* By-elections: NLD wins 50% of contested seats; opposition parties accuse Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD of violating regulations. * Burma is declared 3rd highest at risk of state-led mass killings. * Aung San Suu Kyi acknowledges problems in Arakan State, but denies it is ethnic cleansing. National Security Advisor opposes UN Human Rights Council factfinding mission to Arakan. * Some Arakan State IDPs return home but are not permitted to rebuild houses. * New accounts surface of rape, killings, and helicopter attacks on civilians. Another Rohingya is killed for speaking to media. * Telecommunications Law: New cases, new sentences, and new proposals to amend it. * Rights groups call for the release of all political prisoners. * Tatmadaw commander-in-chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing enjoys red carpet treatment on visit to Germany and Austria. * An NLD MP apologizes for slapping a constituent after vide of incident goes viral. * President Htin Kyaw visits China: China now willing to shelve notorious Myitsone dam project in exchange for other natural resource and economic opportunities.