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Daw Thandar, freelance journalist Ko Pa (left) and Naing Soe Myint, a Mon
National Party member, speak outside court yesterday. Photo: Naw Say Phaw Waa
Mounting fears of
interference in Ko
Par Gyi investigation
NAW SAY PHAW WAA
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AT the seventh hearing into the death
of freelance reporter Ko Par Gyi, the
district prosecutor was switched out,
eliciting concerns from the deceaseds
wife.
Changing the government lawyer is suspicious, said Daw Thandar,
Ko Par Gyis wife and a well-known
activist.
He is an expert about this case,
but he has been transferred to another town just yesterday. We will have
to wait and see what the real meaning is.
Daw Thandar said the lawyer was
already causing misgivings because of
a tendency to ask witnesses leading
questions.
Ko Par Gyi, whose real name was
Ko Aung Kyaw Naing, died on October 4 while in military custody. He
had been detained on September 30
while covering fighting between the
Tatmadaw and rebel troops in Mon
States Kyaikmayaw township.
Following local and international
criticism, President U Thein Sein ordered an investigation into the murky
circumstances of Ko Par Gyis death
on October 30. But the fairness of the
ongoing investigation which is proceeding at court hearings where no
one is on trial has been the subject
of much scrutiny.
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Vijay Nambiar, the UN secretary-generals special adviser on Myanmar (right), visits Muslim migrants staying at a temporary
centre in northern Rakhine State on May 23 before being repatriated to Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
pressure on Myanmar over the Rohingya, while Rakhine groups will take
to the streets on June 14.
Shortly before Prince Zeids intervention, Ms Dessallien and Mr
Nambiar released a joint statement
in Rakhine State following the Myanmar navys rescue of more than
200 migrants in desperate condition
aboard a human smugglers boat. The
statement was noted in New York for
its mostly conciliatory approach and
dismayed those seeking a tougher line.
It is Prince Zeid versus Dessallien
and she is feeling the heat. She is a big
supporter of the Rakhine chief minister and has bought the government
line, the UN official in New York said.
Ms Dessalliens office did not respond to requests for comment. Mr
Nambiar could not be reached as he
was involved in week-long talks in a
remote border area with leaders of
armed ethnic groups discussing a nationwide ceasefire agreement.
With the immediate boat crisis
abating, UN attention is shifting to the
citizenship verification program that
is getting under way, with the Muslim
minority offered the chance to prove
they meet legal criteria to gain citizenship. This includes renouncing the label Rohingya, which the government
argues is a recent political construct
and not an ethnic identity.
A pilot project in Myebon township
and elsewhere has already led to 900
people granted citizenship, although
they are still confined to IDP camps.
Some UN officials are sceptical about
Myanmars real intentions behind the
program, fearing it could lead to another exodus.
Myebon is a fake. It is for PR. They
are not serious about giving them citizenship, said one official involved.
He noted that many Rohingya IDPs
would have difficulty proving their
identity and credentials because their
documents were destroyed during
communal conflict in 2012.
Asked if Mr Ban was requesting
the UN in Myanmar to take a tougher
approach over government policy toward the Rohingya, his office replied,
The UN has consistently condemned
policies of discrimination, hate speech
and incitement to violence by extreme
elements in Myanmar and called on
the government to take strong action against those who engage in such
conduct.
We have been pressing the government to address the substantive issues
affecting the Rohingya community in
the Rakhine State comprehensively
and urgently, including their access to
citizenship, the statement said.
It went on to say that Mr Ban noted
that all people have suffered in Rakhine State and that the UN continued
to work to support the government in
addressing development and humanitarian needs of all people there.
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military sources cited in Indian media outlets reported that the operation was carried out with an Air Force
Mi-17 helicopter and 21 Para, an elite
unit, and resulted in the deaths of 15
rebel soldiers.
Deputy chief of mission at the
Indian embassy in Yangon Sailas
Thangal confirmed that the Indian
army carried out strikes at two locations along the India-Myanmar
border after receiving credible and
specific intelligence that the group
that had attacked the Indian army on
the June 4 in Chandel, Manipur, was
planning further attacks against the
Indian army.
The clashes follow the collapse
in March of the 2001 ceasefire between the NSCN-K and the Indian
government.
An informal ceasefire agreement
between the Tatmadaw and the
NSCN-K remains in place. There is
no Myanmar military presence in the
areas of the border where the strikes
took place.
An unnamed major from the Tatmadaw said yesterday that Myanmars armed forces had conducted a
discovery mission into NSCN-K territory over the past month to speak
with representatives of the group, but
declined to elaborate.
The NSCN-K was formed by current leader SS Khaplang and the leader of the Konyak Naga, Khole Konyak,
after a factional split in the NSCN in
1988.
Fellow NSCN leaders Isak and
Muivah splintered off to form a separate group, the NSCN-IM, which has
The South West zone is the 30,000acre Yangon new city that was announced last year by the regional government. After a public outcry against
the projects lack of transparency, the
government in September 2014 agreed
to put it on hold indefinitely.
U Toe Aung, the YCDC urban planner behind the plan, told The Myanmar Times that proposed megacity
plans were completed in 2013, but the
project was delayed after the regional
government requested more detailed
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president to intervene
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An Intha man searches for fish at sunrise on Inle Lake in southern Shan State. Photo: AFP
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Heavy rainfall expected in
Rakhine, northern Myanmar
A Myanmar fisherman (centre) is greeted by a family member at Yangon International Airport after returning from Indonesia on May 9. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
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AUNG
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When I returned
back [to Yangon],
many Myanmar
fishermen ... were
still left there.
Ko Phyo Kyaw
Rescued fisherman
Liberty Insurance, the firm concerned, has refused to pay compensation in the case of the remaining
15 workers.
Kawthoung police said the insurance firm will pay compensation
in respect of 39 Myanmar migrants
according to Thai law. We have the
list, Pol Capt Min Khine said.
The families of three of the victims will receive 40,000 Thai baht
(about US$1190) each, while the
remaining 36 families will receive
26,000 baht ($773).
Working with local anti-trafficking units, the investigation commission formed in 2008 in the wake of
the deaths established the identities
and home addresses of the deceased,
and located family members.
Weve managed to find the
families concerned, though some
had moved. We will contact all of
them and invite them to receive the
The Amyotha Hluttaw has approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding with
the upper house of Belaruss
parliament.
The agreement, signed on
May 24 in the Belarusian capital
Minsk, was approved by MPs in
Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U
Khin Aung Myint said the agreement aimed to build ties between
the two parliaments and increase
mutual understanding. Pyae
Thet Phyo, translation by Khant
Lin Oo
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ROGER
MITTON
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ES, it is an implied reprimand to all those who forgot my birthday this week,
and a big hug to my sister,
who never forgets, and who
sent me a card with an inspiring British postage stamp on the envelope.
On the left side, it shows the face
of a man and a woman in 17th century
attire, and opposite them, there is this
quote: That excessive bail ought not
to be required, nor cruel and unusual
punishments inflicted. Bill of Rights,
1689.
The stamp is one of a set of six
that mark the 800th anniversary of
Englands Magna Carta, which, with
the Bill of Rights, still forms the bedrock of the uncodified constitution of
the United Kingdom.
As is well known, the UK has no
written constitution; but the nations
of this region do yet they often
appear to inflict cruel and unusual
punishments rather too freely.
Consider the way the people of
Thailand are being punished by having
their freedom to information repressed
and, yes, that kind of repression is a
cruel punishment, though regrettably
not unusual in these parts.
It involves curtailing the rights of
politicians, academics and ordinary
folks to speak their minds. The
prisoners in Thailand.
Unfortunately, the junta regards
such topics as too sensitive and too
prone to remind people that their
human rights are being repressed
and cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted.
So lips are zipped. It was not the
first time since the military takeover
that such events have been banned,
and it will almost certainly not be the
last.
Whether the correspondents club
should have questioned and resisted
the culture police, and if necessary,
told them where to put their banning
letter is another matter.
The episode somehow brings to
mind the late White House correspondent Helen Thomas, a resolute
battleaxe who, when doing her job,
took orders from no one, not even
presidents, let alone junta upstarts.
She was once asked how, when
interviewing public figures, she would
define the difference between a probing question and a rude one. I dont
think there are any rude questions,
she instantly replied.
Now, thats a real correspondent, a
species that is rare on the ground in
this region; but let us return to that
wonderful postage stamp motif and
move on to Singapore.
Business
COMMENTARY
Long journey
for Chinas
Belt and Road
AUNG
SHIN
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The Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank may provide another source of funding for local infrastructure. Photo: Thiri Lu
We need to think
on what percent
of profit Myanmar
can get from joining
the infrastructure
bank.
U Win Oo
Parlimentarian
Meanwhile, China will ultimately have veto power over major decisions of the new Beijing-led
Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank, the Wall Street Journal reported on June 9.
The Wall Street Journal quoted
people close to the bank as saying
its voting structure will give China
the upper hand as the largest
shareholder, effectively granting it
veto power.
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Buying
Euro
Malaysia Ringitt
Singapore Dollar
Thai Baht
US Dollar
Selling
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THE local currency has been rapidly declining this month, reaching
K1220 per US dollar yesterday on
unofficial exchanges, according to
industry website naungmoon.com.
The kyat has slid about 7 percent
over the last 10 days, after starting
June at around K1137 in the informal market.
The value of the US dollar is
steadily increasing in kyat terms,
day-by-day, said U Myo Htwe, a director at Farmer Pho Yar Zar money
changers.
He said an announcement issued
on May 29 by the Central Bank of
Myanmar which limited withdrawals of US dollars to $5000, twice a
week, may have spooked entrepreneurs. The value of Myanmars
kyat has been decreasing more and
more since then.
Money changers said that being
unable to access dollar accounts at
banks has led to more demand from
money changers.
The Central Bank of Myanmar
maintains an official exchange rate,
which yesterday was K1105, though
it was K1095 on June 1. It is technically illegal to trade outside a band
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of plus or minus 0.8pc of this official rate, though this rule is unevenly enforced.
Recently, many major banks
have been officially following the
Central Banks exchange rate but
in reality not selling dollars, while
some smaller money changers have
tried to get around the rules and
use the market rates.
One trader said some customers
are becoming desperate, offering
large amounts to obtain foreign
currency.
People who need dollars are offering as much as K1280 because
they are so rare in the market, he
said. We do not dare to trade a lot,
because the dollar has been appreciating so quickly.
The depreciating value of the
kyat hurts all business, particularly
those that are import-dependent.
Prominent entrepreneur U Chit
Khine said he needs dollars to import crucial inputs such as fuel,
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BEIJING
Baidu
plans selfdrive car
CHINESE search engine giant Baidu
plans to develop a driverless car, according to domestic media reports, following in the footsteps of fellow technology firm Google.
Several Chinese technology firms,
including e-commerce company Alibaba and WeChat messaging app provider Tencent, have announced plans for
cars, shaking up the traditional industry in the worlds largest auto market.
Baidu will work with a yet unknown
auto manufacturer to introduce a driverless car by the end of this year, Wang
Jin, a vice president of the company,
was quoted by the Beijing-based Economic Observer as telling a conference
on June 7.
Baidu has previously worked on
semi-autonomous cars with German
automaker BMW. Google of the United
States is also developing a driverless
car and has said it plans to test it on
public roads this year around its headquarters in California.
Alibaba is planning an internet
car that would use technology to provide a better driving experience including e-commerce, digital entertainment,
maps and communications services.
Tencent also has plans for an internet-connected car, while Chinese video
streaming platform Letv plans an electric vehicle.
But analysts say details of the automotive visions of Chinese technology
firms remain vague, and commercial
production is unlikely.
Baidus announcement follows a series of scandals.
The company was banned from
competing in an international artificial intelligence competition next year
after it was discovered that a team of
researchers cheated this year.
And last month it said it had
launched anti-corruption investigations into an unspecified number of
its own employees after reports three
department heads were being probed.
AFP
A women uses her mobile phone as she walks past a model of the Eiffel Tower
outside a mall in Beijing. Photo: AFP
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World
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Man declared
innocent after 43
years in solitary
US to bolster
support for antiIS training in Iraq
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MANILA
PHNOM PENH
PARAPLEGIC Venerando Acabal wriggles on a rust-eaten bed to soothe painful bedsores, in misery but also fearful
that privatisation plans for the Philippines only bone hospital will rob him
of his refuge.
The state-run Philippine Orthopaedic Centre, a cramped and dizzying
maze of rickety stretchers that spill out
of humid wards into dingy hallways,
has treated tens of thousands of patients for free since it opened in 1945.
But it is slated to close after a private firm last year won a contract to
replace it with an expanded new facility, part of a multi-billion-dollar privatisation program by President Benigno
Aquinos administration.
If they kick me out of here, I have
no choice but to go home and die in
my house, said 55-year-old carpenter
Mr Acabal, who has been bedridden at
the hospital since breaking his back in
a construction site accident four years
ago.
Despite wretched appearances, the
hospital is much-loved by the poor as
they can turn up, have complicated operations and stay for years even if they
do not have any money.
Of the nearly 7000 patients treated
last year, only two percent paid their
bills in full, according to hospital records, and the facilitys chief is worried
the charity will be severely curbed under private management.
Its difficult to reconcile profitability and service to the poor, hospital
director Jose Brittanio Pujalte told AFP.
Our patients here are the poorest
of the poor and they have nowhere else
to go.
The private operator, MegawideWorld Citi, has a contract to run the
hospital for 25 years from mid-2016
before having to hand it back to the
government.
It did not return requests from AFP.
When asked about the issue, the
head of the Philippines privatisation
office, Cosette Canilao, said the new
operators were contractually obliged to
only charge full rates to 10 percent of
patients.
She could not provide details on
whether the remaining 90 percent
would still be required to make some
payments.
Ms Canilao emphasised that privatisation was necessary to help upgrade
the Philippines woefully underfunded
health system.
There is an urgent need for us to
improve the health services for the
A young patient lies with with a metal-braced leg suspended on the posts of his
bed at the Philippine Orthopaedic Centre in Manila on May 27. Photo: AFP
KUALA LUMPUR
KUALA LUMPUR
Nude tourists
detained
CANBERRA
A man wearing a face mask checks his reflection on a building in an alleyway in Seoul on June 9. Photo: AFP
SEOUL
authorities stressed that the outbreak had not spread to communities outside hospital settings.
The nine dead had pre-existing
health conditions, the ministry
said, adding four patients so far
have recovered and were released
from hospital.
As the number of cases and
deaths has risen and public alarm
escalated, nearly 2500 schools
mostly in Seoul and surrounding
Gyeonggi province were closed
yesterday, up 300 from the previous day.
Local businesses including
shopping malls, movie theatres
and theme parks reported a sharp
drop in sales as people shunned
crowded public venues.
Acting Prime Minister Choi
Kyung-Hwan called for coopera-
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Australian Andrew Chan (right) and Myuran Sukumaran (centre) talk to their lawyer from a holding cell at Denpasar District
Court in Bali, Indonesia, in 2010. The pair were executed on April 29. Photo: EPA
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WASHINGTON
An Iraqi Shiite fighter from the Popular Mobilisation units inspects a burnt-out building in the city of Baiji, north of Tikrit, following battles in which the units fought
alongside Iraqi forces against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group to try to retake the strategic northern Iraqi town for a second time, on June 9. Photo: AFP
Weve determined
it is better to train
more Iraqi security
forces ... Wed like
to see more Sunnis
come into the
pipeline
and be trained
Colonel Steven Warren
Pentagon spokesperson
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released unconditionally and immediately, rather than the usual conditional release pending trial.
In addition to Mr Woodfoxs age
and poor health, the judge also listed
the courts lack of confidence in the
state to provide a fair third trial, the
prejudice done onto Mr Mr Woodfox
by spending over 40 years in solitary
confinement, and finally the very fact
that Mr Woodfox has already been
tried twice and would otherwise
face his third trial for a crime that
occurred over 40 years ago. AFP
JERUSALEM
I know Im often
portrayed as the
nuclear party
pooper ... I want
to tell you that
nobody in this
region believes
this deal will block
Irans path to the
bomb.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli prime minister
ROME
GENEVA
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PRETORIA
Ticking time
bomb for bees
IN A worrying development which
could threaten food production,
South Africas traditionally tough
honey bees which had been resistant to disease are now getting
sick of humans, with the population
of the crucial pollinators collapsing,
experts say.
The seriousness of the global
problem was highlighted when US
President Barack Obama announced
a plan last month to make millions of
acres of land more bee-friendly.
Loss of habitat, the increasing use
of pesticides and growing vulnerability to disease are blamed by many critics for the plight of the honey bees.
The environmental group Greenpeace, which has launched a campaign to save the insects, says that 70
out of the top 100 human food crops,
which supply about 90 percent of the
worlds nutrition, are pollinated by
bees.
In South Africa, an outbreak of
the lethal bacterial disease foulbrood
is spreading rapidly for the first time
in recent history, says Mike Allsopp,
honey bee specialist at the Agricultural Research Council in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province.
Its exactly the same as around the
world: The bees are sick of humans
and the pressures and the stresses
humans are putting on them, said
Mr Allsopp.
In the past they were less vulnerable because they werent stressed by
intensive bee-keeping and pesticides
and pollution.
The foulbrood hitting South Africa
is the American strain of the disease,
he said. The countrys bees have previously coped with the European version.
The fear is that the disease could
spread north through Africa, where
hundreds of thousands of people
work in small-scale bee farming, Mr
Allsopp said.
It is a ticking time bomb. Every
colony that Ive looked at that has
A beekeeper inspects a brood frame inside a bee hive suspected of having been infected with the foulbrood bacterial
disease on a farm near Durbanville, about 50 kilometres from Cape Town, on May 18. Photo: AFP
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honesty, sharing
Vung Deih Lun said the toy library would not only improve
relations between the kindergarten and the parents but also
would teach the youngsters the concept of borrowing and
bringing things back in good shape and on time.
This is our dream to communicate with the parents and it
finally came true, she said.
With five teachers and a Myanmar curriculum from 9am to
3pm, the kindergarten is one of three such schools owned by Go
Chin Zam, who also serves as local director of an international
Christian NGO called Operation Mobilization. The teachers are
mostly Christians, and Christian songs are sung and Bible stories
are read, but the education is secular, with all religions welcome.
The cost to send a child to this kindergarten is K10,000 per
month and the students bring their own lunch.
These toys make them very happy because most of the
parents cant afford these kinds of toys, she said. The children
get more confidence with toys like these, she said.
Ms Wicklein credited YNG social welfare group members Srey
Oun Brimble, Sata Seck, Intira Thepsittawiwat, Nina Kezman
Susnjar and a dozen others with making the project come to life.
This is probably the first toy library in Yangon and certainly
the first one in Dala township, Ms Wicklein said.
We would like to see this concept replicated all over
Myanmar and we are willing to help with this effort, she said.
When I came here I had a lot of toys to give away, which I
thought I would give to an orphanage, but then two months ago
we decided to form a group and donate toys.
Group member Babli Saha donated plastic zipper bags to each
student including a notebook, crayons, eraser and sharpener.
For Srey Oun Brimble, it was a first experience of donating to a
school. Im happy to do it, she said.
The YNG was founded in September, 2013, by author Jan
Social Welfare Group chair Irene Wicklein (centre) cuts a cake at the opening of the toy library. Photos: Stuart Alan Becker
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A woman extracts coffee beans from elephant dung. Photos: Christophe Archambault
An employee serves cups of Black Ivory Coffee at the luxury Anantara resort.
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U Lu Min announces the Myanmar Youth Micro Film contest at a press
conference. Photo: Facebook/Myanmar Youth Micro Film
STOCKHOLM
A sticker with a warning that reads (left), You wont catch chlamydia here. Youll
catch it after the beach party on Rhodes. Take care of yourself this summer.
Use a condom, and, (right) Get laid, get safe, on a toilet seat at the Vaesteras
airport, Stockholm. Photo: AFP/Patrik Lindkvist/Magic Circle
Yangoods crafts combine traditional heritage with pop art styling. Photo: Supplied
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8:40
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6:30
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7Y 132
2,4,6,7
9:35
10:45
YH 917
Daily
6:10
8:30
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:50
10:45
7Y 131
Daily
7:15
10:05
K7 223
1,3,5
9:45
11:00
YJ 891
1,2
6:20
8:25
K7 223
1,3,5
8:55
11:00
Y5 649
Daily
10:30
12:45
YJ 761
Daily
12:25
17:00
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
8:35
YH 918
Daily
8:30
10:25
YJ 751
1,3,4,5,6,7 11:00
12:10
7Y 242
1,3,5
15:55
18:45
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
8:40
6T 806
2,4,6
10:30
11:40
YH 737
3,5,7
11:00
12:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:00
19:00
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
7:40
YJ 212
5,7
10:40
12:35
YH 727
11:30
12:55
YH 728
16:15
18:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
8:55
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
12:00
13:25
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
15:45
YH 738
3,5,7
16:25
18:35
W9 201
Daily
7:00
8:25
YJ 761
1,2,4
13:10
17:00
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
15:40
W9 129
1,3,6
16:55
19:10
W9201
7:00
8:25
YJ 602
15:40
17:35
W9 129
1,3,6
15:30
16:40
8M 6603
9:00
10:10
7Y 242
1,3,5
16:40
18:45
YJ 601
11:00
12:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:50
19:00
YJ 761
1,2,4
11:00
12:55
YH 728
17:00
18:25
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
14:00
W9 152/W97152
17:05
18:30
YH 737
3,5,7
11:00
13:10
Y5 776
Daily
17:10
18:20
YH 727
11:30
13:40
W9 211
17:10
19:15
W9 251
2,5
11:30
12:55
YH 738
3,5,7
17:10
18:35
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
16:25
8M 6604
17:20
18:30
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
16:35
8M 903
1,2,4,5,7
17:20
18:30
Y5 234
Daily
15:20
16:30
YH 730
2,4,6
17:45
19:10
W9 211
15:30
16:55
W9 252
2,5
18:15
19:40
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight
MYEIK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Dep
Arr
Y5 325
1,5
6:45
8:15
Y5 326
1,5
8:35
10:05
1,3,5,7
7:00
9:05
6T 706
2,4,6
8:55
10:05
6T 705
2,4,6
7:30
8:40
7Y 532
2,4,6
15:35
17:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
13:20
K7 320
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:35
Y5 325
15:30
17:00
Y5 326
17:15
18:45
SO 201
Daily
8:20
10:40
SO 202
Daily
13:20
15:40
Flight
Days
Dep
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
K7 422
2,4,6
8:00
9:55
K7 423
2,4,6
10:10
11:30
7Y 413
1,3,5,7
10:30
12:20
7Y 414
1,3,5,7
12:35
13:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
12:55
W9 309
1,3,6
13:10
14:55
6T 611
Daily
11:45
12:55
6T 612
Daily
13:15
14:20
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
7:55
SO 101
Daily
7:00
8:00
ND 910
1,2,3,4,5
7:15
8:15
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
8:10
13:25
ND 105
1,2,3,4,5
10:45
11:40
ND 9102
1,2,3,4,5
8:35
9:35
ND 107
11:25
12:20
ND 104
1,2,3,4,5
9:20
10:15
Flight
Days
ND 109
1,2,3,4,5
14:55
15:40
ND 106
10:00
10:55
K7 422
2,4,6
1,3,5
YANGON TO THANDWE
Dep
THANDWE TO YANGON
Dep
Arr
K7 = Air KBZ
14:25
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
13:50
7Y 413
12:05
14:20
SO 102
Daily
18:00
19:00
ND 9110
1,2,3,4,5
18:20
19:20
7Y 413
11:00
11:50
W9 309
1,3,6
14:05
14:55
Y5 421
1,3,4,6
15:45
16:40
Y5 422
1,3,4,6
16:55
17:50
YANGON TO DAWEI
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
6:30
8:55
6T 806
2,4,6
9:10
11:40
YH 826
1,3.5.7
7:00
9:40
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
10:35
13:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
10:20
YH 827
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:55
YJ 233
11:00
15:10
YJ 234
15:25
18:15
W9 251
2,5
11:30
14:25
W9 252
2,5
16:45
19:40
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
YH = Yangon Airways
DAWEI TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YJ = Asian Wings
K7 319
1,3,5,7
7:00
8:10
YH 634
2,4,6
12:15
13:25
6T = AirMandalay
FMI (ND) = FMI Air Charter
YH 633
2,4,6
7:00
8:25
K7 320
1,3,5,7
12:25
13:35
SO 201
Daily
8:20
9:40
6T 708
3,5,7
14:15
15:15
6T 707
3,5,7
10:30
11:30
SO 202
Daily
14:20
15:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
12:20
7Y 532
2,4,6
16:35
17:40
YANGON TO LASHIO
Dep
SO = APEX Airlines
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
17:55
2,4,6
Airline Codes
11:30
13:30
Days
13:55
17:00
Flight
9:10
6T 805
11:35
1,2,3,4,5
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
1,3,5
ND 110
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
2,4,6
ND 108
Arr
10:25
10:35
10:45
11:00
19:00
19:10
18:45
7Y 413
19:20
Dep
7:45
7:55
8:05
8:05
17:40
17:50
17:25
K7 422
18:00
Days
Daily
1,2
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
1,3,6
1,3,5
Tel: 656969
Fax: 656998, 651020
8:55
18:25
Flight
YH 918
YJ 891
7Y 132
K7 223
K7 225
W9 129
7Y 242
11:20
17:00
Arr
7:20
7:45
7:40
7:50
7:50
17:25
17:10
17:35
17:40
17:35
8:00
Dep
6:00
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
10:30
1,2,3,4,5
Days
5,7
Daily
1,2
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,3,6
4
1
Days
ND 111
Flight
YJ 211
YH 917
YJ 891
K7 222
7Y 131
K7 224
7Y 241
W9 129
W9 211
W9 129
Flight
ND 9109
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
Arr
7Y 413
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
SITTWE TO YANGON
Arr
Days
K7 319
YANGON TO SITTWE
Domestic Airlines
LASHIO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
13:00
YJ 752
YJ 751
3,5,7
11:00
13:15
YH 730
YANGON TO PUTAO
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
3,5,7
16:10
17:55
2,4,6
16:45
19:10
PUTAO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 826
1,3,5,7
7:00
10:35
YH 827
1,3,5,7
10:35
13:55
W9 251
2,5
11:30
15:25
W9 252
2,5
15:45
19:40
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without notice
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3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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YANGON TO BANGKOK
Days
Dep
Arr
PG 706
Daily
6:15
8M 335
Daily
7:40
TG 304
Daily
9:50
PG 702
Daily
10:30
TG 302
Daily
15:00
PG 708
Daily
15:15
8M 331
Daily
16:30
PG 704
Daily
18:20
Y5 237
Daily
19:00
TG 306
Daily
19:45
YANGON TO DON MUEANG
8:30
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:55
17:10
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:40
DD 4231
Daily
8:00
FD 252
Daily
8:30
FD 254
Daily
17:30
DD 4239
Daily
21:00
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
9:50
10:15
19:05
22:45
8M 231
Daily
8:25
Y5 2233
Daily
9:45
TR 2823
Daily
9:45
SQ 997
Daily
10:35
3K 582
Daily
11:15
MI 533
2,6
13:45
MI 519
Daily
17:30
3K 584
2,3,5
19:15
YANGON TO KUALA LUMPUR
12:50
14:15
14:25
15:10
15:45
20:50
22:05
23:45
8M 501
AK 505
MH 741
MH 743
AK 503
11:50
12:50
16:30
20:05
23:45
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
1,2,3,5,6
7:50
Daily
8:30
Daily
12:15
Daily
15:45
Daily
19:30
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
TG 303
Daily
7:55
PG 701
Daily
8:50
Y5 238
Daily
21:30
8M 336
Daily
10:40
TG 301
Daily
13:05
PG 707
Daily
13:40
PG 703
Daily
16:45
TG 305
Daily
17:50
8M 332
Daily
19:15
PG 705
Daily
20:15
DON MUEANG TO YANGON
8:50
9:40
22:20
11:25
14:00
14:30
17:35
18:45
20:00
21:30
DD 4230
Daily
6:20
FD 251
Daily
7:15
FD 253
Daily
16:20
DD 4238
Daily
19:30
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
7:05
8:00
17:00
20:15
TR 2822
Daily
7:20
Y5 2234
Daily
7:20
SQ 998
Daily
7:55
3K 581
Daily
8:55
MI 533
2,6
11:35
8M 232
Daily
13:50
MI 518
Daily
15:15
3K 583
2,3,5
17:05
KUALA LUMPUR TO YANGON
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:25
12:55
15:15
16:40
18:35
AK 504
MH 740
8M 502
MH 742
AK 502
8:00
11:15
13:50
14:50
19:00
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Daily
6:55
Daily
10:05
1,2,3,5,6
12:50
Daily
13:40
Daily
17:50
BEIJING TO YANGON
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
CA 906
3,5,7
23:50 05:50+1
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
CA 905
3,5,7
19:30
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
22:50
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
3,6
8:40
1,5
14:40
2,4,7
14:15
TAIPEI TO YANGON
10:25
16:30
15:50
1,2,3,5,6
7:00
KUNMING TO YANGON
9:55
Flights
Flights
CI 7916
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
2,4,7
8:40
3,6
11:25
1,5
17:30
YANGON TO TAIPEI
13:15
16:15
22:15
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
1,2,3,5,6
10:50
YANGON TO KUNMING
Arr
16:15
Flights
CI 7915
Arr
Flights
Days
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
Dep
Dep
Daily
12:15
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 15:20
YANGON TO HANOI
Days
Dep
Days
Days
15:55
18:45
18:40
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Arr
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
3
8:25
Daily
10:45
1,2,4,5,6,7 13:55
HANOI TO YANGON
Days
11:50
11:15
14:30
Dep
Arr
VN 956
1,3,5,6,7
19:10
21:30
YANGON TO HO CHI MINH CITY
VN 957
1,3,5,6,7
16:50
18:10
HO CHI MINH CITY TO YANGON
VN 942
VN 943
Flights
Flights
QR 919
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
2,4,7
14:25
YANGON TO DOHA
17:15
1,4,6
8:00
YANGON TO SEOUL
11:10
Arr
Arr
Flights
Flights
QR 918
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
KA 252
KA 250
Arr
Flights
Days
5
1,2,3,4,6,7
Arr
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
Days
NH 814
Daily
Dep
21:45
06:50+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Days
BG 061
BG 061
Flights
Dep
1:30
1:10
1,6
4
Dep
15:35
13:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Flights
Y5 251
7Y 305
8:05
12:50
2,4,6
1,5
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
Days
8M 601
AI 236
Flights
Days
2
1,5
Dep
13:10
14:05
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
AI 228
Flights
Dep
3,5,6
7:00
2
13:10
YANGON TO DELHI
AI 236
AI 701
Flights
6:15
11:00
1,5
Dep
14:05
YANGON TO MUMBAI
AI 773
Days
1,5
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:55
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:30
Arr
Arr
8:20
15:05
Arr
Dep
Days
Dep
Flights
9:25
13:45
GAYA TO YANGON
Days
Dep
2
9:20
3,5,6
9:20
DELHI TO YANGON
Days
2
1,5
Dep
9:20
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Days
AI 227
1,5
Dep
10:35
MUMBAI TO YANGON
AI 675
Days
1,5
Dep
6:10
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
12:00
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
2,6
Dep
7:20
11:35
Flights
15:00
FD 244
Arr
Flights
Arr
12:30
10:40
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Flights
Flights
22:30
Dep
INCHEON TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
16:40
1,6
4
AI 235
8M 602
PG 709
Arr
Days
15:40
Arr
14:55
13:05
Days
Daily
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
13:00
Flights
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:00
Air India
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Arr
Arr
12:0
12:30
Arr
12:20
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
16:30
15:00
Arr
12:15
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
KE = Korea Airlines
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways
PG = Bangkok Airways
QR = Qatar Airways
SQ = Singapore Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Arr
12:50
Arr
19:00
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4
5
6
7
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CZ = China Southern
Arr
10:15
14:35
16:30
20:50
14:15
11:00
AK = Air Asia
Arr
Y5 252
7Y 306
Flights
Arr
Daily
Dep
DHAKA TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
Arr
TOKYO TO YANGON
Days
Arr
00:30+1
23:30
18:10
12:00
AI 235
AI 401
22:35
Dep
22:50
21:45
Arr
22:25
23:25
W9 608
4,7
17:20
PG 723
1,3,5,6
11:05
CHIANG MAI TO YANGON
16:30
19:50
15:05
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
16:10
15:05
Days
NH 813
17:00
15:10
W9 607
4,7
14:20
PG 724
1,3,5,6
13:10
YANGON TO CHIANG MAI
Flights
Flights
Tel: 09254049991~3
06:25+1
5:55
5:45
Flights
Arr
3,5,7
20:40
SEOUL TO YANGON
KA 251
KA 251
13:25
KE 471
Daily
18:45
0Z 769
3,6
19:50
HONG KONG TO YANGON
Arr
2,4,7
11:50
DOHA TO YANGON
0Z 770
4,7
0:35
9:10
KE 472
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
YANGON TO HONG KONG
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Myanmar Medallists
Silver
Athletics:
Billiards:
Bronze
Womens 800m (Swe Li Myint)
Mens 9-Ball Pool Singles (Maung
Maung)
Mens English Billiards Team
Athletics:
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June 10 sports ended Billiards, Boxing, Equestrianism, Gymnastics, Softball
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June 11 sports ending Swimming
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
SINGAPORE
60
51
64
175
VIETNAM
48
23
44
115
THAILAND
46
54
41
141
MALAYSIA
27
31
38
96
INDONESIA
22
28
42
92
PHILIPPINES
21
23
36
80
MYANMAR
11
19
19
49
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28 THE MYANMAR TIMES JunE 11, 2015
SEA GAmES
Hockey heartbreak as
Myanmar loses shot at gold
mATT ROEbuck
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Malaysias Sufi Ismat Rohulamin (left) and Myanmars Zar Ni (right) fight for the ball during a Mens Preliminary Hockey match on June 10. Malaysia, the gold medal
favourites, won 2-0. Photo: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee/Action Images via Reuters