HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw raises questions on land disputes - Nay Pyi Taw, 12 June — Deputy Minister for Defence Maj-Gen Kyaw Nyunt responded to questions on land disputes at the Pyithu Hluttaw session on Friday. Representative U Khin Maung Nyo of Pauk Constituency raised questions on land confiscated for a factory of the Ministry of Defence. He requested the ministry pay decent compensation to land owners, relocate posts on the land, and allow farmers to grow crops on vacant land. The deputy minister said that a total of 3,390 acres of land were confiscated for construction of a factory for defence industry in Pauk Township and compensation of K17.4 million was paid to land owners in 2011. He also added that peasants are allowed to grow crops in places where security of the factory cannot be breached, while posts will not be relocated, as they have been erected in the correct places. Representative U Zaw Tun of Moemauk Constituency asked whether the ministry has plans to release 67 acres of land owned by 12 farmers in his constituency. The deputy minister said the land was confiscated for an artillery regiment and families of the regiment are working on the land at present. However, the land is too close to military facilities and cannot be returned to former land owners, the deputy minister added. Representative U Ye Tun of Hsipaw Constituency raised a question about 40 acres of land confiscated by a battalion in his constituency. The deputy minister said the land will be released to the former owners. The Pyithu Hluttaw approved the bill for television and radio broadcasting sent back by the Amyotha Hluttaw. —MNA.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Central and work committees meet for successful convening of Hluttaw sessions...Gov?t must examine proposed changes to ceasefire deal: senior MPC adviser...Donations fund cochlear implant surgery for children...High-yield Palethwe paddy seeds planted in Nyaungshwe Tsp...YCDC puts low-cost housing complex out to tender...CCDAC manages anti-drug campaign for Yinmar project...Kyaukme Tsp honours basketball team...Pre-school students receive medical checkups...Betel plantations thriving in Pobbathiri Tsp...1,200 saplings planted in monsoon tree-growing ceremony...Chinese Wushu master trains Myanmar students...Local youths attend talks on maternal, child healthcare...Pinlebu TV begins digital broadcasting.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Financial institutions meet to deal with dollar exchange rate surge...MRTV channels, radio to broadcast live semifinal Myanmar-Vietnam semifinal football match...GMS Economic Corridors Forum eyes establishment of new special economic zones in Mekong...Union Industry Minister meets German delegation...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Chinese ambassador...Thai PM, Union Minister award champion Thai team in Sepak Takraw event...Spectators leave for Singapore to give cheers to Myanmar U-23 team...Myanmar athletes back from Singapore...Myanmar have gold on minds ahead of semifinal clash with Vietnam - By Ye Myint....."PERSPECTIVES": "Instability and poverty have hand in migration problem" - By Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Let him go the way he is destined to" - Aye Pe (Padaung).