" Nay PYi Taw, 29 Jan — The Office of the Attorney- General of the Union appointed 600 law officers (grade-4) over the period of five fiscal years, Deputy Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo told the Pyithu Hluttaw session on Thursday while he was responding to a question raised by a representative who asked whether the office had plans to appoint more law officers. However, the deputy attorney-general said there were still 229 vacant posts for deputy township law officers in the entire country. A total of 150 law officers recruited in 2013- 14 fiscal year completed their training course at the Central Civil Service University on 12 December and they were appointed to vacant posts while another 150 recruited in 2014-15 fiscal year were still under training at the university, according to the deputy attorney- general. Two other representatives at the session submitted motions urging the government to form ward/ village teams for prevention of drug abuse and to crack down drug trafficking as a public campaign enlisting personnel form the Ministry of Home affairs, other related ministries, judicial authorities, and members of fire brigade, Red Cross societies and social organizations. D Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint explained the measures being taken for eradication of drug abuse, future plans and cooperation with the international community. The two motions on narcotic drug elimination were approved by the Pyithu Hluttaw session."