Yangon - Myanmar has abolished one of themost authoritarian laws used by previous military regimes tosilence political opponents, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. 
	The Emergency Provisions Act gave authorities broad powers to hold people without charge and allowed courts to convict on scanty evidence. 
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