More than 860 prisoners from Mon State prisons were pardoned in a third round of the presidential pardons on Tuesday. According to the Mon State Prison Department, a total of 862 prisoners were granted amnesty. They are among the 6,520 pardoned prisoners across the country. The pardon included two Reuters …
Read More »President Win Myint pardons over 9000 prisoners, including more than 900 from Mon State
The Myanmar government began releasing prisoners on April 17, after President U Win Myint granted amnesty to 9,551 prisoners on the first day of the traditional New Year. Of all pardoned prisoners, 925 were being held in Mon State’s prisons, 363 in Mawlamyine Prison and 43 in Thaton Prison. One …
Read More »Illicit drug crimes increasing in Mon State
The Superintendent Office of the Mon State Police Department revealed criminal cases related to illicit drug trading have increased in Mon State.
Read More »Mon Gov’t’s ‘Linn Yone’ Project causes challenges to some public for their daily life
Mon State Government’s 100-day traffic safety enforcement project, the Linn Yone Project, has led to cases of injustice and has had negative impacts on the public.
Read More »Five new Ward/ Village Tract administrators face legal action
Mon State elected 466 new ward/village tract administrators last year. However, five administrators from across four townships now face legal action, according to U Myint Than Win,
Read More »Mon State’s GAD takes aim at corrupt, abusive officials in administrative purge
Mon State is undertaking administrative house cleaning, with legal proceedings underway against eight ward and village administrators involved in alleged land disputes, corruption or abuses of power,
Read More »Kyaiktiyo Pagoda takes action against unsavory vendors
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda has cracked down on vendors selling unhealthy and unsanitary food on the pagoda grounds. Twenty-two vendors were issued a warning
Read More »Robberies, road accidents top crime register in Mon State
Robberies and traffic accidents are the most frequent crimes committed in Mon State so far this year,
Read More »Thaton and Bilin top Mon State toll collections list
Three months after Mon State municipal authorities began collecting road tolls, the results are in: Thaton and Bilin collected the highest quantities in city entry fees,
Read More »Amid meager rural development allowance, Bilu Island lacks funds for road repair
Townships in Mon State say they are struggling to achieve much in the way of development due to the limited budget allocated to rural development
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