 and early government by more than dilemma, several lead- 2021. On Thursday, the a week and becoming the ing US financial heavy- venerable giant State first Japanese firm known weights are staying on Street announced the to start offering workplace the sidelines, while an creation of a new digital vaccinations. increasing number are finance division. The government un- proceeding cautiously On Wednesday, the veiled a plan earlier this into the growing world head of online trading month to allow compa- of cryptoassets. “My own firm Interactive Brokers nies and universities to personal advice to peo- vowed to establish online administer coronavirus ple: Stay away from it,” trading of cryptocurren- vaccinations on site from JPMorgan Chase Chief cies on the platform by June 21 as Japan looks A pilot receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Haneda airport on June 13, 2021, under All Nippon Executive Jamie Dimon the end of the summer. to accelerate the pace of Airways Co.’s vaccination program for employees. PHOTO: KYODO NEWS said recently, before add- Like its rivals its daily COVID-19 shots ing, “That does not mean Charles Schwab and Fi- and expand eligibility to ment. Japan Airlines Co. the Tokyo Olympics only on international routes. the clients don’t want it.” delity, Interactive Bro- younger people. plans to begin inocula- 40 days away, its vacci- “Now I can board an inter- JPMorgan, the biggest kers does not now offer ANA Holdings Inc., tions at the Tokyo airport nation rate remains low national flight with peace US bank by assets, is cur- bitcoin trading on its the parent of the ma- on Monday. compared with other in- of mind,” Takuya Ebata, a rently assessing how it platform, although it does jor airline, had initially Japan’s vaccination dustrialized countries. 51-year-old ANA pilot said. can help clients transact give clients the option to sought to begin on-site rollout was launched in To begin with, ANA “But I plan to con- in cryptocurrency, Dimon invest in some assets that vaccinations from that February for health care said it will focus on vacci- tinue taking preventive said last month at the include cryptocurrencies day but was able to bring workers and widened to nating about 10,000 em- measures and not to re- bank’s annual meeting. or bitcoin futures. — AFP forward the plan in coop- people aged 65 or older in ployees, mainly pilots and lax my guard.” — Kyodo Formerly some- eration with the govern- April, but with the start of flight attendants working News Tax or no tax, UAE aims to remain magnet for investors er or not it signs up to a process before it can be- nomic Co-operation and UAE officials have global tax initiative. come a reality, caught in Development (OECD), yet to issue a statement The Group of Sev- the crosshairs are tax ha- the havens include the on the G7 agreement en wealthy powers this vens that attract firms Bahamas, the British and did not respond to month endorsed an “un- such as Amazon, Apple, Virgin Islands, Guern- an AFP request for com- precedented” agreement Google and Facebook. sey, Jersey, the UAE and ment. — AFP on a global minimum The United Arab many others. But this week Du- corporate tax targeting Emirates entered the Both the UAE capi- bai announced plans to major companies seen as world’s top 10 tax ha- tal Abu Dhabi and free- reduce in the coming not paying enough, espe- vens for the first time in wheeling Dubai, the big- months government cially tech giants. March, according to the gest draw for investors procedures as “part of The objective is a Tax Justice Network. out of the UAE’s seven efforts to reduce the cost High-rise buildings at the Dubai Marina. PHOTO: AFP minimum tax of at least Modestly called “ju- emirates, are home to of doing business and TAX advantages paired and multinationals to the 15 percent. risdictions with no or thousands of companies further boost economic with a life of luxury have UAE, which is aiming to While the agreement insignificant taxes” by that have set up regional growth in the emirate”. long drawn foreigners remain attractive wheth- is the first step in a long the Organisation for Eco- offices there. — AFP

Offshore duty free policy boosts economic CLAIMS DAY NOTICE M.V TORRES STRAIT VOY.NO. (121S/123N)

vitality in S China’s Hainan Consignees of cargo carried on M.V TORRES STRAIT VOY.NO. (121S/123N) are hereby notified that THE offshore duty free policy in south China’s Hainan Hainan grew at an average annual rate of about 44 the vessel will be arriving on 14-6-2021 and cargo will be province has not only brought tangible benefits to percent, while the number of shoppers increased at discharged into the premises of MITT/MIP where it will lie visitors, but also pushed forward the tropical island’s an average annual rate of about 30 percent, while the at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. economic transformation, maximized consumption number of items sold grew at an average annual rate Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am potential, and served as a crucial engine for economic of about 40 percent. to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claim’s Day now development. Since April 2011, when the offshore duty free declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Over the past 10 years, Hainan has witnessed policy was first implemented, the policy itself has from the Vessel. more than 100 billion yuan ($15.66 billion) in sales of been adjusted eight times. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. duty free goods to more than 25 million shoppers, with For instance, the rate of tax exemption continues Phone No: 2301185 the total number of items sold exceeding 120 million. to increase. In 2011, the duty free shopping quota Shipping Agency Department Meanwhile, tourists have saved a total of 20 billion for each tourist was only 5,000 yuan per year, which Myanma Port Authority yuan in purchasing these products. gradually went up and reached 100,000 yuan last Agent For: During this period, sales of duty free goods in year. — Xinhua M/S MCC TRANSPORT (S'PORE) PTE LTD 14 JUNE 2021 14 SOCIETY THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR

Biden declares ‘hallowed’ site of club Trip to space with Jeff mass shooting a national memorial Bezos sells for $28 mn A mystery bidder paid $28 million at auction Saturday was then the deadliest mass for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos on board the first crewed shooting in modern US history. spaceflight of the billionaire’s company Blue Origin The shooter, 29-year-old next month. Omar Mateen, held police at bay for hours until they The Amazon founder revealed this week that both stormed the building and killed he and his brother Mark would take seats on board the him. company’s New Shepard launch vehicle on July 20, to In Florida, Governor Ron fly to the edge of space and back. DeSantis called the shooting The Bezos brothers will be joined by the winner “one of the darkest days in our of Saturday’s charity auction, whose identity remains state’s history” and declared unknown, and by a fourth, as yet unnamed space tourist. June 12 Pulse Remembrance “The name of the auction winner will be released in Day. Biden’s declaration came the weeks following the auction’s conclusion,” tweeted a day after two of his senior Blue Origin following the sale. advisors held a virtual meeting “Then, the fourth and final crew member will be A makeshift memorial at the Pulse nightclub in 2016, which President with gay and lesbian leaders announced -- stay tuned.” Joe Biden enhrined as a national memorial on June 6, 2021. PHOTO: AFP/FILE to mark the Pulse anniversa- Saturday’s successful bidder beat out some 20 rivals ry and promise action on gay in an auction launched on May 19 and wrapped up with PRESIDENT Joe Biden on been true since that terrible rights and gun violence. a 10-minute, livecast frenzy. Saturday marked the fifth an- day five years ago: Pulse Night- Advisors Susan Rice and Bidding had reached $4.8 million by Thursday, but niversary of a mass shooting club is hallowed ground,” the Cedric Richmond “discussed in a gay nightclub in Florida, US president said in a state- the epidemic levels of violence shot up spectacularly in the final live auction, rising by taking the rare step of saying ment released as he continued faced by transgender people, million dollar increments. he would designate the club as a European tour. especially transgender women The proceeds — aside from a six percent auction- a national memorial. On June 12, 2016, a gunman of color, and the impact of fire- eer’s commission — will go to Blue Origin’s foundation, “In the coming days, I will opened fire inside the Orlando arms in the crisis of anti-trans- Club for the Future, which aims to inspire future genera- sign a bill designating Pulse club, killing 49 people, many of gender homicides,” the White tions to pursue careers in STEM — science, technology, Nightclub as a national memo- them Latinos, and wounding House said in a separate state- engineering and mathematics. — AFP rial, enshrining in law what has more than 50 others in what ment. — AFP

NEWS Four Afghans get 10-year jail terms for IN BRIEF Greek migrant camp fire Clashes after Tunisia demo against police violence YOUTHS clashed with officers again Saturday evening, hours after a demonstration in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, to protest police violence following the latest death of a man arrested by police. In the working class district of Sidi Hassine, several dozen young people threw projectiles, including fireworks, at police near the station, an AFP reporter witnessed. Police responded with tear gas. The district has been rocked by angry protests since Tuesday, when the man died after being arrested by police on suspicion of dealing drugs, according to local media. His family has accused the police of having beaten him to death and the authorities have opened an investigation, but the in- terior ministry denied Thursday that he had died from ill treatment following his arrest. — AFP

Greece has deployed cameras, radar and a 40-kilometre (25-mile) steel fence more than five metres high along Post and present trauma time bomb hangs part of its border with Turkey. PHOTO: AFP/FILE over Gaza A Greek court on Saturday appeal after the sentence was gean island of Lesbos housed HER eyes glued to a cellphone photo of her sister and four children sentenced four Afghan asylum handed down. more than 10,000 people before killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza, Ola lets out the painful words: “I seekers convicted of starting The young Afghans were it was destroyed by two fires in was hoping we’d find them alive.” fires that burnt down Europe’s taken to the court handcuffed September 2020. Media were The Gaza City resident in her thirties wipes away tears as she largest migrant camp last year and were expected to return to not allowed inside the court- stands before a psychologist from a local organisation. to 10 years in prison each. the Avlona jail outside Athens, room at the end of the trial ow- Ola is one of many Gazans who lost family members during The court in Chios found were they were held before ing to coronavirus precautions. 11 days of Israeli bombardment last month when the local health the defendants guilty of arson the trial. Around 20 people, mainly ministry says 66 Palestinian children and teenagers were killed. while their lawyers denounced In March, two other Af- members of foreign solidarity From May 10 to May 21, the Israeli army pummelled the Gaza a “lack of sense of fairness”. ghan youths were detained in groups, gathered outside the Strip in response to rocket fire by militants of the Islamist move- No one died in the fires. the same facility for five years court meanwhile to call for ment Hamas which rules the coastal enclave that is home to two The lawyers told AFP they in connection with the case. the defendants to be freed. — million people. — AFP had immediately filed for an The Moria camp on the Ae- AFP 14 JUNE 2021 THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR GLOBAL AFFAIRS 15 G7 to agree climate, conservation targets as summit ends

G7 leaders on Sunday will back summit in Cornwall, southwest new conservation and emission England -- said the G7 wanted to targets to curb climate change, “drive a global Green Industrial and finalise collective action Revolution to transform the way on several other fronts, as they we live”. wrap up a three-day summit “There is a direct relation- aimed at showcasing revived ship between reducing emis- Western unity. sions, restoring nature, creating The group of leading econ- jobs and ensuring long-term omies, holding their first in-per- economic growth,” he added, in son gathering in nearly two remarks released ahead of the years due to the coronavirus summit’s conclusion. Climate pandemic, will agree to protect change was a key G7 priority for at least 30 percent of both land his government, as it tries to lay and ocean globally by the end the groundwork for hosting the of the decade. UN COP26 environment summit The “Nature Compact” in Glasgow in November. struck to try to halt and reverse But before the pledges had biodiversity loss is also set to The gathering in Cornwall in southwestern England has been the first opportunity for G7 leaders to meet in even been formally adopted, person in two years. PHOTO : /POOL/AFP see them commit to nearly halve environmental campaigners their carbon emissions by 2030, use of only so-called clean coal port for the fossil fuel sector Hailing the pact, British blasted them as lacking en- relative to 2010. for power “as soon as possible”, overseas and phasing out petrol Prime Minister Boris Johnson forcement and the necessary It includes mandating the ending most government sup- and diesel cars. -- who is hosting the beachside scope. — AFP Israel parliament poised to vote on NEWS IN BRIEF anti-Netanyahu govt Fujimori clings to fraud claim in Peru as vote tally nears end ISRAELI lawmakers are to vote stalemate likely to trigger a fifth idence to celebrate what they Sunday on a “change” coalition general election since 2019. believe will be his departure from RIGHT-WING candidate Keiko Fujimori insisted Saturday that Pe- government of bitter ideological Netanyahu, who is battling office. “For us, this is a big night ru’s presidential election was marred by fraud, as final vote counting rivals united by their determi- a clutch of corruption charges in and tomorrow will be even a big- dragged on with her leftist rival slightly ahead. nation to banish Prime Minis- an ongoing trial he dismisses as ger day. I am almost crying. We “There was fraud in the voting process. There was manipula- ter Benjamin Netanyahu from a conspiracy, has pushed Israeli fought peacefully for this (Net- tion in the voting process,” Fujimori said in a briefing with foreign power. politics firmly to the right over anyahu’s departure) and the day reporters without providing evidence, as her chances of becoming The crunch Knesset vote the years. has come,” said protester Ofir president seemed to narrow, six days after people in politically tur- will either terminate the hawk- On Saturday night, around Robinski. bulent Peru cast ballots. She alleged there was fraud in the counting ish premier’s uninterrupted 12- 2,000 protesters rallied outside A fragile eight-party alliance, of votes, too. “I am going to recognize the results but we have to wait year tenure or return Israel to a the 71-year-old’s official res- ranging from the right-wing Jew- until the end,” said Fujimori. — AFP ish nationalist Yamina party to Arab lawmakers, was early this month cobbled together by cen- Spain’s right rallies against plan to pardon trist politician Yair Lapid. Catalan separatists On Friday, all coalition agreements had been signed RIGHT-WING protesters hit the streets of Madrid on Sunday to de- and submitted to the Knesset nounce controversial Spanish government plans to offer pardons to secretariat, Yamina announced, the jailed Catalan separatists behind the failed 2017 independence a moment party leader Naftali bid. Bennett said brought “to an end The mass protest, which is scheduled to start at midday (1000 two and a half years of political GMT), will up pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez who has crisis”. called for understanding over the planned gesture that has dominat- But the ever-combative ed political debate for weeks and reactivated the controversy over Netanyahu has tried to peel off Catalan separatism. “I understand there may be people who could A combination of pictures created on June 2 shows the heads of Israel’s newly-announced ‘change’ coalition who are united by their hostility to defectors that would deprive the have objections over this decision that the government may take, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister whose rule nascent coalition of its wafer thin given what happened in 2017,” he said on Wednesday during an could end on Sunday. PHOTO : AFP/FILE legislative majority. — AFP official visit to Argentina.— AFP

Tens of thousands march against far-right in France

TENS of thousands of people across France on Satur- and 150,000 around the nation, while the Paris police day marched against “attacks on freedoms” and what and interior ministry put the numbers at 9,000 in the organisers said was a growing influence of far-right ideas capital and 37,000 nationwide. The interior ministry said ahead of next year’s presidential elections. 119 rallies had taken place. Members of more than 100 left-leaning organisa- In Nantes, western France, around 900 people ral- tions participated in the “Liberty March” in cities and lied, according to the local prefecture, including scores towns across the country. of far-left militants who clashed with police. The protests were the first opportunity for a divid- In the Mediterranean port of Marseilles, more than ed left to take to the streets after a year and a half of a thousand demonstrators marched behind a CGT More than 100 left-leaning organisations participated in the Covid-19 restrictions. union banner that called for “unity to break down the “Liberty March” in cities and towns across France. PHOTO : Organisers reported 70,000 participants in Paris capitalism that leads to fascism”. — AFP AFP 14 JUNE 2021 16 SPORT THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Myanmar traditional boat crew heads into training camp for int’l competitions

MYANMAR traditional boat do not include traditional boat for more than a year since the al events, including the Asian The Myanmar team is team is currently taking in races, the Myanmar Row- 2019 SEA Games and over 30 Games, and World Dragon Boat comprised with newcomers the training camp ahead of the ing Federation is training in rowers are participating in the Race in November this year. plus veteran rowers. The international boat races and preparation for next year’s boat team. The detail fixtures, venues team Myanmar has won one tournaments across Asia, said 2023 Cambodia SEA Games, The Myanmar Traditional and further confirmations of gold medal, one silver medal officials from Myanmar Rowing including international com- Boat Team will compete in the the international boat race and and two bronze medals in the and Canoeing Federation. petitions. Asian Beach Games next year. tourneys will be announced 2019 South-East Asian Games Although the 2021 SEA The Myanmar Traditional The Myanmar team will also later based on the pandemic in the Philippines. —Ko Nyi Games, hosted by Vietnam, Boat Team has been retraining take part in other internation- circumstances. Lay/ GNLM

England win Euro 2020 opener as Portugal’s Cancelo positive Denmark confirm Eriksen cardiac arrest for Covid-19, out of Euro 2020 PORTUGAL’S Joao Cancelo Cancelo’s exit represents ENGLAND launched their bid has tested positive for Covid-19 a blow to coach Fernando San- for Euro 2020 glory with a 1-0 win and is out of Euro 2020, the de- tos coming just 48 hours before over Croatia on Sunday as Den- fending champions’ federation Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2016 Euro mark’s team doctor confirmed announced on Sunday. winners take on the Hungar- Christian Eriksen had suffered Manchester United’s Dio- ians. a cardiac arrest and was “gone” go Dalot, on loan to AC Milan, They the face Germany before being resuscitated. has replaced the Manchester in Munich four days later with Raheem Sterling scored at a City right-back in the Portu- world champions France wait- sun-baked Wembley as England guese squad with the title- ing for them back in Budapest won their opening game of a Eu- holders opening their Group on June 23. Cancelo is now ropean Championship finals for F campaign against Hungary self-isolating after Saturday’s the first time at the 10th attempt. in Budapest on Tuesday. test result. — AFP But the action on the pitch was overshadowed by the fallout from the shocking events in Co- England’s midfielder Mason Mount(L) plays the ball with Croatia’s Wales’ Page hints at different penhagen’s Parken Stadium the midfielder Luka Modric during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football previous day. match between England and Croatia at Wembley Stadium in London on ‘personnel’ for Turkey Inter Milan star Eriksen 13 June 2021. PHOTO: AFP suddenly collapsed in the 43rd WALES coach Robert Page minute of Denmark’s Group B cardiac resuscitation, and it Hjulmand said he regretted the said he could make alterations game against Finland, lying mo- was cardiac arrest,” team doc- decision to carry on. for his side’s second Euro 2020 tionless as medics administered tor Morten Boesen told a press “I honestly don’t think that Group A match against Turkey CPR and the crowd looked on conference on Sunday, adding we should have been on the pitch in Baku. aghast. that so far there was no expla- again,” he said. Page’s men, who reached The game was temporarily nation for what had happened. Denmark forward Martin the tournament’s semi-finals suspended awaiting updates on “How close were we? I don’t Braithwaite called the incident five years ago, opened their Eriksen’s health, but resumed know. We got him back after one “one of the scariest moments campaign with a 1-1 draw later in the evening after reports defib (defibrillation), so that’s of my life”. against Switzerland on Sat- filtered through that the player quite fast.” “I’m grateful that he’s stable urday. was in a stable condition and Players in the Danish team and alive. Right now, that’s all “I was pleased with the awake. It ended in a 1-0 win for were given the option to con- that matters. Hope to see you performance but it doesn’t debutants Finland. tinue the game or postpone the soon my friend,” he tweeted. — mean it will be the same per- Coach Robert Page made 41 “He was gone, and we did match but head coach Kasper AFP sonnel,” he said. appearances for Wales as a “We’ll have a look for player. PHOTO: AFP Wednesday, because they Son sends support to Eriksen in South (Turkey) pose a different type if we want to change it and go to of threat and a different way of a three at the back,” Page. Korea win playing,” he added. “We can play a Harry type of Page’s outfit have beaten forward. We have the options and SON Heung-min scored the deci- Tottenham Hotspur. at the English Premier League the likes of the Czech Republic flexibility which is great,” added sive goal in South Korea’s 2-1 vic- He then offered a few words club for four-and-a-half seasons and Finland in the past year the former Wales captain who is tory over Lebanon in a World Cup in the direction of a nearby TV before Eriksen joined Inter Milan by playing Liverpool attacker standing in for Ryan Giggs with qualifier Sunday before sending a camera before kissing it. in 2020. Harry Wilson, who was on-loan the ex-Manchester United star message of support to his former Eriksen collapsed while Son played a key role Sunday at Cardiff last season, as a false absent following his arrest for teammate Christian Eriksen. playing in Denmark’s Euro 2020 in the South Korean comeback nine. assaulting two women last year. After converting a penalty to match against Finland on Sat- win which sealed their place In the Azerbaijan capi- Moore, who scored his sixth help his side come from behind to urday and required CPR before at the top of Group H, sending tal, Page started with Kieffer international goal at the Olympic take the lead at Goyang Stadium, he was taken to hospital, where them through to the third round Moore, who scored the equal- Stadium, was playing for English the South Korea skipper held up his condition has reportedly sta- of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 iser, up-front and a four-man fifth-tier Forest Green Rovers his hands to show the number bilised. World Cup and the 2023 Asian defence. when Wales reached the tourna- 23 – Eriksen’s shirt number at The pair were teammates Cup finals in China. — AFP “We also have the option ment’s last four in 2016. — AFP