Troops of the Burmese Army’s Light Infantry Battalion (268) based in Falam Town of Chin state, Burma along with local police on the Indo-Burma border extorted 3.8 lakh Kyats from domestic animal traders in the last week of August.
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Influenza is wide spread in Hakha town in Chin state claiming four lives and leading to primary schools being closed.
Eleven members of seven households were driven out to Chin state, Burma from Ngur village, Champhai district of Mizoram state, northeast India by village authorities on 26 August.
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), an alliance of ethnic armed groups, has responded to the Union Government announcing a countrywide ceasefire on 18 August. It would like the central government and alliance groups to talk directly.
A fundraising campaign for the Chin Education Network (CEN), will be held with a stage show by Burmese popular singers in Rangoon, former capital of Burma on 17 September.
In a joint raid, CADS and Excise and Narcotic Enforcement staff seized two canes (40 grams) of heroin worth Rs. 70,000 from a Chin national in Mizoram state, northeast India on 27 August.
A notification was issued to a Chin National Party (CNP) member for clarification at the United Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) office of Than Tlang town, Chin state, Burma on 19 August for attacking it.
The motion for Chin state, Burma to recognize it as a special development region will be submitted to the Hluttaw session by the Chin Progressive Party (CPP) of Chin state the poorest state in Burma.
The selling of goods on commission have been banned by the Mizoram Merchant Association (MIMA) to prevent robberies and step up regional security in the state.
A peace committee was formed for stability and to resolve the conflict between the government and ethnic armed groups in the second regular session of the first Phiduangsu Hlawdaw on the first day in Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma yesterday.