Myanmar Lawyers' Network (MLN) is planning to sue the government
and a private company for developing a hotel project at a
heritage building in downtown Yangon, the state-run New Light of
Myanmar quoted MLN executive Soe Tint as saying at a protest on
Wednesday. About 200 lawyers took part in the protest.
Located at the heart of the commercial city and overlooking
the Yangon River, the 90-year old building used to house the
Yangon Division Court and township courts till 2012. The Second
Parliament Meeting was held in that building after Myanmar won
independence from the British in 1948, the paper added.
(link.reuters.com/vet69v)
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NOTE: Reuters has not verified this story and does not vouch
for its accuracy.
(Yangon Newsroom; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)
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