Myanmar removes some townships from no-election list


YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) on Tuesday (Oct 27) announced the removal of some townships in two states from the list of no-voting areas for the upcoming general elections.

On Oct 16, the commission called off polls in some places of Bago region, Kachin, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine and Shan states, citing that the areas do not meet a condition to hold free and fair elections.

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