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Aung San Su Kyi gives a speech about constitutional reform in Rangoon to thousands of supporters on May 17. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy) B y  Simon Roughneen       The Irrawaddy June 3, 2014 RANGOON  — Aung San Suu Kyi’s constitutional reform roadshow is due to hit Sittwe sometime over the coming weeks, but it is not yet confirmed whether the opposition leader will speak in the troubled Arakan State capital. “It is not sure yet whether The Lady will travel,” said Kyi Toe, a senior member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), referring to Suu Kyi by her popular nickname. “We are still in planning,” Kyi Toe told The Irrawaddy on Monday. With Suu Kyi, an MP, currently attending the recently reconvened Parliament in Naypyidaw, June 28 and July 12 dates have been proposed for the event. Burma’s biggest opposition party, the NLD, along with the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society, a group of prominent former student dissidents, are jointly campaigning to

Myanmar Border Guard Police along Myanmar-Bangladesh Border By MYARF Rvision TV June 2, 2014 Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) or Security Police Force in different township in Arakan state have recently started to commit atrocities Rohingyas in order to extort money from them. The BGP has been going rampant for weeks and arresting people under arbitrary accusations. Following cases have taken place recently. …………………………………………………………………………. Case #1: Border Guard Police Arbitrarily Arrested Young Rohingya Boy in southern Maungdaw for Money There is a Border Guard Police (BGP) station based at Ye-bun-pying (Boddil) Village of Padin village tract in southern Maungdaw. Around 10PM on 30th May 2014, Ten Police Personnel from the station arrested ‘Rahimullah (son of) Shomshu (of Age 23) from his house at the village of Kayintan (Gojjon Dia) of Padin village tract. When other people in the village came out of their homes to ask why he was arrested, the Police shot warning-shots