Parties that have registered under new law all show close links with the military regime, while pro-democracy outfits like the NLD are shunning the planned poll.
U Phyo Min Thein fined 100,000 kyats, or about US$40, by junta court after appearing as a prosecution witness in ‘corruption’ case against democracy icon.
Prominent Myanmar democracy activist Mya Aye, 56, was among the nearly 6,000 prisoners pardoned in a mass amnesty the ruling junta announced November 17.