A report said Salai Lian Luai, Chief Minister of Chin state will be invited to attend at the greatest cultural festival of Mizo (Chin) people, which will be held on 1 and 2 April 2018. The program was arranged by Pu Lal Thanhawla, Chief Minister of Mizoram and Chapchar Kut Organizing Committee on 10 January and they had decided to invite Chin state Chief Minister Pu Lian Luai as Father of the festival and other various Chin tribes will also be invited, highlighted in The Aizawl Post newspapers. In the first day of the festival, Mizo cultural sports will be…
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A local of Burdukbanga village name Jitua Tongchangya (26) in Lawngtlai district, Mizoram has severely injured after an explosion of landmine at Indo-Myanmar border and he has been admitted at Lawngtlai civil hospital on 15 January 2018. The Aizawl Post newspapers said that Jitua Tongchangya and his friend Morokto Tongchangya were trampled on the landmine while they were searching foods in the forest. “Jitua Tongchangya lost his left leg and severely injured his right heel. But his life is not dangerous condition. His friend is not injured,” said a local. A report said that the landmine was trapped in Indian…
Private illegal loggers from the Sagaing Region are extracting precious timbers from the Chin State’s Tonzang Township every day, according to a village administrator. Sialthawzang Village Administrator said the illegal loggers from Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region are extracting teak and pyinkado in the upper area of the village in Tonzang Township. “Teak and pyinkado are abundant in that area. Private illegal loggers from Kalaymyo are smuggling them. Around two or three logging trucks are carrying them every night,” said the village administrator Pu Khen. Sialthawzang Village is located furthest from Tonzang town and it shares border with Kalay Township. The forest…
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The Seventh Day Church’s elder and military retired, U Than Za Pau said that military has claimed to construction in the lands of 13 households and Church-owned (a total of approximately 2 acres) in ward 4, Chanmyint-Aungsyi block, Kalaymyo, as their engineer has included those lands in the master plan, then they had initiated to confiscate it since August 2017. “On the first day of August 2017, the military in-charge, officials and other officers of Land and Revenue department came and claimed the residents’ lands and Church-owned land next to LIB 228 military camp. Then we had argument on that…
A report said that on going fighting between Myanmar army and Arakan army (AA) in Paletwa township, southern Chin state has displaced over 300 villagers and has killed a student on 8th November 2017. According to Chin state government’s press release, Arakan army (AA) fired a boat with Myanmar military personnel on Kaladan river, near Nun Bu village, Paletwa township on 8 November, and that resulted in a student was shot dead and three villagers were injured on the spot. Besides, the intensified fighting between Myanmar military LIB (378) and AA on 2 November had displaced at least 309 locals…
The state level 70th anniversary of Chin National Day will be held on 20th February 2018 in Hakha, capital city of Chin state. The decision making on celebration of Chin National Day had been made in Hakha Parliament assembly hall between Chin state government and members of Parliament on 13 October. Then they had decided to hold it in Hakha. Although many people believe that the upcoming National Day has to be held in Paletwa town previously, the place was changed to Haka as there will be some problem in regards of transportation and accommodation in Paletwa, said U Pau Lun…
Chinlad Natural Resource Watch Group (CNRWG) has introduced its Natural resource management policies (draft) in press conference at Majesty Hotel, Kalamyo on 22 October 2017. “We need many viewpoints from many angles to have better policy for state. I believed that the viewpoints of civil societies are important, as civil society viewpoint can make good policy, that’s why we had arranged this conference, and we had been prepared this policy draft from 2013,” said U Lian Khan Thuam, director of CNRWG. CNRWG will introduce Natural resource management policies (draft) with 10 Chapters to the concern Chin state authorities, members of…
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