A judge, lawyer and three police officers from Chin State’s Mindat Township have been reported to Burma’s anti-corruption commission. Referring them on November 5 were five civil society organizations (CSOs) and an alleged victim. The case in question involved a motorbike accident near Mindat public hospital in 2017 involving two men: Hung Ling Ngai and Maung Thang Ki Hung. Both filed a court case, leading to Hung Ling Ngai being detained. Mindat CSOs wrote a report accusing Judge Tun Tun Naing and lawyer Aung Soe Thein of extorting 200,000 kyats (US$125) each from Hung Ling Ngai while he was in…
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By Moe Kyaw – A woman from Chin State charged with illegal entry to India in the border state of Mizoram says that she left Burma fearing for her personal security—others say it was to avoid paying a debt. Tuan Kil, who is being detained in Aizawl’s central prison, appeared in court on Monday and spoke to Khonumthung News about the circumstances that led to her arrest on October 24. Tuan Kil has been accused by a man named Dr. Shur Hein of borrowing—and not repaying—400 million kyats (more than US$250,000) and of fleeing the country to avoid repercussions. She…
By Moe Kyaw – The Chin Relief Society hopes to open branch offices in all of Mizoram State’s eight districts next year, the organization’s chairperson said last week. Pu K. Thangkhuma, the head of the group, said in a general meeting in Aizawl town on November 10 that this expansion would take place in order to help ethnic Chin people arriving across the Indian border in Mizoram. It would also counter actions by government and non-governmental groups which might be harmful to the community, he explained. “We will begin our implementation of the plan in early 2019. Our organization doesn’t have…
By Lalnuna – The Swedish government will provide assistance focused on poverty eradication, health care, and promoting human rights and gender equality, a diplomat said in Kalay, Sagaing Region this week. Johan Hallenborg, the minister counsellor and head of office for Sweden’s section office in Yangon, made his first visit to Chin State from November 5-10. In Kalay, at the end of his trip, he told journalists at the GBH Hotel on Sunday about Sweden’s five-year plan to increase aid to the region, noting that he saw “many difficulties” and that poverty eradication was “very slow.” “Health care and the…
Yangon-based Chin civil society organizations (CSOs) and the Burmese government have agreed to cooperate in helping repatriate Chin refugees now in Malaysia and India. The move follows a June decision by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to no longer resettle or designate refugee status for people from Chin State, describing it as no longer being an active conflict area. Representatives from the All Chin Society-Yangon (ACSY)—made up of 19 organizations—met with Vice President Henry Van Thio on November 3. According to ACSY chairperson Peter Cung, the decision to collaborate in working with Chin refugees was made then. “Some…
(Mizo version) – (The Chinland Post = TCP , Tuan Kil= TK) TCP :- Dr. Sui Hingz nen hian engtin nge in inhriat dan? TK – Ka thiannu Cerpi, Hakha awm nen kum 2014 khan Sui Hings chu Moe Hein (Restaurant)-ah zanriah kan kil pui a, chuta tangin kan inhria. Chuan Hakha a rawn kal apiangin thiante nen kan leng ho thina Timit, Tita-ah te kal hoin kan inti hlim thin. Kum 2017 khan Pawisa 3%, 5% pungin puk tur min zawn sak rawh a ti a, chuta tang chuan kan thawk dun tan a. Kei chu Pawl 4 pass chauh…
The construction of a building honoring all ethnic Chin tribes is now underway in Yangon. The structure is being built under the leadership of the All Chin Society-Yangon (ACSY)—a network of 19 civil society organizations—and will be located on the corner of Anawrahta and Konbaung roads in east Dagon Township. According to ACSY chairperson Peter Cung, the building will house a guesthouse, museum, an event hall, and offices for Chin representatives of different groups. The project is being financed by members of the Chin community. ACSY applied for permission to create the building, make a fence, dig a well, and…
The Union Solidarity and Development Party’s (USDP) candidate for a vacant Lower House seat in Kanpetlet Township acknowledged his defeat in Saturday’s by-election, which was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD). “I’m satisfied with the election result because the votes came from the people. This by-election was fair,” the candidate, Mana Naing, said of the November 3 race. In addition to the NLD and USDP, the Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) and Chin Progressive Party (CPP) competed to represent Kanpetlet. Mana Naing lost to the NLD’s candidate U Nyunt Win by 556 votes. Mana Naing attributed his defeat…
The Chin League for Democracy (CLD) and the National League for Democracy (NLD) each won representation in Saturday’s by-elections in Chin State. NLD candidate U Nyunt Win secured a vacant Lower House seat in Kanpetlet Township, and the CLD’s Awng Liang won a state parliament seat in Matupi Township. Candidates from the NLD, Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP), Chin Progressive Party (CPP), and the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) competed for the Lower House seat. In that race, U Nyunt Win earned 3,083 votes, while the USDP’s Maner Nai got 2,527 votes. The CNDP’s Ke Thang Lun received…
A second landmine victim in as many months in Chin State’s Paletwa Township has been transferred to an out-of-state hospital to treat injuries described as critical. Huay Tang, a 35-year-old father of six, stepped on a landmine on Monday after searching for edible plants with five other locals in the jungle near Yap Chaung village. Ko Aung Kyaw, of the Paletwa Social Welfare Team, told Khonumthung News that Huay Tang was moved to a hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, on Tuesday. “He got serious landmine injuries. His situation is critical,” Ko Aung Kyaw said, explaining that much of Huay Tang’s…