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1. Media in trouble: Democracy Today shuts, Mon newspaper struggles 2. Rohingya youth hold �rst ever conference in London, as ICJ case divides opinion between overseas and domestic ethnic groups DAILY BRIEFING3. Speaker strikes insults from the record in constitutional debate 4. Tatmadaw backs down at Three Pagodas Pass 5. Murder of female teacher in Chin sparks protests 6. Briefer, still Our Daily Briefing helps you keep on top of the news.7. What to wFeaturingatch everything you need to know about events shaping Myanmar, it draws on state and private media in English and The end of Democracy Today Myanmar, government websites, company and DNGOemocrac ystatements Today newspaper an noandunced yes,its perm ofanen course,t closure yesterday after breaking the news to its staff. An internal memo what's being said on social media. released on Facebook said the Myanmar News Network, the paper’s Subscribe Past Issues pTranslateublisher, was RSS“losing too much money”. Staffers were told on November 30, it said, and would be compensated. MNN is the print View this email in your browser arm of conglomerate Shwe Than Lwin, which is owned by business tycoon U Kyaw Win and is also the broadcaster of Skynet satellite channels. When it launched on March 1, 2014, it inherited staff from the Yangon Times, which was published by Yangon Media Group and closed in February 2014 after suffering heavy �nancial losses.

Following the dissolution in 2013 of the Ministry of Information’s Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, the number of newspapers in Myanmar spiked. But the honeymoon period did not last long, with some papers shutting down as early as 2014. That same year, Myanmar’s telecoms sector was liberalised, enabling Facebook to expand its presence at a fast and countrywide scale, replacing newspapers, journals and magazines as the primary source of news. This Daily Brie�ng is free for a limited time only before we launch State-run newspapers continue to compete in the advertising market our membership programme. For now we’re sending it out for free against privately-owned papers, while running on public funds, because we want your suggestions and feedback on how to creating an uneven playing �eld. Though Democracy Today’s editorial improve it. If you were forwarded this email, you can join the stance was not as independent as some, its closure is an indication of mailing list here. the increasingly hostile commercial nature of the print industry in Myanmar. We’ll continue sending the brie�ng to you every weekday from now until the membership programme launches, unless you don’t want An interview with a Mon newspaper publisher in the Irrawaddy last to receive it, in which case you can opt out by replying to this week also revealed some of the challenges facing smaller outlets in an email. increasingly digitalised Myanmar. Editor Nai Kasauh Mon said that while his publication, Guiding Star, once had a circulation of 5,000, the We have soft-launched our Myanmar-language media monitor, advent of smartphones chipped it away to 1,200. Nai Kasauh Mon also which will be free for a limited time until the membership said pressure from the Tatmadaw is an ever-present problem, and programme launches. If you want to receive it daily in your inbox some of his journalists have been arrested in the past. While changing and help us test it out, click here. technology is a challenge for every outlet – and government crackdowns are a fear for most in Myanmar – the Guiding Star faces an We're still testing this newsletter. Please forgive any mistakes. additional threat: the death of its language. Fewer and fewer ethnic We're also still �ddling with the design and we'd love your feedback Mon can read their own language, leading to an audience mostly – just reply to this email. comprised of ethnic monks. Nai Kasau Mon said unless he can receive outside funding, the newspaper will fold once sales drop below 500.

Ethnic unity outside the union Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Rohingya youth gathered to demand action from the international Andrew Nachemson and Lun Min Mang community, a “landmark” initiative from an activist sector usually dominated by veteran actors. The �rst ever International Rohingya Here's what you need to know today. Youth Conference was held in London from November 29 to December 1 and featured input from other maligned Myanmar ethnic groups. 1. Media in trouble: Democracy Today shuts, Mon newspaper struggles “Young people are united in their calls to end all abuses against 2. Rohingya youth hold �rst ever conference in London, as ICJ case divides Rohingya, and for those responsible to be brought to justice,” said U opinion between overseas and domestic ethnic groups Tun Khin, President of the Burma Rohingya Organisation UK in a press 3. Speaker strikes insults from the record in constitutional debate release. 4. Tatmadaw backs down at Three Pagodas Pass 5. Murder of female teacher in Chin sparks protests According to the statement, Rohingya were joined by overseas Kachin 6. Briefer, still and Karen activists, who expressed solidarity and accused the 7. What to watch Tatmadaw of committing similar crimes against them, and against the Shan and Rakhine minorities. The unity of ethnic groups based The end of Democracy Today overseas stands in stark contrast with domestic attitudes, where Shan, Democracy Today newspaper announced its permanent closure Rakhine, and Kachin groups have all supported the Myanmar yesterday after breaking the news to its staff. An internal memo government against so-called attacks on Myanmar’s reputation. released on Facebook said the Myanmar News Network, the paper’s publisher, was “losing too much money”. Staffers were told on The Shan State Progress Party-Shan State Army-North yesterday said November 30, it said, and would be compensated. MNN is the print that it supports Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s plan to defend Myanmar arm of conglomerate Shwe Than Lwin, which is owned by business against genocide accusations at The Hague, a sentiment shared by tycoon U Kyaw Win and is also the broadcaster of Skynet satellite their sometimes enemy, the Shan State Restoration Council-Shan State channels. When it launched on March 1, 2014, it inherited staff from the Army-South. 6 Yangon Times, which was published by Yangon Media Group and closed in February 2014 after suffering heavy �nancial losses. The Karen, however, have been the most sympathetic of the groups within Myanmar’s fractured borders. In November, the Karen National Following the dissolution in 2013 of the Ministry of Information’s Press Union said they "urge the government to uphold and abide by Scrutiny and Registration Division, the number of newspapers in international humanitarian norms and principles", and on Monday the Myanmar spiked. But the honeymoon period did not last long, with Worldwide Karen Community (which includes domestic organisations) some papers shutting down as early as 2014. That same year, put out a statement declaring “solidarity with Rohingya people in �ght Myanmar’s telecoms sector was liberalised, enabling Facebook to for justice”. expand its presence at a fast and countrywide scale, replacing newspapers, journals and magazines as the primary source of news. In session: a daring deadline State-run newspapers continue to compete in the advertising market Speaker U T Khun Myat said parliament would try to put the against privately-owned papers, while running on public funds, contentious constitutional amendment process behind it before the creating an uneven playing �eld. Though Democracy Today’s editorial end of this legislative term in January 2020, but even the most stance was not as independent as some, its closure is an indication of optimistic observers will take that with a grain of salt. Amendments the increasingly hostile commercial nature of the print industry in have been deadlocked for years, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi even Myanmar. seemed to admit in an October interview that changes were unlikely before the election, although the party later denied this. An interview with a Mon newspaper publisher in the Irrawaddy last week also revealed some of the challenges facing smaller outlets in an T Khun Myat was forced to begin the session by striking insults from increasingly digitalised Myanmar. Editor Nai Kasauh Mon said that both parties from the record, including a comment from National while his publication, Guiding Star, once had a circulation of 5,000, the League for Democracy representative U Win Maung who compared the advent of smartphones chipped it away to 1,200. Nai Kasauh Mon also parliamentary process to the “Nyaunghnapin conference” in reference said pressure from the Tatmadaw is an ever-present problem, and to the convention where the military originally drafted the 2008 some of his journalists have been arrested in the past. While changing Constitution. technology is a challenge for every outlet – and government crackdowns are a fear for most in Myanmar – the Guiding Star faces an The parties continued to argue yesterday on whether amendments additional threat: the death of its language. Fewer and fewer ethnic proposed by the military should be debated separately or together with Mon can read their own language, leading to an audience mostly the NLD proposals. Despite the military proposing many of its own comprised of ethnic monks. Nai Kasau Mon said unless he can receive amendments, Colonel Khin Maung Naing warned against making too outside funding, the newspaper will fold once sales drop below 500. many changes. “Countries with easily changeable charters are unstable,” he said, using the US which has only passed 27 amendments Ethnic unity outside the union in 203 years as an example. Rohingya youth gathered to demand action from the international community, a “landmark” initiative from an activist sector usually In Brief dominated by veteran actors. The �rst ever International Rohingya Youth Conference was held in London from November 29 to December Tatmadaw backs down 1 and featured input from other maligned Myanmar ethnic groups. Fighting between the Tatmadaw and Mon National Liberation Army “Young people are united in their calls to end all abuses against seems to have ended as quickly as it began, with no clear picture Rohingya, and for those responsible to be brought to justice,” said U emerging about why it started in the �rst place. Clashes �rst broke out Tun Khin, President of the Burma Rohingya Organisation UK in a press last week at the Mon-controlled Three Pagodas Pass, with a new bout release. of violence on Sunday. Following a meeting Monday with representatives of the Tatmadaw’s Southeast Regional Command, no According to the statement, Rohingya were joined by overseas Kachin agreement was made, while some 900 ethnic Mon had sought refuge in and Karen activists, who expressed solidarity and accused the Thailand, according to Myanmar Times. Tatmadaw of committing similar crimes against them, and against the Shan and Rakhine minorities. The unity of ethnic groups based The MNLA, a signatory to the Nationwide Cease�re Agreement, has overseas stands in stark contrast with domestic attitudes, where Shan, fought more often with the Karen National Liberation Army than the Rakhine, and Kachin groups have all supported the Myanmar Myanmar military in recent years. Con�icts between the Mon and government against so-called attacks on Myanmar’s reputation. Karen in the region date back decades, as both groups vied for control of the Three Pagodas Pass border zone, which serves as an important The Shan State Progress Party-Shan State Army-North yesterday said connection to Thailand. The Kayin State Border Guard Force, which that it supports Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s plan to defend Myanmar absorbed the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in 2010, was with the against genocide accusations at The Hague, a sentiment shared by Tatmadaw during the recent �ghting, and one member of the BGF was their sometimes enemy, the Shan State Restoration Council-Shan State reported killed during clashes on Sunday. Following a meeting late on Army-South. Monday, the base was returned to the MNLA but the military still reportedly occupies one outpost, which is expected to be returned The Karen, however, have been the most sympathetic of the groups today. within Myanmar’s fractured borders. In November, the Karen National Union said they "urge the government to uphold and abide by Murder sparks protests international humanitarian norms and principles", and on Monday the The murder of a female teacher in Chin State brought simmering Worldwide Karen Community (which includes domestic organisations) tensions to a boil, sparking a protest demanding the expulsion of put out a statement declaring “solidarity with Rohingya people in �ght Manipuri armed forces. The armed group has historically sought refuge for justice”. in Chin from across the Indian border, and now control small pockets of the region. Nearly 30 civil society groups released a statement in In session: a daring deadline conjunction with the protest, demanding government intervention Speaker U T Khun Myat said parliament would try to put the against foreign troops and blaming the Manipuri for the increase in contentious constitutional amendment process behind it before the opium farming in the region. end of this legislative term in January 2020, but even the most optimistic observers will take that with a grain of salt. Amendments Briefer, still have been deadlocked for years, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi even seemed to admit in an October interview that changes were unlikely In its latest head-scratching decision, the Myanmar National before the election, although the party later denied this. Human Rights Commission has said it won't investigate abuses carried out by the Tatmadaw against ethnic Rakhine, unless the T Khun Myat was forced to begin the session by striking insults from Ministry of Defense �nds the soldiers guilty �rst. Rakhine both parties from the record, including a comment from National lawmakers, who submitted the request six months ago, said the League for Democracy representative U Win Maung who compared the answer is not “satisfactory”. parliamentary process to the “Nyaunghnapin conference” in reference UNICEF announced a new partnership with the International to the convention where the military originally drafted the 2008 Legal Foundation to tackle Myanmar’s notoriously harsh Constitution. treatment of so-called child criminals. The program will aim to increase access to legal aid and promote alternatives to detention. The parties continued to argue yesterday on whether amendments During a trip to the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone in southern proposed by the military should be debated separately or together with Shan State, commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing reportedly the NLD proposals. Despite the military proposing many of its own �oated the idea of establishing tea and coffee plantations and amendments, Colonel Khin Maung Naing warned against making too building a processing hub in the region. The plan for further many changes. “Countries with easily changeable charters are business expansion follows a recent request by UN special unstable,” he said, using the US which has only passed 27 amendments rapporteur Ms Yanghee Lee for the international community to in 203 years as an example. sanction businesses operated by the military. The deputy head of a local agriculture management department In Brief has been sued by the Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly demanding K5 million worth of bribes from farmers who were Tatmadaw backs down trying to reclaim their land after it was temporarily con�scated by Fighting between the Tatmadaw and Mon National Liberation Army the Tatmadaw. If guilty, U Win Aung could face 10 years in prison. seems to have ended as quickly as it began, with no clear picture The Mon State chief minister has told media that work is going emerging about why it started in the �rst place. Clashes �rst broke out ahead with a deep-sea port at Kalagote Island, which will be a last week at the Mon-controlled Three Pagodas Pass, with a new bout transit point for cargo heading to Mawlamyine, Myawaddy and of violence on Sunday. Following a meeting Monday with Mae Sot in Thailand, in line with a nationwide industrial policy representatives of the Tatmadaw’s Southeast Regional Command, no released in early 2016. agreement was made, while some 900 ethnic Mon had sought refuge in The World Monument Fund has asked the Mandalay regional Thailand, according to Myanmar Times. government to post security staff at the Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung monastery to prevent tourists from littering, smoking and The MNLA, a signatory to the Nationwide Cease�re Agreement, has climbing up the monastery walls. fought more often with the Karen National Liberation Army than the What to watch Myanmar military in recent years. Con�icts between the Mon and Karen in the region date back decades, as both groups vied for control The Kachin State People’s Party will hold its �rst conference in January of the Three Pagodas Pass border zone, which serves as an important to elect its executive committee in preparation for next year’s election. connection to Thailand. The Kayin State Border Guard Force, which The KSPP is a merger between three smaller Kachin parties. The absorbed the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in 2010, was with the emergence of stronger, larger ethnic parties across the country should Tatmadaw during the recent �ghting, and one member of the BGF was be of concern to the NLD, who might see seats chipped away by more reported killed during clashes on Sunday. Following a meeting late on consolidated ethnic opposition. Monday, the base was returned to the MNLA but the military still

reportedly occupies one outpost, which is expected to be returned The Ministry of Commerce will discuss the planned new online today. trademark system during a seminar this week. The Trademark law, which was published January 2019, has not been enforced by an Murder sparks protests accompanying presidential order. Now, DFDL says it has reason to The murder of a female teacher in Chin State brought simmering believe a “soft opening” of two planned intellectual property of�ces, tensions to a boil, sparking a protest demanding the expulsion of one in Yangon and one in the capital, will take place in the “near Manipuri armed forces. The armed group has historically sought refuge future”. According to the DFDL legal alert, trademarks are currently in Chin from across the Indian border, and now control small pockets �led manually under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture. of the region. Nearly 30 civil society groups released a statement in

conjunction with the protest, demanding government intervention against foreign troops and blaming the Manipuri for the increase in opium farming in the region. Frontier Myanmar is an award-winning independent magazine based in Yangon. Visit our website here. Briefer, still We will be launching a membership programme later this year. If In its latest head-scratching decision, the Myanmar National you want to receive updates ahead of the launch, sign up here. Human Rights Commission has said it won't investigate abuses

carried out by the Tatmadaw against ethnic Rakhine, unless the Ministry of Defense �nds the soldiers guilty �rst. Rakhine lawmakers, who submitted the request six months ago, said the answer is not “satisfactory”. UNICEF announced a new partnership with the International Legal Foundation to tackle Myanmar’s notoriously harsh treatment of so-called child criminals. The program will aim to Copyright © 2019 Frontier Myanmar, all rights reserved. increase access to legal aid and promote alternatives to detention. During a trip to the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone in southern You're receiving this email because you're as excited as we are about being Shan State, commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing reportedly a part of the Frontier membership community. �oated the idea of establishing tea and coffee plantations and building a processing hub in the region. The plan for further Our mailing address is: business expansion follows a recent request by UN special Frontier Myanmar rapporteur Ms Yanghee Lee for the international community to 9-10 East Wing Aung San Stadium, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township sanction businesses operated by the military. Yangon 11081 The deputy head of a local agriculture management department Myanmar has been sued by the Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly demanding K5 million worth of bribes from farmers who were Want to change how you receive these emails? trying to reclaim their land after it was temporarily con�scated by You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. the Tatmadaw. If guilty, U Win Aung could face 10 years in prison. The Mon State chief minister has told media that work is going ahead with a deep-sea port at Kalagote Island, which will be a transit point for cargo heading to Mawlamyine, Myawaddy and Mae Sot in Thailand, in line with a nationwide industrial policy released in early 2016. The World Monument Fund has asked the Mandalay regional government to post security staff at the Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung monastery to prevent tourists from littering, smoking and climbing up the monastery walls.

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The Kachin State People’s Party will hold its �rst conference in January to elect its executive committee in preparation for next year’s election. The KSPP is a merger between three smaller Kachin parties. The emergence of stronger, larger ethnic parties across the country should be of concern to the NLD, who might see seats chipped away by more consolidated ethnic opposition.

The Ministry of Commerce will discuss the planned new online trademark system during a seminar this week. The Trademark law, which was published January 2019, has not been enforced by an accompanying presidential order. Now, DFDL says it has reason to believe a “soft opening” of two planned intellectual property of�ces, one in Yangon and one in the capital, will take place in the “near future”. According to the DFDL legal alert, trademarks are currently �led manually under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture.

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The end of Democracy Today Democracy Today newspaper announced its permanent closure yesterday after breaking the news to its staff. An internal memo released on Facebook said the Myanmar News Network, the paper’s publisher, was “losing too much money”. Staffers were told on November 30, it said, and would be compensated. MNN is the print arm of conglomerate Shwe Than Lwin, which is owned by business tycoon U Kyaw Win and is also the broadcaster of Skynet satellite channels. When it launched on March 1, 2014, it inherited staff from the Yangon Times, which was published by Yangon Media Group and closed in February 2014 after suffering heavy �nancial losses.

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An interview with a Mon newspaper publisher in the Irrawaddy last week also revealed some of the challenges facing smaller outlets in an increasingly digitalised Myanmar. Editor Nai Kasauh Mon said that while his publication, Guiding Star, once had a circulation of 5,000, the advent of smartphones chipped it away to 1,200. Nai Kasauh Mon also said pressure from the Tatmadaw is an ever-present problem, and some of his journalists have been arrested in the past. While changing technology is a challenge for every outlet – and government crackdowns are a fear for most in Myanmar – the Guiding Star faces an This Daily Brie�ng is free for a limited time only before we launch additional threat: the death of its language. Fewer and fewer ethnic our membership programme. For now we’re sending it out for free Mon can read their own language, leading to an audience mostly because we want your suggestions and feedback on how to comprised of ethnic monks. Nai Kasau Mon said unless he can receive improve it. If you were forwarded this email, you can join the outside funding, the newspaper will fold once sales drop below 500. mailing list here. Ethnic unity outside the union We’ll continue sending the brie�ng to you every weekday from now Rohingya youth gathered to demand action from the international until the membership programme launches, unless you don’t want community, a “landmark” initiative from an activist sector usually to receive it, in which case you can opt out by replying to this dominated by veteran actors. The �rst ever International Rohingya email. Youth Conference was held in London from November 29 to December 1 and featured input from other maligned Myanmar ethnic groups. We have soft-launched our Myanmar-language media monitor, “Young people are united in their calls to end all abuses against which will be free for a limited time until the membership Rohingya, and for those responsible to be brought to justice,” said U programme launches. If you want to receive it daily in your inbox Tun Khin, President of the Burma Rohingya Organisation UK in a press and help us test it out, click here. release.

We're still testing this newsletter. Please forgive any mistakes. According to the statement, Rohingya were joined by overseas Kachin We're also still �ddling with the design and we'd love your feedback and Karen activists, who expressed solidarity and accused the – just reply to this email. Tatmadaw of committing similar crimes against them, and against the Shan and Rakhine minorities. The unity of ethnic groups based overseas stands in stark contrast with domestic attitudes, where Shan, Rakhine, and Kachin groups have all supported the Myanmar Wednesday, December 4, 2019 government against so-called attacks on Myanmar’s reputation. Andrew Nachemson and Lun Min Mang The Shan State Progress Party-Shan State Army-North yesterday said Here's what you need to know today. that it supports Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s plan to defend Myanmar against genocide accusations at The Hague, a sentiment shared by 1. Media in trouble: Democracy Today shuts, Mon newspaper struggles their sometimes enemy, the Shan State Restoration Council-Shan State 2. Rohingya youth hold �rst ever conference in London, as ICJ case divides Army-South. opinion between overseas and domestic ethnic groups 3. Speaker strikes insults from the record in constitutional debate The Karen, however, have been the most sympathetic of the groups 4. Tatmadaw backs down at Three Pagodas Pass within Myanmar’s fractured borders. In November, the Karen National 5. Murder of female teacher in Chin sparks protests Union said they "urge the government to uphold and abide by 6. Briefer, still international humanitarian norms and principles", and on Monday the 7. What to watch Worldwide Karen Community (which includes domestic organisations) put out a statement declaring “solidarity with Rohingya people in �ght The end of Democracy Today for justice”. Democracy Today newspaper announced its permanent closure yesterday after breaking the news to its staff. An internal memo In session: a daring deadline released on Facebook said the Myanmar News Network, the paper’s Speaker U T Khun Myat said parliament would try to put the publisher, was “losing too much money”. Staffers were told on contentious constitutional amendment process behind it before the November 30, it said, and would be compensated. MNN is the print end of this legislative term in January 2020, but even the most arm of conglomerate Shwe Than Lwin, which is owned by business optimistic observers will take that with a grain of salt. Amendments tycoon U Kyaw Win and is also the broadcaster of Skynet satellite have been deadlocked for years, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi even channels. When it launched on March 1, 2014, it inherited staff from the seemed to admit in an October interview that changes were unlikely Yangon Times, which was published by Yangon Media Group and before the election, although the party later denied this. closed in February 2014 after suffering heavy �nancial losses. T Khun Myat was forced to begin the session by striking insults from Following the dissolution in 2013 of the Ministry of Information’s Press both parties from the record, including a comment from National Scrutiny and Registration Division, the number of newspapers in League for Democracy representative U Win Maung who compared the Myanmar spiked. But the honeymoon period did not last long, with parliamentary process to the “Nyaunghnapin conference” in reference some papers shutting down as early as 2014. That same year, to the convention where the military originally drafted the 2008 Myanmar’s telecoms sector was liberalised, enabling Facebook to Constitution. expand its presence at a fast and countrywide scale, replacing newspapers, journals and magazines as the primary source of news. The parties continued to argue yesterday on whether amendments State-run newspapers continue to compete in the advertising market proposed by the military should be debated separately or together with against privately-owned papers, while running on public funds, the NLD proposals. Despite the military proposing many of its own creating an uneven playing �eld. Though Democracy Today’s editorial amendments, Colonel Khin Maung Naing warned against making too stance was not as independent as some, its closure is an indication of many changes. “Countries with easily changeable charters are the increasingly hostile commercial nature of the print industry in unstable,” he said, using the US which has only passed 27 amendments Myanmar. in 203 years as an example.

An interview with a Mon newspaper publisher in the Irrawaddy last In Brief week also revealed some of the challenges facing smaller outlets in an increasingly digitalised Myanmar. Editor Nai Kasauh Mon said that Tatmadaw backs down while his publication, Guiding Star, once had a circulation of 5,000, the Fighting between the Tatmadaw and Mon National Liberation Army advent of smartphones chipped it away to 1,200. Nai Kasauh Mon also seems to have ended as quickly as it began, with no clear picture said pressure from the Tatmadaw is an ever-present problem, and emerging about why it started in the �rst place. Clashes �rst broke out some of his journalists have been arrested in the past. While changing last week at the Mon-controlled Three Pagodas Pass, with a new bout technology is a challenge for every outlet – and government of violence on Sunday. Following a meeting Monday with crackdowns are a fear for most in Myanmar – the Guiding Star faces an representatives of the Tatmadaw’s Southeast Regional Command, no additional threat: the death of its language. Fewer and fewer ethnic agreement was made, while some 900 ethnic Mon had sought refuge in Mon can read their own language, leading to an audience mostly Thailand, according to Myanmar Times. comprised of ethnic monks. Nai Kasau Mon said unless he can receive outside funding, the newspaper will fold once sales drop below 500. The MNLA, a signatory to the Nationwide Cease�re Agreement, has fought more often with the Karen National Liberation Army than the Ethnic unity outside the union Myanmar military in recent years. Con�icts between the Mon and Rohingya youth gathered to demand action from the international Karen in the region date back decades, as both groups vied for control community, a “landmark” initiative from an activist sector usually of the Three Pagodas Pass border zone, which serves as an important dominated by veteran actors. The �rst ever International Rohingya connection to Thailand. The Kayin State Border Guard Force, which Youth Conference was held in London from November 29 to December absorbed the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in 2010, was with the 1 and featured input from other maligned Myanmar ethnic groups. Tatmadaw during the recent �ghting, and one member of the BGF was “Young people are united in their calls to end all abuses against reported killed during clashes on Sunday. Following a meeting late on Rohingya, and for those responsible to be brought to justice,” said U Monday, the base was returned to the MNLA but the military still Tun Khin, President of the Burma Rohingya Organisation UK in a press reportedly occupies one outpost, which is expected to be returned release. today.

According to the statement, Rohingya were joined by overseas Kachin Murder sparks protests and Karen activists, who expressed solidarity and accused the The murder of a female teacher in Chin State brought simmering Tatmadaw of committing similar crimes against them, and against the tensions to a boil, sparking a protest demanding the expulsion of Shan and Rakhine minorities. The unity of ethnic groups based Manipuri armed forces. The armed group has historically sought refuge overseas stands in stark contrast with domestic attitudes, where Shan, in Chin from across the Indian border, and now control small pockets Rakhine, and Kachin groups have all supported the Myanmar of the region. Nearly 30 civil society groups released a statement in government against so-called attacks on Myanmar’s reputation. conjunction with the protest, demanding government intervention against foreign troops and blaming the Manipuri for the increase in The Shan State Progress Party-Shan State Army-North yesterday said opium farming in the region. that it supports Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s plan to defend Myanmar against genocide accusations at The Hague, a sentiment shared by Briefer, still their sometimes enemy, the Shan State Restoration Council-Shan State In its latest head-scratching decision, the Myanmar National Army-South. Human Rights Commission has said it won't investigate abuses carried out by the Tatmadaw against ethnic Rakhine, unless the The Karen, however, have been the most sympathetic of the groups Ministry of Defense �nds the soldiers guilty �rst. Rakhine within Myanmar’s fractured borders. In November, the Karen National lawmakers, who submitted the request six months ago, said the Union said they "urge the government to uphold and abide by answer is not “satisfactory”. international humanitarian norms and principles", and on Monday the UNICEF announced a new partnership with the International Worldwide Karen Community (which includes domestic organisations) Legal Foundation to tackle Myanmar’s notoriously harsh put out a statement declaring “solidarity with Rohingya people in �ght treatment of so-called child criminals. The program will aim to for justice”. increase access to legal aid and promote alternatives to detention. During a trip to the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone in southern In session: a daring deadline Shan State, commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing reportedly Speaker U T Khun Myat said parliament would try to put the �oated the idea of establishing tea and coffee plantations and contentious constitutional amendment process behind it before the building a processing hub in the region. The plan for further end of this legislative term in January 2020, but even the most business expansion follows a recent request by UN special optimistic observers will take that with a grain of salt. Amendments rapporteur Ms Yanghee Lee for the international community to have been deadlocked for years, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi even sanction businesses operated by the military. seemed to admit in an October interview that changes were unlikely The deputy head of a local agriculture management department before the election, although the party later denied this. has been sued by the Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly demanding K5 million worth of bribes from farmers who were T Khun Myat was forced to begin the session by striking insults from trying to reclaim their land after it was temporarily con�scated by both parties from the record, including a comment from National the Tatmadaw. If guilty, U Win Aung could face 10 years in prison. League for Democracy representative U Win Maung who compared the The Mon State chief minister has told media that work is going parliamentary process to the “Nyaunghnapin conference” in reference ahead with a deep-sea port at Kalagote Island, which will be a to the convention where the military originally drafted the 2008 transit point for cargo heading to Mawlamyine, Myawaddy and Constitution. Mae Sot in Thailand, in line with a nationwide industrial policy released in early 2016. The parties continued to argue yesterday on whether amendments The World Monument Fund has asked the Mandalay regional proposed by the military should be debated separately or together with government to post security staff at the Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung the NLD proposals. Despite the military proposing many of its own monastery to prevent tourists from littering, smoking and amendments, Colonel Khin Maung Naing warned against making too climbing up the monastery walls. many changes. “Countries with easily changeable charters are unstable,” he said, using the US which has only passed 27 amendments What to watch in 203 years as an example. The Kachin State People’s Party will hold its �rst conference in January In Brief to elect its executive committee in preparation for next year’s election. The KSPP is a merger between three smaller Kachin parties. The Tatmadaw backs down emergence of stronger, larger ethnic parties across the country should Fighting between the Tatmadaw and Mon National Liberation Army be of concern to the NLD, who might see seats chipped away by more seems to have ended as quickly as it began, with no clear picture consolidated ethnic opposition. emerging about why it started in the �rst place. Clashes �rst broke out last week at the Mon-controlled Three Pagodas Pass, with a new bout The Ministry of Commerce will discuss the planned new online of violence on Sunday. Following a meeting Monday with trademark system during a seminar this week. The Trademark law, representatives of the Tatmadaw’s Southeast Regional Command, no which was published January 2019, has not been enforced by an agreement was made, while some 900 ethnic Mon had sought refuge in accompanying presidential order. Now, DFDL says it has reason to Thailand, according to Myanmar Times. believe a “soft opening” of two planned intellectual property of�ces, one in Yangon and one in the capital, will take place in the “near The MNLA, a signatory to the Nationwide Cease�re Agreement, has future”. According to the DFDL legal alert, trademarks are currently fought more often with the Karen National Liberation Army than the �led manually under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture. 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The exploitation of workers on �shing rafts is back in the news, this time because a young man who worked on one for 10 months alleges he was swindled. Meanwhile two teachers at a school in Yangon are facing charges over the alleged abuse of an autistic boy after CCTV footage of him being assaulted went viral on social media. The home of an Amyotha Hluttaw MP at Tamu on the border with India has been targeted in a grenade attack, sugar traders who export to China are sour after the sweet stuff was not included in its import quotas. There’s been a show of support at a Yangon court for garment factory workers, and in Kachin State’s Putao Township many rocks are being turned over to meet demand in China for an edible species of insect.

7Day Daily Young man who worked on �shing raft opens a lawsuit against �ve people after being swindled out of his salary A lawsuit against �ve people accused of swindling a man who was contracted to work on a �shing raft off Ayeyarwady Region’s Pyapon Township has been opened at Thaung Gyi police station in Yangon Region’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, police said. Police Lieutenant Than Soe from Thaung Gyi police station said the man, Maung Nyi Thway, from Ingapu Township, Ayeyarwady, Subscribe Past Issues Translate RSS was promised by a broker that he would be paid K1.6 million for working eight months. View this email in your browser However, after being made to work on a �shing raft for 10 months, Nyi Thway was expecting to receive only K800,000, but alleges that the money was taken by one of the brokers who arranged his MEDIA MONITORjob. Nyi Thway said his salary was paid by the owner of the �shing raft to a broker, who refused to hand over the money. Our Myanmar-language media monitor featuresP othelice s afrontid the �v epage people c hheadlinesarged over the ca sfrome includ ethe a brok er country's best-selling newspapers, plus translationsnamed aofs M athee Gyi , mostwho has binterestingeen arrested. The o tstories.her four Subscribe Past Issues Translate RSS suspects against whom charges have been laid are another broker, and three brokers’ assistants. View this email in your browser They have been charged under sections 25 and 32 of the Anti- This Media Monitor is free for a limited time only before we launch Traf�cking in Persons Law. our membership programme. It's a round-up of the front-page headlines in selected Myanmar-language newspapers and online 7Day Daily media with brief translations of a selection of the top stories. Lawsuit opened against two teachers from New World Therapeutic Training Center for assaulting autistic child We're still testing it newsletter. Please forgive any mistakes. A lawsuit was opened against two teachers from the New World Therapeutic Training Center in Yangon Region’s North Dagon We'd also love your feedback. Did we translate the stories that you were most interested in reading? Is the brie�ng the right length? Township on December 2 for allegedly beating a ten-year-old boy Reply to this email and let us know what you think. with autism. Dr Khant Khant Win Shwe, the mother of the mute boy said she This Media Monitor is free for a limited time only before we launch discovered that the teachers had beaten her son when she our membership programme. It's a round-up of the front-page checked CCTV footage from the centre after �nding a bruise on headlines in selected Myanmar-language newspapers and online his face on October 30. meWdiae widtnh ebrsiedf atryan, slDateiocnse omf ab selerc t4io,n 2 o0f t1h9e top stories. Khant Khant Win Shwe opened the lawsuit at North Dagon police station on October 31 under section 103(a) of the Rights of Persons WeM'raek stinillg t enstewinsg tito ndeawsly: etter. Please forgive any mistakes. with Disabilities Law. Social media users called for the teachers to be severely punished WeT'hde a elsxop llooivtaet iyoonu orf f weeodrkbearcsk o. nD �ids hwinge t rafntsls aist eb atchke istn tohreie nes twhsa,t you after video footage of the incident went viral on December 2. wetrheis m tiomste binetcearuesste ead y oinu ngrea mdianng w? hIso twhoer bkreide �ong o tnehe f orrig 1h0t m leonngtthhs? Reply to this email and let us know what you think. Khant Khant Win Shwe said the teachers have been granted bail alleges he was swindled. Meanwhile two teachers at a school in and the management of the training centre has promised to sack Yangon are facing charges over the alleged abuse of an autistic boy them. after CCTV footage of him being assaulted went viral on social The case was the �rst to be opened by a parent against teachers at media. The home of an Amyotha Hluttaw MP at Tamu on the such a centre, said U Nay Myo Naing, chair of the Myanmar Autism border with India has been targeted in a grenade attack, sugar Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Association. traders who export to China are sour after the sweet stuff was not Attempts by 7Day Daily to get comment from the training centre included in its import quotas. There’s been a show of support at a Making news today: and North Dagon police station were unsuccessful. Yangon court for garment factory workers, and in Kachin State’s Daily Eleven PTuhtea eox Tpolowitnsathioipn mofa wnyo rrkoecrkss oanre � bsheing truafrtnes ids obvaecrk tion mtheee net ws, Grenade thrown into house of Amyotha Hluttaw MP in Tamu, dethims taindme i nb eCchaiunase fao ry oanung edi mblaen s wpehcoi ewso orfk iensd eocnt .one for 10 months Sagaing Region town on border with India alleges he was swindled. Meanwhile two teachers at a school in A person riding a motorbike threw a grenade into the house of 7YDangayo Dna ailrye facing charges over the alleged abuse of an autistic boy Amyotha Hluttaw MP U Maung Maung Let (National League for Yafotuenr gC CmTaVn fwohotoa wgeo rokf ehdim o nb e�isnghi nasgs raauflt eodp ewnesn at vlairwals uoint saogcaiianlst Democracy, Sagaing-9) in Tamu, on the border with India, at about m�veedi pae. oTphle hafotmere b oefi nang Aswmiynodtlhead Holuutt toafw h iMs Psa alta rTyamu on the 7pm yesterday. bAo lardewsru wit iathg aIindinsta � hvaes pbeeoepnl et aarcgceutesedd i no fa s grweindnaldinge a att macakn, swuhgao rwas The chair of the NLD in Tamu, U Myint Zaw, a brother-in-law of tcroandetrrasc twehdo t oe xwpoorrkt oton Cah �inashi ngare r saoftu or faff Ateyre ythaerw sawdeye tR estguioffn w’sas not Maung Maung Let, said the MP was in Nay Pyi Taw at the time of iPncyalpuodend T ionw insts himipp hoarst qbueeonta os.p Tehnerde a’st bTeheanu ang s hGoywi poof lsicuep pstoartti oant ain the incident. He said the grenade did not explode and no one was Yangon cRoeugriot nfo’sr H glaarimnge Tnth afarcytaorr Tyo wwonsrkheirps,, paondlic ien sKaaidc.hin State’s hurt. Poultiacoe TLoiewunstehnaipn tm Tahnayn r oScokes f raorem b Tehingau ngtur Gneydi p oovleicre t ost mateioent said Myint Zaw said the grenade did not explode despite the pin being dethem mandan, i nM Cauhngina N foyri Tahnw eadiyb, flero smpe Icngaiesp ouf iTnsowecnst.hip, Ayeyarwady, was promised by a broker that he would be paid K1.6 million for removed. It was found about three feet from the grenade. He said of�cers from a nearby Tatmadaw base had taken the 7wDoaryk iDnga ielyight months. grenade, which was made in China. “The 2020 [election] is getting HYoouwnegv emr,a anf twehr ob ewingork medade on t �o swhoinrkg oranf ta o�psehnings a r laafwt fsouri t1 0a gmaoinnstths, near; there are various attacks and this is a threat,” Myint Zaw said. N�vyei Tphewopalye wafatse erx bpeeicntging sw tion drelecde iovue to onlf yh Kis8 s0a0la,0r0y0, but alleges tAh laatw tshuei tm aogneainsy wt �asv et apkeeonp bley aocnecu soef dt hoef bswroindkerlisng w hao m aarnra wngheod w hais Myawady (military) jcoobn.tracted to work on a �shing raft off Ayeyarwady Region’s China’s import quota does not include sugar, local sugar traders NPyyai pTohnw Taoyw sansidh hipis h saasl abreye wn aosp peaniedd b ayt tThhea ouwngne Gry oi fp tohleic �es shtiangtio rna fint face dif�culties tYoa nga borno kReerg, iwonh’os Hrelfauingsed T thoa rhyaandr T oovwensr thiep ,m poonelicye. said. The import quota set by China for 2020 does not include sugar, Police sLaieidu ttehnae �nvte T pheaonp Sleo ec hfraormge Td hoavuengr t hGey ci apsoel iicnce slutadteio an b sraoikder which will create dif�culties for Myanmar traders in sugar and nathem meda n,as M Maaueng G yNi,y wi Thhow haays, bfreoemn aIngarresptue dT.o Twhnse ohtiph,e Ar yfoeyuarrwady, related products, said U Win Htay, vice chair of Myanmar Sugar & swuassp percotsm aigseadins bty wa hboromk ecrh athrgaet sh he awveo ublede bne l apiadi da rKe1 .a6no mtihlleiorn b rforker, Cane Related Products Association. wandor ktihngre ee ibgrhotk merosn’ athssi.stants. “Currently, we do not see any prospect that China will buy sugar HThoewye hveavr,e a bfteeern b cehingarg meda deunde to rw soerckt ioonns a 2�5s haindng 3r2a fot ff othr e1 0A nmtoi-nths, from us [in 2020],” Win Htay said. 8 NTryai fT�hcwkiangy wina sP eerxspoensct iLngaw t.o receive only K800,000, but alleges He said traders have to follow the procedures and instructions of

t7hDaaty t hDea imlyoney was taken by one of the brokers who arranged his China’s ministry of commerce. He suggested that if traders wanted jLoabw. suit opened against two teachers from New World to export to China they should contact its state-owned NThyei rTahpweauyt isca Tidr ahiins isnagla Crye nwtaesr pfoarid a bssya tuhleti onwg neaurt iosft itch ech �isldhing raft enterprises, which are responsible for setting 70 percent of its tAo l aw bsruoikte wr,a ws hoop erneefuds eadga tions hta tndwo o tveearc thheer sm foronemy .the New World import quotas. Police said the �ve people charged over the case include a broker Therapeutic Training Center in Yangon Region’s North Dagon The Voice Daily named as Mae Gyi, who has been arrested. The other four Township on December 2 for allegedly beating a ten-year-old boy Four workers from Natural Garment and an activist appear in suspects against whom charges have been laid are another broker, with autism. court, as 50 colleagues show support and three brokers’ assistants. Dr Khant Khant Win Shwe, the mother of the mute boy said she More than 50 workers were at Dagon Township court on They have been charged under sections 25 and 32 of the Anti- discovered that the teachers had beaten her son when she December 3 to show support for fellow workers at the second Traf�cking in Persons Law. checked CCTV footage from the centre after �nding a bruise on hearing of charges against them for gathering outside the Yangon 7hDisa fya cDea oilny October 30. Region government compound because they wanted to meet chief LKahwanstu iKth oapnetn Wedin a Sghaiwnes to tpweneo tde atchhee lrasw fsruoimt a Nt Newor Wtho Drladgon police minister U Phyo Min Thein. Tsthaetiroanp eount Oicc Ttorabienri n31g uCndeentre sre fcotri oans s1a0u3l(tai)n ogf atuheti sRtiigch ctsh ioldf Persons The hearing against the four Natural Garment factory workers and Aw iltahw Dsuisita bwilaisti eosp eLneawd. against two teachers from the New World an activist under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful TSohceiraalp meueditica Tursaeirnis ngca lCleedn ftoer tinh eY taengacohne rRse tgoio bne’s s Nevoerrtehl yD paguoninshed Procession Law was postponed until December 12 because of the Tafotwerns vihdeipo o fno oDteacgeem obf ethr e2 ifncori deallengt ewdelyn tb eviartaingl on a Dteen-ceymebare-ro 2ld. boy non-appearance of the plaintiff. wKhitahn at uKthisamnt. Win Shwe said the teachers have been granted bail “So much for going there to seek the chief minister’s help; their Dandr K thhaen mt Kahnaanget mWein tS ohfw teh,e t threa imniongth ecre notfr teh hea ms uptreo mboisye sda tido shaeck problems were not solved and they face legal action, which is dithsecmo.vered that the teachers had beaten her son when she unfair. That is why we are here to support them,” said Ma Mya Mya cThec ckaesde CwCaTs Vth feo o�trasgte t ofr boem o tpheen ceedn btrye a a pftaerre n�tnd againgins a tb treuaisceh eorns at Thein, who was one of the 50 workers at the court. hsuisc hfa ac ec eont Orec, tsoabide rU 3 N0.ay Myo Naing, chair of the Myanmar Autism She denied that the gathering outside the government compound KAshsaoncti aKthioan.nt Win Shwe opened the lawsuit at North Dagon police from November 6 to 8 was a protest. sAttatteimonp tosn b Oy c7tDoabye rD 3a1il yu ndeto gre st eccotmiomn e10n3t (far)o omf tthhee Rtrigahinitsng of cPeenrtsroens The four workers and the activist were charged at Dagon wandith N Doirstahb iDliatigeosn L pawol.ice station were unsuccessful. Township police station on November 7.

DSoaciliya lE mleevdiena users called for the teachers to be severely punished “We were not protesting and should not have been charged under Gafrtenr avdidee toh frooowtang ien otof thhoeu isnce oidef Anmt wyoetnhta v Hiralul totna wD eMcePm inb eTra 2m. u, the peaceful procession law; we were there to meet the chief SaKhgaanitn Kg hRaengti Woni nt oSwhnw eo nsa bido rtdheer t weaitch eInrsd hiaa ve been granted bail minister to report on our employee-employer discussions with Aand pe trhsoen m raidinangge am menott orf btihkee ttrharinewing a cgreennatred he aisn tpor othmei sheodu tsoe soafck him,” said Ko Kyaw Myo Htike, one of the four workers. Athmeymo.tha Hluttaw MP U Maung Maung Let (National League for The maximum penalty for breaching the law is three months’ DTheem coacsrea cwya, sS athgeai �ngrs-t9 t) oin b Te aompuen, oend bthye a b poarrdeenrt wagaithi nsIndt tiae,a acth aebrso uat imprisonment and a �ne of K30,000. such a centre, said U Nay Myo Naing, chair of the Myanmar Autism 7pm yesterday. Daily Eleven Association. The chair of the NLD in Tamu, U Myint Zaw, a brother-in-law of Buyers from China pay big prices for edible insects known as Attempts by 7Day Daily to get comment from the training centre Maung Maung Let, said the MP was in Nay Pyi Taw at the time of stone bugs found in Kachin State’s Putao Township, number of and North Dagon police station were unsuccessful. the incident. He said the grenade did not explode and no one was bug hunters rises hDuarilty. Eleven High prices paid by buyers from China for edible insects known as MGryeinta dZea wth sraoiwd nth ien gtore hnaoudese di ofd Anomty eoxthpalo Hdelu dtetaswpi tMe Pth ien pTianm buei,ng stone bugs has resulted in an in�ux of bug hunters in Kachin rSaemgaoivnegd. R Ietg wioans tfouwndn o anb obuort dthere we iftehe Itn fdroiam the grenade. State’s Putao Township. HA ep esarsido no fr�idicengrs afr momot ao rnebiakreb tyh Treawtm aa grdaewna bdaes ein htaod t htaek heonu tshee of The market for the seasonal insects has expanded in recent years. gArmeynaotdeha, wHhluicttha w aMs Pm Uade M ainu ngCh Minaau. “ngTh Lee 2t 0(N20a t[ieolnaeclt iLoena]gu is eg efottring The hunting season begins in early November when it is easier to neDeamr;o tchrearcey ,a Sreag vaairngio-u9s) aintt aTcakms ua,nd on t thhise ibso ar dtherre wati,t”h M Indyinita ,Z aatw a bsaoiudt. catch them along the Mali Kha river and other waterways with

M7pyma wyeasdtye r(mdaiyli.tary) stone banks. The insects are found under rocks or are caught in CThein cah’sa irm opfo trhte q NuLoDta idno Teasm nuo,t U in Mclyuidnet Zsuawga, ra, blorcoathl esur-gian-r ltarwad oefrs nets. Mfacaue ngdif M�cauulngtie Lset, said the MP was in Nay Pyi Taw at the time of Bug hunter Ko Tan Shin Phone said prices were better than last tThhee iincmipdeornt tq. uHoet asa siedt tbhye Cghreina defor d 2id0 2no0 dt oeexps lnoodte i ncandlu node sounega wr,as year and the insects were fetching from K7,000 to K10,000 for one hwuhritc.h will create dif�culties for Myanmar traders in sugar and nosibu [a traditional measurement equal to 390 grammes]. Small Mreylaintetd Z pawro sduaicdt sth, sea gidre Una Wdein di Hdt anoy, tv iecxep clohdaeir d oefs Mpiyteanm thea rp iSnu bgaering & bugs fetch the best prices and can sell for up to K130,000 a viss rCeamneo vReed.la tIte dw aPsr ofoduundcts aAbsosuotc itahtrieoen. feet from the grenade. [1.6 kilogrammes] H“Ceu srareidn tolfy�, cweer sdo fr onomt as enee aarnbyy p Traotsmpeacdta wth abta sCeh hinaad wtailkl ebnu yth seugar “Locals can’t eat them because they are too expensive; they are gfrroemna udes ,[ iwn h2i0c2h0 w],”a sW mina deHt aiyn sCahidina. . “The 2020 [election] is getting exported to China,” he said. neHea sra; itdh etraede arres vhaarvioeu tso aftotlalocwks t ahnde p trhoicse ids uar tehsr aendat,” i nsMytrinutc Ztiaowns s oaifd. In the past, locals ate the insects by pounding them together with chilli. CMhyianaw’as dmyi (nimsitlritya orfy )commerce. He suggested that if traders wanted

tCoh einxap’os ritm tpo oCrht iqnauo tthae dy osehso nuoldt cinocnltuadcet istus gsatar,t elo-coawl nesudgar traders efancte rdpirf�isceus,l twiehsich are responsible for setting 70 percent of its The front page headlines: iTmhpeo imrt pqourott qaus.ota set by China for 2020 does not include sugar,

Twhheic Vho wiciell Dcraeialyte dif�culties for Myanmar traders in sugar and The Mirror Daily (state) Freoluarte wdo prrkoedursc ftrso, msa iNda Utu Wrailn G Hatramy,e vnict ea ncdh aainr oafc Mtivyiasnmt apapr eSaurga inr & 1. Vice President U Henry Van Thio addresses 2019 cCoaunert ,R aesla 5t0ed c oPlrloeduaguctess Asshsoowci astuipopn.ort International Day of Persons with Disabilities event in Nay Pyi M“Courrer etnhtalny, 5w0e w door knoerts s weee raen ayt p Droasgpoenc Tt othwanst Chhipina co wuritll obnuy sugar Taw yesterday Dfreocme musb e[irn 32 0to2 0sh],”o Ww isnu Hpptaoyr ts afoidr .fellow workers at the second 2. Hong Kong company to invest US$500 million in power hHeea sraingid torfa cdeharsrg heasv aeg taoi nsfotll othwe mth efo prr gaoctehdeurringes aonduts iinsdet rtuhcet Yioansng onf generation and supply projects in Yangon and Kyaukphyu RCehginaion’s gmoivniesrnmtry eonf tc coommmpeorucnde. H be csauuggsee sthteedy twhant tief dtr taod emres ewt acnhtieedf 3. MPs debate reports of Joint Committee on Scrutinizing the mtoi niexsptoer tU t oP hCyhoina M itnh eTyh eshin.ould contact its state-owned Constitution [Pyidaungsu Hluttaw] Tenhtee hrperairsiengs, waghaiicnsh ta rthe er efospuor nsNaibtuler afol Gr saermttiengnt 7f0ac pteorcye wnot rokfe irts and 4. Statements of Special Region-4 (Mongla) and Myanmar aimn paocrttiv qisuto utandes. r section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Interfaith Dialogue Group on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Procession Law was postponed until December 12 because of the The Voice Daily decision to contest lawsuit brought by Gambia at non-appearance of the plaintiff. Four workers from Natural Garment and an activist appear in International Court of Justice. “cSoou rmt,u acsh 5 f0o rc goolliengag utheesr seh toow s eseukp tphoer tc hief minister’s help; their pMrorbele tmhasn w 5e0r ew noorkt esrosl vweedr aend at tDhaegyo fna cTeo wlensgahl aipc tcioun,r tw ohnich is Myawady (military) uDnfecaeirm. Tbehra t3 itso w shhyo w es uaprep ohretr efo tro f esullopwpo wrto trhkemrs, ”a sta tihde M seac Mondya Mya 1. Events marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities Thehaerin,ing w ohfo c whaarsg oenes a goaf itnshet 5th0e wmo frokre rgas taht etrhieng c ourtts.ide the Yangon held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday SRhege ideonni geodve trhnmat tehnet gcaotmhperoiungnd o buetsciadues teh teh geoyv weranmnteedn tto c momeepto cuhndief 2. More coaches for railbus engine train from Japan to arrive in fmroinims Nteorv Uem Phbeyor 6M tion 8T hweaisn. a protest. December The fhoeuarr iwngo rakgearisns atnd th teh feo aucrt Nivaisttu wrael rGea crhmaernget dfa actt oDrayg wonorkers and 3. Number of matriculation exam applicants in Myanmar aTno wacnstihvispt puondelicer ssteacttioionn o 1n9 Nofo tvheem Pbeearc 7e.ful Assembly and Peaceful exceeds 970,000 this year P“Wroec ewsesrioen no Lta wpr wotaess ptiongst paondne sdh ouunltdil noDetc heamvbee bre 1e2n b cehcarugseed o uf ndther 4. US-based cruise boat, Seven Seas Voyager, leaves for nothen- paepapcefaurla pncroec oefs tshioen p llaawin; twiffe. were there to meet the chief Thailand “mSioni mstuecrh t ofo rre gpoirngt o tnh oeurer teom speleoky ethe-ee cmhpielfo ymeirni dsitsecru’ss shieolnsp; twhiethir 5. China’s import quota does not include sugar, Myanmar sugar phrimob,”l esamids wKoe rKey noawt Msoylove Hdt aiknde, othneey o ffa tchee l efogualr awcotirokn,er ws.hich is traders face dif�culties uTnfhea mir.a Txhimatu ims w pheyna wltey afroer hbererea cthoi ngsup tphoer lta wth eism t,h” rseaeid m Moan tMhys’a Mya 6. New airport in Falam, Chin State, due to open next June Timhperin,is ownmhoe wnta sa ndone a o�fne th oe f5 K03 w0,o0r0k0e.rs at the court. 7. Myanmar Investment Commission approves within a week six She denied that the gathering outside the government compound Daily Eleven projects expected to create more than 3,000 jobs fBruoyme rNso fvreomb Cehr i6n ato p 8a yw baisg a p prricoetes sfto.r edible insects known as Tsthoen feo buur gwso frokuenrsd ainnd K tahceh ianc tSivtaistte w’s ePruet cahoa Trogwedn asht iDpa, gnounmber of 7Day Daily (private) Tbuowg nshuhnitpe prso lricisee station on November 7. 1. Priority will be given to amend constitution in current “HWigeh w perricee nos pta pidr obtye sbtuingye rasnd fro smho Cuhldina no fto hr aevdei bbleee inns cehcatrsg kenod uwndn ears parliamentary session, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker tshtoene pe baucegfsu hl apsr orecseussltieodn ilnaw a;n w in�e wuexr oef t bhuegre h tuon mteeres ti nth Kea cchiienf 2. Myanmar gets its �rst gold medal in Arnis [Philippine martial mStianites’ste Pru ttoa ore Tpoowrtns onh iopu. r employee-employer discussions with arts] at SEA Games in Philippines hTihme, ”m saridk eKto f oKry tahwe Mseyaos oHnatikl eins, oenect so hf aths ee xfopuarnd weodr kiner rse.cent years. 3. Case opened against �ve people after man from Ingapu The mhuanxtiimngu mse paseonan lbtye gfoinsr b irne aecahrliyng N othve mlabwe ris w threene imt ios netahssie’ r to Township, Ayeyarwady Region, who worked on �shing raft icmatpcrhis tohnmeme anlto angnd t hae � Mnea loi fK Kh3a0 r,i0v0e0r .and other waterways with for 10 months was not paid Dstaoinely Eblaenkvesn. The insects are found under rocks or are caught in 4. Myanmar Earthquake Committee patron says in interview Bneutyse.rs from China pay big prices for edible insects known as she worries what would happen in Yangon if a Sagaing fault sBtuogn heu bnutgesr fKoou nTdan i nS hKianc Phhino neSt astaei’ds pPruitcaeos Twoewren bsheitpte, rn tuhmanb elars otf tremor shook the Bago area byeuagr haundnt tehres irnsisescts were fetching from K7,000 to K10,000 for one 5. Lawsuit opened [at North Dagon police station] against two Hnoigshib pur [iac etrsa pdiatidio bnay lb muyeearssu frreomme nCth einaqu afol rto e d3i9b0le gr insamecmtes sk]no. Smwnal las teachers at New World Therapeutic Training Centre accused sbtuognes f ebtucghs thhaes brestu pltreidc eins aandn i n�canu xs eolfl bfourg u hpu tnot eKr1s3 i0n, 0K0a0c hai nviss of assaulting an autistic child S[1t.6at kei’slo Pguratamom Teosw]nship. 6. Denko Trading is nation’s highest commercial taxpayer, T“Lhoec malsa rckaent’ tf oera tt hthe esmea bsoecnaaul sinse tehcetys haraes teoxop aendxpedns iinv er;e tcheenyt ayreears. paying more than K40 billion this year eTxhpeo hrutendt itngo Csehainaso,n” hbee gsainsid. in early November when it is easier to 7. Prison truck hits roadside tree in Mandalay Region, eleven Icna ttchhe tphaesmt, laolocangls tahte tMhael ii nsKheac trsiv beyr paondund otihnger twheatme rtwogayesth weirt hwith people hurt csthoilneli. banks. The insects are found under rocks or are caught in ne ts. Daily Eleven (private) BThuge h furnotnert Kpoa gTaen h Sehaind lPihnoenes: said prices were better than last year and the insects were fetching from K7,000 to K10,000 for one 1. Vision 2020 [CSO coalition] urges Union Election Commission to perform regular audits of election candidate noThsei bMui r[ar otra Ddiatiiloyna (slt amte)a surement equal to 390 grammes]. Small bugs fetch the best prices and can sell for up to K130,000 a viss and political party accounts, and to conduct surprise checks [1.61 k. iVloicger aPmremsiedes]nt U Henry Van Thio addresses 2019 on election campaign spending “LocaIlnst cearnan’tt eioanat tlh Demay boefc Paeursseo tnshe wy iatrhe D toisoa beixliptieenss eivvee;n tth ieny Naarey Pyi 2. Prison truck transporting inmates from Kyaukse to Mandalay exporTtaewd tyoe sCtherinada,y” he said. hits roadside tree, eleven hurt In t2h. eH poangst ,K locngal sc oatmep tahney i nstoe icntvse bsty UpSo$u5nd00ing m itlhlieomn itno pgeotwheerr with 3. Domestic price of low quality rice at K17,000 a bag, down chilli.generation and supply projects in Yangon and Kyaukphyu K2,500 in 11 months, as Shwebo rice stands at K60,000 a bag 3. MPs debate reports of Joint Committee on Scrutinizing the 4. Buyers from China paying big prices for edible insects known Constitution [Pyidaungsu Hluttaw] as stone bugs in Kachin State’s Putao Township, number of The front page headlines: 4. Statements of Special Region-4 (Mongla) and Myanmar bug hunters increases Interfaith Dialogue Group on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 5. Lawyer for two doctors from Sakura hospital, who have been The Mirror Daily (state) decision to contest lawsuit brought by Gambia at accused of negligence, submits defence to Yangon Region 1. IVnicteer Pnaretisoidenanl tC Uou Hrte nrof yJu Vsatnic eT.hio addresses 2019 High Court International Day of Persons with Disabilities event in Nay Pyi 6. Grenade thrown last night into house of Amyotha Hluttaw Myawady (military) Taw yesterday MP, at Tamu, Sagaing Region, on border with India 2. Hong Kong company to invest US$500 million in power 1. Events marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities The Standard Time Daily (private) gheneld rina tNioany aPndyi Tsuawpp ylye sptreorjdaecyts in Yangon and Kyaukphyu 32. MoPrse de cobaacteh erse pfoorr trsa iolbf uJosi nengt Cionem mtraititne fer omn SJcapruatnini toz iangrr itvhee in 1. Priority will be given to amending constitution in current CDoecnsemtitbuetrion [Pyidaungsu Hluttaw] parliamentary session, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker 34. NStuamtebmeer notfs m ofa tSrpiceucliatl iRoeng eioxan-m4 a(pMpolingcalnat)s a indn M Myyaanmnmaarr 2. Hong Kong company to invest US$500 million in power eInxtceerefadsit h9 7D0i,a0l0og0u teh iGs ryoeuapr on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s generation and supply projects in Yangon and Kyaukphyu 4. UdeSc-ibsaiosne dt oc rcuoinsete bsot alatw, Sseuviet nb rSoeuagsh Vto byya gGearm, lbeiaav eats for 3. Myanmar gets its �rst gold medal in Arnis at SEA Games in TInhtaeirlnaandtional Court of Justice. Philippines 5. China’s import quota does not include sugar, Myanmar sugar Myawady (military) The Voice (private) traders face dif�culties 61. ENveewn tasi rmpoarkt iingn F Ianlatemr,na Cthioinna Slt aDtaey, douf eP etors oopnsen w neithx tD Jiusneabilities 1. Tatmadaw says it did not �re artillery on December 2 and 7. hMeyldanm in Nara Iyn Pveysi tTmawen yte Csotemrdamiyssion approves within a week six blast that killed three people in Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine 2. Mprorjec ctos aecxhpeesc tfoedr rtaoi lcbruesa teeng mineore t rtahiann f 3ro,0m0 0Ja jpoabns to arrive in State, was caused by unexploded ordnance December 2. Priority will be given to amending constitution in current 7Day Daily (private) 3. Number of matriculation exam applicants in Myanmar parliamentary session, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker 1. Pexricoereitdsy w97il0l ,b0e0 0gi vtheins tyoe armend constitution in current 3. Democracy Today newspaper folds due to losses 4. pUaSr-lbiaamseedn tcarruyi ssee sbsoioatn,, Sseavyesn P Syeidaasu Vngoysaug Herl,u ltetaavwe ss pfoeraker 4. Lawsuit opened [at North Dagon police station] against two 2. MThyaainmlandar gets its �rst gold medal in Arnis [Philippine martial teachers at New World Therapeutic Training Center accused 5. aCrhtisna] a’st SimEApo Grta mqueost ian doPheisli pnopitne incs lude sugar, Myanmar sugar of assaulting an autistic child 3. Ctraasdee rosp feaneced di afg�acinsultti e�sve people after man from Ingapu 5. Four workers from Natural Garment and an activist appeared 6. TNoewns aihrpipo,r At yiney Faarlwamad, yC Rheing iSotn,at ew, hdou ew toor koepde no nne �xsth iJngune raft in court yesterday to face charges under Peaceful Assembly 7. fMoyr a1nm0 maorn Itnhvse swtamse nontt C poamidmission approves within a week six and Peaceful Procession Law after trying to meet Yangon 4. pMryoajenmctsa re xEpaercthteqdu atoke c Creoamtem mitotere tphaatnro 3n,0 s0a0ys j oinb sinterview Region chief minister outside Yangon Region government she worries what would happen in Yangon if a Sagaing fault compound 7Day Daily (private) tremor shook the Bago area 51. PLariwosriutiyt wopilel nebed g [ivaet nN toor tahm Deandgo cno pnsoltiicteu tsitoanti oinn ]c uargareinsntt two tpeaarclihaemres natta Nrye wse Wssioorn,ld sTahyes rPaypiedautuicng Tsrua iHnilngutt Cawen stprea akcecrused 2. oMfy aasnmsaualrti gnget as nit asu �tristi cg oclhdi lmd edal in Arnis [Philippine martial Here at the media monitor we try to pick stories that will give you 6. aDretnks] aot T SrEaAdi Gnga mise nas itn ioPnh’sil ihpipgihneesst commercial taxpayer, an insight into coverage by Myanmar-language newspapers. 3. pCaysieng op meneored tahgaanins K4t 0� vbeil lpioen optlhei sa fyteearr man from Ingapu We hope it will give you a deeper understanding of local outlets - 7. TPoriwsonsn htripu,c Aky heiytas rrwoaddsyi deRe gtiroen,e iwn hMoa wndoarklaeyd R oeng �iosn,hi ngele vraefnt what their interests are, what type of stories they cover, and how pfoero 1p0le m hounrtths was not paid they report. 4. Myanmar Earthquake Committee patron says in interview Daily Eleven (private) she worries what would happen in Yangon if a Sagaing fault Disclaimer 1. Vtriesmionor 2 s0h2o0o [kC tShOe cBoaagloit aiorne]a urges Union Election Each item is a translation and may contain inaccuracies. Our own 5. LCaowmsmuiits soipoenne tod p [eartf Noromrt hre Dguaglaorn a puodliitcse o sft ealteiocnti]o anga cainsndti dtwatoe explanations of headlines and stories are shown in parenthesis. taendac hpeorlist iacta Nl peawr tWy aocrlcd ouTnhtesr,a apndeu tioc cTorndainiungct sCuernptrrisee a cchceucskesd ofn aeslseacutilotinng c aamn pauaitgisnt iscp cehndiildng Credits Translation: Thiri Min Htun and Kyawt Darly Lin 62. PDreinksono tTrruacdikng tra inss napotriotinng’s hinmighaetsets c formomm Kerycaiuakl staex tpoa Myearnd, alay Editing: Geoffrey Goddard hpaitysi ngroa mdsoirdee tthraene ,K e4le0v ben illihoun rtthis year 7. Prison truck hits roadside tree in Mandalay Region, eleven 3. 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7Day Daily Young man who woVrkiewed this on email�shin ing yourraft browseropens a lawsuit against �ve people after being swindled out of his salary A lawsuit against �ve people accused of swindling a man who was contracted to work on a �shing raft off Ayeyarwady Region’s Pyapon Township has been opened at Thaung Gyi police station in Yangon Region’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, police said. Police Lieutenant Than Soe from Thaung Gyi police station said the man, Maung Nyi Thway, from Ingapu Township, Ayeyarwady, was promised by a broker that he would be paid K1.6 million for working eight months. However, after being made to work on a �shing raft for 10 months, This Media Monitor is free for a limited time only before we launch Nyi Thway was expecting to receive only K800,000, but alleges our membership programme. It's a round-up of the front-page that the money was taken by one of the brokers who arranged his headlines in selected Myanmar-language newspapers and online job. media with brief translations of a selection of the top stories. Nyi Thway said his salary was paid by the owner of the �shing raft Weto'r ea bstriollk teer,st winhgo irte nfueswsled teot thearnd. P loevaesre tfhoer gmivoene ayn.y mistakes. Police said the �ve people charged over the case include a broker Wena'dm aelsdo a lso Mvea ey oGuyri, fweehdob haacsk b. eDeind awrree tsrteadn.sl Tahte oththee str fooruiers that you wesrues pmeoctsts aingtaeinsretst wehdo imn rcehaadrginegs ?h Iasv eth bee ebnri ela�idn gar teh aeno rigthhetr l ebnrogktehr?, Reapndly toh rtehei sb reomkearils a’ ansds ilsetta nutss .know what you think. They have been charged under sections 25 and 32 of the Anti- Traf�cking in Persons Law.

7Day Daily LWawesuditn oepesndeda ayg,a iDnste tcweo tmeacbherrs f4ro,m 2 N0ew19 World Therapeutic Training Center for assaulting autistic child AM lawkisnuigt wnaesw osp etneodda yag: ainst two teachers from the New World Therapeutic Training Center in Yangon Region’s North Dagon Tohwe nsexhpilpo iotant iDoenc oefm wboerrk 2e rfso ro nal l�esgheidngly rbaefatsti ings b aa ctekn- iny tehaer -neolwd sb,oy wthiitsh t aimutei sbme.cause a young man who worked on one for 10 months Dalrle Kghesa nhte K whaasn st wWindlin Sehd.w Me, etahnew mhoilteh tewr oo ft ethaceh merust ea tb ao ys cshaoido ls hine diYasngcoovne raerde tfhaacting th ec hteaargcehse rosv ehra dth bee altleng ehde ra bsuosne w ohf eann sahuetistic boy cafhteecrk CeCd TCVC fToVo tfaogoet aogfe h firmo mbe tihnge caesnsatruelt aefdt ewre �nndt viingral ao bnr suoisceia ol n hmise difaac.e T ohne Ohoctmoeb eorf 3a0n. Amyotha Hluttaw MP at Tamu on the Kbohradentr K whiatnht I Wndiina Shhaws eb eoepne netardg ethteed l ainw sau grit eanat Ndoer athtt aDcakg, osnu gaporlice strtadetiorns ownh Oo cetxopboerrt 3t1o uCndehinar saercet sioonu r1 0a3ft(ae)r otfh eth sew Reiegth sttsu off Pwearss ononst wincitlhu deDisda ibni litsie ism Lpaowr.t quotas. There’s been a show of support at a SYoangciaol nm ceodiuar tu fsoerr gs acramlledn tf ofarc tthoer yt ewaochrkeerrss t,o a ndbe sine vKearcehlyin p Sutniatseh’sed aPfuttearo v Tideowons fohoitpa gmea onfy t rhoec ikncs aidere nbte wingen ttu vrinerald o onv Dere tcoe mmbeeert 2. Kdehmanatnd Kh inan Ct hWinain fSohrw aen seadiidb tleh es pteacciehse orsf ihnsaveec tb.een granted bail and the management of the training centre has promised to sack t7hDeamy .Daily TYohuen cga sme awna ws hthoe w �orrskt etod boen o�psehninegd rbayf ta oppaerenns ta a lgaawinssuti tt eaagcahinesrst at s�uvceh p ae ocpelnet raef,t esar ibde Uin Ng asyw Minydol eNda oingut, ocfh hairs osfa ltahrey Myanmar Autism As lsaowcsiuatitio an.gainst �ve people accused of swindling a man who was Acottnetmrapcttse db yt o7 Dwaoyr kD aoinly a t o� sgheitng co rmafmt oefnft A fyreoyma rtwhea dtyra Riniegngio nc’esntre aPndyap Noonr Ttho wDnsaghoinp phoalsic bee setna toiopne nweedr eat u Tnshauucngces Gsfyui lp. olice station in Yangon Region’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, police said. Daily Eleven Police Lieutenant Than Soe from Thaung Gyi police station said Grenade thrown into house of Amyotha Hluttaw MP in Tamu, the man, Maung Nyi Thway, from Ingapu Township, Ayeyarwady, Sagaing Region town on border with India was promised by a broker that he would be paid K1.6 million for A person riding a motorbike threw a grenade into the house of working eight months. Amyotha Hluttaw MP U Maung Maung Let (National League for However, after being made to work on a �shing raft for 10 months, Democracy, Sagaing-9) in Tamu, on the border with India, at about Nyi Thway was expecting to receive only K800,000, but alleges 7pm yesterday. that the money was taken by one of the brokers who arranged his The chair of the NLD in Tamu, U Myint Zaw, a brother-in-law of job. Maung Maung Let, said the MP was in Nay Pyi Taw at the time of Nyi Thway said his salary was paid by the owner of the �shing raft the incident. He said the grenade did not explode and no one was to a broker, who refused to hand over the money. hurt. Police said the �ve people charged over the case include a broker Subscribe Past Issues Myint ZTarawn sslatied the grReSnaS de did not explode despite the pin being named as Mae Gyi, who has been arrested. The other four removed. It was found about three feet from the grenade. suspects against whom charges have been laid are another broker, View this email in your browser He said of�cers from a nearby Tatmadaw base had taken the and three brokers’ assistants. grenade, which was made in China. “The 2020 [election] is getting They have been charged under sections 25 and 32 of the Anti- near; there are various attacks and this is a threat,” Myint Zaw said. Traf�cking in Persons Law. Myawady (military) 7Day Daily China’s import quota does not include sugar, local sugar traders Lawsuit opened against two teachers from New World face dif�culties Therapeutic Training Center for assaulting autistic child The import quota set by China for 2020 does not include sugar, A lawsuit was opened against two teachers from the New World which will create dif�culties for Myanmar traders in sugar and Therapeutic Training Center in Yangon Region’s North Dagon related products, said U Win Htay, vice chair of Myanmar Sugar & Township on December 2 for allegedly beating a ten-year-old boy Cane Related Products Association. with autism. “Currently, we do not see any prospect that China will buy sugar This Media Monitor is free for a limited time only before we launch Dr Khant Khant Win Shwe, the mother of the mute boy said she from us [in 2020],” Win Htay said. our membership programme. It's a round-up of the front-page discovered that the teachers had beaten her son when she headlines in selected Myanmar-language newspapers and online He said traders have to follow the procedures and instructions of checked CCTV footage from the centre after �nding a bruise on media with brief translations of a selection of the top stories. China’s ministry of commerce. He suggested that if traders wanted his face on October 30. to export to China they should contact its state-owned Khant Khant Win Shwe opened the lawsuit at North Dagon police We're still testing it newsletter. Please forgive any mistakes. enterprises, which are responsible for setting 70 percent of its station on October 31 under section 103(a) of the Rights of Persons import quotas. We'd also love your feedback. Did we translate the stories that you with Disabilities Law. were most interested in reading? Is the brie�ng the right length? STohcei aVlo miceedi Daa uilsyers called for the teachers to be severely punished Reply to this email and let us know what you think. aFfotuer wvioderkoe froso ftraogme oNf atthuer aincl Gidearnmte wnet natn vdi raanl oanct Diveicste mapbpeera 2r. in Kcohuarntt, Kash a5n0t c Wolilne aSghuwees sahiodw th seu tpepaocrhte rs have been granted bail aMndor eth teh amna 5na0 gweomreknert so wf tehre tarta Dinaigngon c eTnotwrens hhaisp pcrooumrti soend to sack tDheecmem. ber 3 to show support for fellow workers at the second Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Thehaer cingas eo wf cahsa trhgee s� rasgta tinso bte t hoepmen feodr bgay tah eprairngen ot uatgasiidnse tt htea Ycahngeros nat sRuecghio an cgeonvterrenm, saeidn tU c oNmayp Mouyndo N baeicngau, sceh athire oyf w thaen tMedy atnmo maere At ucthisiemf Amsisniosctiearti oUn. Phyo Min Thein. Making news today: ATthtee mhepatrsi ngby a7gDaaiyns Dta tihlye tfoo ugre tN caotumrmale Gnat rfmroemnt t fhaec torariyni wngor ckenrst raend andn a cNtoivritsht uDndeagorn speocltiicoen s 1t9a toiof nth we ePreea ucnsefuulc Acsessesmfubl.ly and Peaceful The exploitation of workers on �shing rafts is back in the news, Procession Law was postponed until December 12 because of the this time because a young man who worked on one for 10 months Daily Eleven non-appearance of the plaintiff. alleges he was swindled. Meanwhile two teachers at a school in Grenade thrown into house of Amyotha Hluttaw MP in Tamu, “So much for going there to seek the chief minister’s help; their Yangon are facing charges over the alleged abuse of an autistic boy Sagaing Region town on border with India problems were not solved and they face legal action, which is after CCTV footage of him being assaulted went viral on social A person riding a motorbike threw a grenade into the house of unfair. That is why we are here to support them,” said Ma Mya Mya media. The home of an Amyotha Hluttaw MP at Tamu on the Amyotha Hluttaw MP U Maung Maung Let (National League for Thein, who was one of the 50 workers at the court. border with India has been targeted in a grenade attack, sugar Democracy, Sagaing-9) in Tamu, on the border with India, at about She denied that the gathering outside the government compound traders who export to China are sour after the sweet stuff was not 7pm yesterday. from November 6 to 8 was a protest. included in its import quotas. There’s been a show of support at a The chair of the NLD in Tamu, U Myint Zaw, a brother-in-law of The four workers and the activist were charged at Dagon Yangon court for garment factory workers, and in Kachin State’s Maung Maung Let, said the MP was in Nay Pyi Taw at the time of Township police station on November 7. Putao Township many rocks are being turned over to meet the incident. He said the grenade did not explode and no one was “We were not protesting and should not have been charged under demand in China for an edible species of insect. hurt. the peaceful procession law; we were there to meet the chief Myint Zaw said the grenade did not explode despite the pin being minister to report on our employee-employer discussions with 7Day Daily removed. It was found about three feet from the grenade. him,” said Ko Kyaw Myo Htike, one of the four workers. Young man who worked on �shing raft opens a lawsuit against He said of�cers from a nearby Tatmadaw base had taken the The maximum penalty for breaching the law is three months’ �ve people after being swindled out of his salary grenade, which was made in China. “The 2020 [election] is getting imprisonment and a �ne of K30,000. A lawsuit against �ve people accused of swindling a man who was near; there are various attacks and this is a threat,” Myint Zaw said. contracted to work on a �shing raft off Ayeyarwady Region’s Daily Eleven Myawady (military) Pyapon Township has been opened at Thaung Gyi police station in Buyers from China pay big prices for edible insects known as China’s import quota does not include sugar, local sugar traders Yangon Region’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, police said. stone bugs found in Kachin State’s Putao Township, number of face dif�culties Police Lieutenant Than Soe from Thaung Gyi police station said bug hunters rises The import quota set by China for 2020 does not include sugar, the man, Maung Nyi Thway, from Ingapu Township, Ayeyarwady, High prices paid by buyers from China for edible insects known as which will create dif�culties for Myanmar traders in sugar and was promised by a broker that he would be paid K1.6 million for stone bugs has resulted in an in�ux of bug hunters in Kachin related products, said U Win Htay, vice chair of Myanmar Sugar & working eight months. State’s Putao Township. Cane Related Products Association. However, after being made to work on a �shing raft for 10 months, The market for the seasonal insects has expanded in recent years. “Currently, we do not see any prospect that China will buy sugar Nyi Thway was expecting to receive only K800,000, but alleges The hunting season begins in early November when it is easier to from us [in 2020],” Win Htay said. that the money was taken by one of the brokers who arranged his catch them along the Mali Kha river and other waterways with He said traders have to follow the procedures and instructions of job. stone banks. The insects are found under rocks or are caught in China’s ministry of commerce. He suggested that if traders wanted Nyi Thway said his salary was paid by the owner of the �shing raft nets. to export to China they should contact its state-owned to a broker, who refused to hand over the money. Bug hunter Ko Tan Shin Phone said prices were better than last enterprises, which are responsible for setting 70 percent of its Police said the �ve people charged over the case include a broker year and the insects were fetching from K7,000 to K10,000 for one import quotas. named as Mae Gyi, who has been arrested. The other four nosibu [a traditional measurement equal to 390 grammes]. Small suspects against whom charges have been laid are another broker, bTuhges V foeitcceh Dthaeil ybest prices and can sell for up to K130,000 a viss and three brokers’ assistants. [F1o.6u rk iwloogrrkaemrms ferso]m Natural Garment and an activist appear in They have been charged under sections 25 and 32 of the Anti- c“Looucrat,l sa cs a5n0’t ceoaltl etahgeume sb eshcaouws es uthpepyo ratr e too expensive; they are Traf�cking in Persons Law. Mexoproer tehda nt o5 0C hwinaork,”e hres swaeid.re at Dagon Township court on DIne tcheem pbaesrt ,3 l otoca slhs oawte stuhpep ionsrte cfotsr fbeyl lpoowu wndoirngke rtsh eatm t htoeg seetchoendr with 7Day Daily hcheialrlii.ng of charges against them for gathering outside the Yangon Lawsuit opened against two teachers from New World R egion government compound because they wanted to meet chief Therapeutic Training Center for assaulting autistic child minister U Phyo Min Thein. A lawsuit was opened against two teachers from the New World The front page headlines: The hearing against the four Natural Garment factory workers and Therapeutic Training Center in Yangon Region’s North Dagon an activist under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Township on December 2 for allegedly beating a ten-year-old boy The Mirror Daily (state) Procession Law was postponed until December 12 because of the with autism. non-1. aVpicpee aPrraencsidee onft tUh eH pelnrainyt Vifaf.n Thio addresses 2019 Dr Khant Khant Win Shwe, the mother of the mute boy said she “So mInutcehr nafort igoonaingl D tahye roef Ptoe rsseoensk t wheit chh Dieisf ambinilitsietesr e’sv ehnetlp i;n t hNeaiyr Pyi discovered that the teachers had beaten her son when she problTeamws yweesrte rnodaty solved and they face legal action, which is checked CCTV footage from the centre after �nding a bruise on unf2a.i rH. oTngha tK iosng wh cyo wmep anrey htoe rien vteos stu UpSp$o5r0t 0th memill,i”o sna iidn Mpoaw Merya Mya his face on October 30. Thein,ge wnehora wtioasn oanend osfu tphpely 5 p0r wojoercktes risn aYta tngheo cno aundrt. Kyaukphyu Khant Khant Win Shwe opened the lawsuit at North Dagon police She3 .de MniPse dde tbhate t hrep goartthse orfing Jo ionut tCsoidme mthitet egeo voenr nmScreunttini cozimngp othuend station on October 31 under section 103(a) of the Rights of Persons from CNoonsvetmitbuetiro 6n t[oP y8i dawausng a spur oHtleusttt.aw] with Disabilities Law. The4 .f Sotuart ewmoreknetrss o afnd Sp ethceia al cRteivgiisotn- w4e r(eM cohngarlgae) dand at DMaygaonmn ar Social media users called for the teachers to be severely punished TownsInhtiepr fpaoitlhic eD isatlaotgioune oGnr oNuopv eomn bDearw 7 .Aung San Suu Kyi’s after video footage of the incident went viral on December 2. “We wdeecreis noiont tpor octoenstteingst landws usihto burlodu noghtt hbayv Ge abmeebnia c ahtarged under Khant Khant Win Shwe said the teachers have been granted bail the pIenatceerfnaul tpioronacel sCsoiounrt l aowf J; uwseti cwee.re there to meet the chief and the management of the training centre has promised to sack minister to report on our employee-employer discussions with them. Mhimya,”w saadidy K(mo iKliytarwy )Myo Htike, one of the four workers. The case was the �rst to be opened by a parent against teachers at The maximum penalty for breaching the law is three months’ such a centre, said U Nay Myo Naing, chair of the Myanmar Autism 1. Events marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities imprisonment and a �ne of K30,000. Association. held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday Attempts by 7Day Daily to get comment from the training centre Da2il.y M Eolervee cnoaches for railbus engine train from Japan to arrive in and North Dagon police station were unsuccessful. BuyerDse fcreommb Cerhina pay big prices for edible insects known as sto3n. eN buumgbs efro uonf dm iant rKicauclhatinio Snt eaxtea’ms Pauptpaloic Tanotws ninsh Mipy,a nnmumabrer of Daily Eleven bug heuxncteeerdss r 9is7e0s,000 this year Grenade thrown into house of Amyotha Hluttaw MP in Tamu, Hig4h. UprSi-cbeass peadi dc rbuyi sbeu byoearst, fSroevme nC hSeinaas fVoory eadgiebrl,e l einsavecst fso krnown as Sagaing Region town on border with India stoneT bhuagilsa ndhas resulted in an in�ux of bug hunters in Kachin A person riding a motorbike threw a grenade into the house of Sta5t.e C’s hPiunata’so i mTopwonsrt hqiupo. ta does not include sugar, Myanmar sugar Amyotha Hluttaw MP U Maung Maung Let (National League for The mtraardekerts f ofarc teh die sf�eacsuoltnaiesl insects has expanded in recent years. Democracy, Sagaing-9) in Tamu, on the border with India, at about Th6e .h Nuenwti ngair speoarsto in Fbaelgaimns, Cinh eina rSlyta Nteo, vdeumeb teor o wpheenn ne itx its Jeuanesier to 7pm yesterday. cat7c.h M thyaenmm aalor ngInv tehsetm Meanlit KChoam rmiviesrs iaondn a optphreorv wesa tweirtwhiany sa wwietehk six The chair of the NLD in Tamu, U Myint Zaw, a brother-in-law of stonep broankjecst.s T ehxep einsctecdt tso a crere faotuend m ournde tehra rno 3c,k0s0 o0r jaorbes caught in Maung Maung Let, said the MP was in Nay Pyi Taw at the time of nets. the incident. He said the grenade did not explode and no one was B7Dugay h Dunatileyr (Kpori Tvatne )Shin Phone said prices were better than last hurt. year and the insects were fetching from K7,000 to K10,000 for one Myint Zaw said the grenade did not explode despite the pin being 1. Priority will be given to amend constitution in current nosibu [a traditional measurement equal to 390 grammes]. Small removed. It was found about three feet from the grenade. parliamentary session, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker bugs fetch the best prices and can sell for up to K130,000 a viss He said of�cers from a nearby Tatmadaw base had taken the 2. Myanmar gets its �rst gold medal in Arnis [Philippine martial [1.6 kilogrammes] grenade, which was made in China. “The 2020 [election] is getting arts] at SEA Games in Philippines “Locals can’t eat them because they are too expensive; they are near; there are various attacks and this is a threat,” Myint Zaw said. 3. Case opened against �ve people after man from Ingapu exported to China,” he said. Township, Ayeyarwady Region, who worked on �shing raft Myawady (military) In the past, locals ate the insects by pounding them together with for 10 months was not paid China’s import quota does not include sugar, local sugar traders chilli. 4. Myanmar Earthquake Committee patron says in interview face dif�culties she worries what would happen in Yangon if a Sagaing fault The import quota set by China for 2020 does not include sugar, The tfrreomnotr psahogoek h tehea dBlaignoe asr:ea which will create dif�culties for Myanmar traders in sugar and 5. Lawsuit opened [at North Dagon police station] against two related products, said U Win Htay, vice chair of Myanmar Sugar & The Mteiarcrohre rDs aaitl yN (eswta tWe)o rld Therapeutic Training Centre accused Cane Related Products Association. of assaulting an autistic child “Currently, we do not see any prospect that China will buy sugar 1. Vice President U Henry Van Thio addresses 2019 6. Denko Trading is nation’s highest commercial taxpayer, from us [in 2020],” Win Htay said. International Day of Persons with Disabilities event in Nay Pyi paying more than K40 billion this year He said traders have to follow the procedures and instructions of Taw yesterday 7. Prison truck hits roadside tree in Mandalay Region, eleven China’s ministry of commerce. He suggested that if traders wanted 2. Hong Kong company to invest US$500 million in power people hurt to export to China they should contact its state-owned generation and supply projects in Yangon and Kyaukphyu enterprises, which are responsible for setting 70 percent of its Da3il.y M EPlesv deenb (aptrei vraetpeo)rts of Joint Committee on Scrutinizing the import quotas. Constitution [Pyidaungsu Hluttaw] 41. SVtisaitoenm 2e0n2t0s o[Cf SpOe coiaall iRteiognio] n-ur4g e(sM Uoningolna) Ealndec tMioynanmar The Voice Daily CInotmermfaiistshi oDnia tlo gpueer fGormou rpe ogun laDra awu Adiutngs o fS eanle cStuioun K cyai’sndidate Four workers from Natural Garment and an activist appear in adendci spiolnit itcoa cl opnatretys ta lcacwosuunit sb, raondug thot cboynd Gaumctb siau raptrise checks court, as 50 colleagues show support Ionn teerlenactiionna cla Cmopuaritg onf sJpuesnditiceng. More than 50 workers were at Dagon Township court on 2. Prison truck transporting inmates from Kyaukse to Mandalay December 3 to show support for fellow workers at the second Myawhaitdsy r (omadsilitideary t)ree, eleven hurt hearing of charges against them for gathering outside the Yangon 3. Domestic price of low quality rice at K17,000 a bag, down Region government compound because they wanted to meet chief 1. Events marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities K2,500 in 11 months, as Shwebo rice stands at K60,000 a bag minister U Phyo Min Thein. held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday 4. Buyers from China paying big prices for edible insects known The hearing against the four Natural Garment factory workers and 2. More coaches for railbus engine train from Japan to arrive in as stone bugs in Kachin State’s Putao Township, number of an activist under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful December bug hunters increases Procession Law was postponed until December 12 because of the 3. Number of matriculation exam applicants in Myanmar 5. Lawyer for two doctors from Sakura hospital, who have been non-appearance of the plaintiff. exceeds 970,000 this year accused of negligence, submits defence to Yangon Region “So much for going there to seek the chief minister’s help; their 4. US-based cruise boat, Seven Seas Voyager, leaves for High Court problems were not solved and they face legal action, which is Thailand 6. Grenade thrown last night into house of Amyotha Hluttaw unfair. That is why we are here to support them,” said Ma Mya Mya 5. China’s import quota does not include sugar, Myanmar sugar MP, at Tamu, Sagaing Region, on border with India Thein, who was one of the 50 workers at the court. traders face dif�culties She denied that the gathering outside the government compound Th6e .S Ntaenwd aairrdp oTritm ine FDaalailmy ,( pCrhivina tSet)ate, due to open next June from November 6 to 8 was a protest. 7. Myanmar Investment Commission approves within a week six 1. Priority will be given to amending constitution in current The four workers and the activist were charged at Dagon projects expected to create more than 3,000 jobs parliamentary session, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker Township police station on November 7. 7Da2y. HDoangily K(porngiva ctoem) pany to invest US$500 million in power “We were not protesting and should not have been charged under generation and supply projects in Yangon and Kyaukphyu the peaceful procession law; we were there to meet the chief 1. Priority will be given to amend constitution in current 3. Myanmar gets its �rst gold medal in Arnis at SEA Games in minister to report on our employee-employer discussions with parliamentary session, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker Philippines him,” said Ko Kyaw Myo Htike, one of the four workers. 2. Myanmar gets its �rst gold medal in Arnis [Philippine martial The maximum penalty for breaching the law is three months’ The Vaoritcse] a(pt rSiEvAat Ge)ames in Philippines imprisonment and a �ne of K30,000. 3. Case opened against �ve people after man from Ingapu 1. Tatmadaw says it did not �re artillery on December 2 and Daily Eleven Township, Ayeyarwady Region, who worked on �shing raft blast that killed three people in Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine Buyers from China pay big prices for edible insects known as for 10 months was not paid State, was caused by unexploded ordnance stone bugs found in Kachin State’s Putao Township, number of 4. Myanmar Earthquake Committee patron says in interview 2. Priority will be given to amending constitution in current bug hunters rises she worries what would happen in Yangon if a Sagaing fault parliamentary session, says Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker High prices paid by buyers from China for edible insects known as tremor shook the Bago area 3. Democracy Today newspaper folds due to losses stone bugs has resulted in an in�ux of bug hunters in Kachin 5. Lawsuit opened [at North Dagon police station] against two 4. Lawsuit opened [at North Dagon police station] against two State’s Putao Township. teachers at New World Therapeutic Training Centre accused teachers at New World Therapeutic Training Center accused The market for the seasonal insects has expanded in recent years. of assaulting an autistic child of assaulting an autistic child The hunting season begins in early November when it is easier to 6. Denko Trading is nation’s highest commercial taxpayer, 5. Four workers from Natural Garment and an activist appeared catch them along the Mali Kha river and other waterways with paying more than K40 billion this year in court yesterday to face charges under Peaceful Assembly stone banks. The insects are found under rocks or are caught in 7. Prison truck hits roadside tree in Mandalay Region, eleven and Peaceful Procession Law after trying to meet Yangon nets. people hurt Region chief minister outside Yangon Region government Bug hunter Ko Tan Shin Phone said prices were better than last Dailyc Eolmevpeonu nd(private) year and the insects were fetching from K7,000 to K10,000 for one Plus translations of all the headlines from Daily Eleven, nosibu [a traditional measurement equal to 390 grammes]. Small The Standard1. Vision 20 Time20 [CS DailyO coal iandtion ]The urge Voices Union Election bugs fetch the best prices and can sell for up to K130,000 a viss Commission to perform regular audits of election candidate [1.6 kilogrammes] and political party accounts, and to conduct surprise checks Here at the media monitor we try to pick stories that will give you “Locals can’t eat them because they are too expensive; they are on election campaign spending an insight into coverage by Myanmar-language newspapers. exported to China,” he said. 2. Prison truck transporting inmates from Kyaukse to Mandalay In the past, locals ate the insects by pounding them together with We hopheit ist rwiloadsl giideve tyroeeu, ae ldeeven pehru urtnderstanding of local outlets - chilli. what3 t.h Deoirm ienstteirce pstrisc ea roef, lwhowa qtu taylpitey orifc set aotr iKe1s7 ,t0h0e0y ac boavg,er d, aonwdn how they reKp2o,r5t0. 0 in 11 months, as Shwebo rice stands at K60,000 a bag The front page headlines: 4. Buyers from China paying big prices for edible insects known Disclaiams esrtone bugs in Kachin State’s Putao Township, number of Each item is a translation and may contain inaccuracies. Our own The Mirror Daily (state) bug hunters increases explanations of headlines and stories are shown in parenthesis. 5. Lawyer for two doctors from Sakura hospital, who have been 1. Vice President U Henry Van Thio addresses 2019 accused of negligence, submits defence to Yangon Region Credits International Day of Persons with Disabilities event in Nay Pyi High Court Translation: Thiri Min Htun and Kyawt Darly Lin Taw yesterday www.frontiermyanmar.net | 9 Editi6n.g G: Greenaofdefre tyh rGoowdnd laarsdt night into house of Amyotha Hluttaw 2. Hong Kong company to invest US$500 million in power MP, at Tamu, Sagaing Region, on border with India generation and supply projects in Yangon and Kyaukphyu Custom media monitoring 3. 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Sonny Swe is a veteran of Myanmar’s media indus- ly that this country needed a high-quality publication and I try, having co-founded the Myanmar Times to- thought that Frontier could be a window into the country. gether with Mr Ross Dunkley in 2000. At the time, it was the only privately owned newspaper in the But this was 2015 – why a print magazine? Ucountry with foreign investment. I’m a very print-focused guy, that’s my background. Back In 2005, Sonny Swe was sentenced to 14 years’ imprison- then I didn’t know much about digital, so my aim was always a ment for breaching Myanmar’s censorship laws, and forced to print magazine. Also, there wasn’t a good, in-depth magazine sell his shares in the Myanmar Times. on Myanmar. A lot of people were doing daily newspapers and I He was released in 2013, the year after the government abol- thought there was room for a long-form magazine. ished pre-publication censorship for print media. He returned briefly to the Myanmar Times before joining Mizzima. In 2015, Did you have bigger ambitions than a magazine? he left and established Frontier Myanmar together with Ms Basically, I wanted to have the best newsroom and set up a Sylvia Saw McKaige shortly before that year’s general election. media empire. Previously I was thinking about radio, about a TV channel, but because of the internet it’s a different game Where did the idea for Frontier come from? now four years later. The general ambition is still the same – to The moment I got out of prison I wanted to be a publisher be the best media organisation in the country – but to get there again. That’s always been my dream. I believed very strong- we are using new techniques, we can’t use the old techniques.

10 tions, whether it’s on training, new initiatives or products, or investigative stories.

And the proudest moment? Every time we can see one of our stories has an impact, whether it’s encouraging the government to change their policy or something else, that is something special. And when we win awards – that’s also pretty cool!

A lot of people say, ‘How can you write the way you do? Why doesn’t the government take action against Frontier?’ What’s your response? It takes a lot of effort to get to this level. The most important thing is that we don’t misuse our platform to attack individuals or institutions unfairly. We always write with a good intention and proper fact checking. I think the readers can see that, and I think the government sees that.

Why are memberships the future for Frontier? This is a trend around the world – it’s not like we’re coming up with this on our own. The idea is to generate more revenue from readers while still making sure our content is freely avail- able, even for people who can’t afford to pay for it. To make it work, it’s important to build a community of people who believe in what we do and think it’s important. We believe we have enough loyal readers but engaging with them is a new approach for us. Now we’re listening to what they want, rather than just giving them what we think they’ll want. The biggest challenge will be changing the mindset of everyone at Frontier – we need to make time for members, to listen to them. Our membership team is already doing that, but we need to make sure everyone within the company shares the same mindset as well. We can’t say for sure memberships are going to be successful for Frontier. But what I like about it is that we’re crafting these tailor-made products and experienc- es for our readers and that’s a beautiful thing. It’s very different for us, it’s out of our comfort zone, but I think that’s good – even if it’s very challenging.

Should other media in Myanmar focus on memberships? The past four years have been a challenge, with a lot of ups It depends on the type of content that they’re doing. I think and downs for Frontier, Myanmar’s media industry, and the there are about four or five different media organisations that country. What’s been the biggest lesson for you as publisher would potentially be suited to a membership model. It has to of Frontier? be high-quality, unique content. These days, anyone can set Embrace technology. The trend has changed now. The old- up a Facebook page and be a publisher. You need to distinguish school, ad-based revenue model doesn’t work any more and yourself from everyone else that’s out there, you can’t expect we need to find different revenue streams. At first I hated people to pay for memberships if you’re just doing the same old technology because it definitely makes life difficult for pub- thing. So for Frontier, what makes us unique is our in-depth lishers. But then I realised that instead of complaining about reporting. technology, we needed to embrace it and find ways to make it work for us. Why does independent media matter for Myanmar? For example, we’re working with Google through the Google Myanmar is very unique. Private media development wasn’t News Initiative to solve this problem. Most online advertising that deeply rooted and has been difficult to sustain. Most pub- dollars are now going to Facebook and Google. If we just had lications are being bought or influenced by businesspeople or the mindset that we hated Google because of that, and didn’t other interests. It’s very important for us to have a free hand even apply, it would have been different. We’re working in a and report the way we see fit – it’s very important for this coun- more collaborative way now with a whole range of organisa- try’s democratic transition.

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Why is Frontier building a membership programme? We are launching memberships to ensure the long- term survival of Frontier and to build a community around people who care about independent journalism in Myanmar.

What will that look like? We will build the community by creating opportunities (both online and in real life) for our members to collaborate and engage with us. We’ve developed new products for our members, such as a daily briefing on Myanmar, a monitoring service of Myanmar-language media, and we’ll be developing more in the coming months – such as a 2020 election product.

So I can still read your online news for free? As well as the new products we’ve launched, members will soon have priority access to magazine content online. We’ll still put everything online for free a week or two after it’s published in print and goes out to members. But who wants to wait that long?

This all sounds pretty ambitious. How did you fund the launch? Good question. We applied for and won a small grant from the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge. But the success of the project will depend on you. We hope that with your support and advice, we can build a membership package that helps us to secure our financial independence. That will mean we can keep reporting freely on the topics that matter most – both to our readers, and to Myanmar’s future.

Sounds great, I want to know more. Who should I ask? We’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch at [email protected].