Myanmar Military Targets Striking Civil Servants
Myanma Railways staff take part in civil disobedience movement in Yangon on Thursday. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 19 February 2021
Myanmar’s military has arrested nearly 30 civil servants in Naypyitaw, Mandalay and Kachin State this week for joining the civil disobedience movement (CDM) against the military regime.
In face of the growing resistance nationwide, the regime has stepped up the arrests of civil servants taking part in the movement.
In Naypyitaw, at least 20 civil servants were arrested this week. Nine women and two men from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were arrested at around 4am on Thursday for joining the CDM, said Naypyitaw-based lawyer U Kyaw Ye Aung, who is following the cases after the relatives of those detained contact him.
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Feasibility Study on BRI Railway Link in Myanmar to Take 18 Months
Kyaukphyu, a major town in Rakhine State, western Myanmar. / Zaw Zaw / The Irrawaddy
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By Nan Lwin 14 January 2021
YANGON Myanmar and China have agreed to complete a feasibility study within one and a half years on the Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Railway, a major part of China’s planned strategic railway linking China’s rail network in Yunnan province’s Kunming with Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu port in western Rakhine State, Myanma Railways said.
On Jan. 10, Myanmar and China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to begin the study for the Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Railway project, a part of the US$20-billion (26.5-trillion-kyat) China-Myanmar Railway project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).