After two decades of relentlessly fighting the Burmese government, the Chin National Front (CNF) has said that the reason it took up arms was only to protect Chin nationals.
Author: Editor
14 November 2011: Local people in western Chin state have alleged that there is religious discrimination in nine schools, operating in the border areas set up for ethnic development since 2003.
A complaint was filed by local Chin Christians from the northern and eastern bridge of Mung River in Kanpetlet Township, Southern Chin state to Naypyidaw on November 9 regarding demolition of Christian crosses.
During the second Chin state parliament assembly session on November 8 and 9 in Hakha town, most parliament members submitted only questions, said U Kyaw Nyain, Minister of Mining and Forest.
The executive committee of the Chin Refugees Committee (CRC) based in New Delhi the capital of India, made an emergency announcement yesterday for the security of community members.
Half of the 50 Burmese traders operating on the No-2, Indo-Burma border trade road have stopped work due to the falling exchange rate between the Kyat and the Indian Rupee.
A new administrator for Than Tlang Township, Chin state was appointed in the last week of October after the authorities summoned Mr. Chit Ko Ko, former administrator to Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma.
An imposter, posing as a member of the Chin National Army (CNA), who was collecting money from local people, was arrested by the Burmese Army in Chin state on November 5.
The Chin National Party (CNP) will submit a motion in the ensuing session of the state assembly from 8 November 2011 to set up a committee for prohibition of opium in Chin state, Burma.
Only 35 % of the Chin population is expected to be below the poverty line by 2015 under the leadership of Mr. Hung Ngai, Chief Minister of the state government, said Mr. Shwe Khan Thang, an administrator of Hakha, the capital of Chin state, Burma.