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KUALA LUMPUR (Nikkei Markets) -- Malaysia Friday named Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, who had earlier probed graft allegations at a state-investment fund, as the new governor of the central bank. [1]

Binaifer Nowrojee is regional director for Asia Pacific at Open Society Foundations, the world's largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights. [2]

This is the ninth installment in the The Dictators series by The Irrawaddy that delves into the lives and careers of Burma’s two most infamous military chiefs and the cohorts that surrounded them. (confirmed by 2 sources) [3]

NAYPYITAW—U Shwe Mann, founder of the Union Betterment Party (UBP) and former ally of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has said he will not run in the November election. [4]

MUMBAI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has named former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das as the Reserve Bank of India's new governor, just one day after the abrupt exit of Urjit Patel. [5]

Saw Mra Raza Lin, a prominent ethnic Arakanese leader who has lived in exile in Bangladesh for 24 years, returned to Burma this week, reports the Narinjara news agency. [6]

NAYPYIDAW — When news of his removal from the top post of the ruling party broke last August, most observers assumed Shwe Mann’s political career was all but over. [7]

NAYPYITAW — “I am not a turncoat,” said Thura Shwe Mann, the former head of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the current chairman of the Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission of Myanmar’s Parliament predominated b... [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-06-22 · 50% match

Malaysia names a former deputy governor to head central bank

KUALA LUMPUR (Nikkei Markets) -- Malaysia Friday named Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, who had earlier probed graft allegations at a state-investment fund, as the new governor of the central bank.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-08-06 · 50% match

It is way too early to celebrate Najib's historic corruption sentence

Binaifer Nowrojee is regional director for Asia Pacific at Open Society Foundations, the world's largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-05-03 · 45% match

The Dictators: Part 9—Than Shwe Becomes King

This is the ninth installment in the The Dictators series by The Irrawaddy that delves into the lives and careers of Burma’s two most infamous military chiefs and the cohorts that surrounded them.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-08-10 · 44% match

Former Suu Kyi Ally Behind New Political Party Bows Out of Myanmar Election

NAYPYITAW—U Shwe Mann, founder of the Union Betterment Party (UBP) and former ally of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has said he will not run in the November election.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-12-12 · 44% match

India names key figure in bank-note ban as central bank chief

MUMBAI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has named former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das as the Reserve Bank of India's new governor, just one day after the abrupt exit of Urjit Patel.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-08-30 · 44% match

Exiled Arakanese Leader Returns to Burma

Saw Mra Raza Lin, a prominent ethnic Arakanese leader who has lived in exile in Bangladesh for 24 years, returned to Burma this week, reports the Narinjara news agency.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-02-04 · 44% match

NLD Patronage May Offer Shwe Mann Political Lifeline

NAYPYIDAW — When news of his removal from the top post of the ruling party broke last August, most observers assumed Shwe Mann’s political career was all but over.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-06-15 · 43% match

‘I Am Not a Turncoat’: Thura Shwe Mann

NAYPYITAW — “I am not a turncoat,” said Thura Shwe Mann, the former head of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the current chairman of the Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission of Myanmar’s Parliament predominated b

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-09-16 · 43% match

Myanmar Military MP Echoes Dictator, Suggests Current Democracy ‘Chaotic’

NAYPYITAW—In an address to an event marking the International Day of Democracy in Naypyitaw on Sunday, a military appointee to the Lower House of Parliament implied that the country’s current democracy is “chaotic.” “Myanmar’s democracy must be a dis

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-05-02 · 43% match

Sheik Salman Elected President of Asian Football

Sheik Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain won a landslide victory to be elected president of the Asian Football Confederation on Thursday, replacing longtime rival Mohamed bin Hammam.

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