A charity concert was held in Aizawl of Mizoram State to raise the funds for refugees fleeing to Mizoram Province of India on March 20th after the coup in Myanmar. More than 500,000 Rupees were raised in the charity concert. Singers from Mizoram State and Benjamin Sum a Myanmar Idol provided entertainment at 11 venues in Aizawl. Pu Lalramlawma, Chair of NGO United for Democratic Myanmar said: “The charity concert was held by two groups in 11 places. We have found that the people in Mizoram State are in empathy and support for Myanmar people. We raised a fund of…
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The police have filed a case against two staff from the Chin Center Peace and Reconciliation (CCRP) under Section 505 (a) of the Penal Code, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization. Security forces raided the CCRP office in Zaythit ward in Hakha Township of Chin State on March 9th and arrested one staff and a driver. The court hearing may take around six months. The authorities are usually using Section 505 (a) as a tool, said the official of the Chin Human Rights Organization. The CCPR is a non-governmental organization formed for peace affairs in Chin State. According to…
Soldiers beat up a Chinland Post reporter and four youths returning from an evening demonstration in Hakha and arrested them. According to a man knowledgeable about the situation, soldiers attacked them in front of the Chin State Administration Council office at 8 pm, March 21, while they were on motorbikes. One man was knocked unconscious after being struck on his head. The same night protesters gathered in front of the office to demand their release. Authorities released them later in the evening. Some suffered from head and back injuries, as well as broken fingers. Random protests at night are happening…
Five protesters are detained in Kalay, located in Burma’s Sagaing Region. Four are charged with violating Article 505/a of the penal code, while the fifth is charged with a violation of Article 25 of the Natural Disaster Management Law. Shar Mee, an MP for Kalay Township, posted on her Facebook page that lawyers are trying to secure their release from Inndaigyi prison. The detainees are Kyaw Kyaw Moe, 47; Lalram Mawyar, 34; Soe Win, 50; Maung Van Lian Ce, 26 and Ma Sung Chin Tial, 25. If found guilty of Article 505/a, they could be sentenced for 3 years or…
Township-level public governance organizations have been formed in nine townships in Chin State, according to the statement by the Committee Representing Chin Hluttaw (CRCH) on March 14th. These townships are: Mindat, Kanpetlet, Matupi, Falan, Htantalan, Tunzan, Teedim, Hakha and Paletwa. Mindat Lower House MP U Hone Naing, a member of CRCH said: “There are nine townships in Chin State. The organizations have been formed in eight townships. The remaining township is Paletwa in southern Chin State.” The public governance organizations cover elected lawmakers, town-elders, civil servants who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), youth and other supporters. The township public…
The army ordered health staff who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), to get out of the staff quarters in Teedim Township Public Hospital in Chin State on March 12. Local youth helped health staff relocate to other places as the army told the medical superintendent to relocate CDM staff by 3 pm on March 12nd, a local from Teedim Township. The army also forced the CDM staff from Hakha People’s Hospital to get out of the hospital compound by 3 pm on March 12th. The army said it would manage hospital work.
While one Chin youth was released from a military detention camp in Thantlang Township last week, at least nine others are believed to still be in custody in Matupi, Falam, and Hakha townships in Chin State. Soldiers arrested Salai Cung Bwi Lian in Thantlang at night on March 10. He was freed on the evening of March 11, according to local sources. “Soldiers suspected him of bringing a policeman who had joined the Civil Disobedience Movement from Thantlang to Hakha on his motorbike. He was detained in a military camp,” another Thantlang youth told Khonumthung News. Once Salai Cung Bwi…
The Burma Army requested Chin National Front (CNF) to return police officers suspected of seeking refuge in its area in northern Chin State after joining the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). However, the CNF said the police fled to India. CNF met the commander of Burma Army Northwest Command in Hakha this week to discuss the matter. During the meeting, CNF asked the junta’s Chin State Administration Council to release the people detained after the February 1 coup happened and to stop using violence against peaceful demonstrations. Salai Htet Ni, CNF spokesperson, told Khonumthung News that a Tatmadaw column searched for…
Soldiers assaulted and arrested a Christian pastor and three others this week in Matupi town, located in southern Chin State. A youth told Khonumthung News they were arrested on March 10 at a roadblock soldier set up in the evening. Sai Naw Ler, Sayar Byik Thang, Ah Ngun and San David are being held at a detention center in an army camp. The afternoon of the same day, soldiers broke the padlock of a residence to search for a protester. They left the premises when they couldn’t find them. Locals told Khonumthung News that police are investigating copy shops in…
Over seventy-percent of government servants in Chin State joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). Health workers across the country started the movement two days after the coup, and many wore red ribbons in defiance of the military regime or walked off the job. The movement in Chin State is growing despite pressure by senior staff for civil servants to return to work. More than 14,591 of 20,000 staff in Chin State joined the CDM . Hwi Tin, an MP for Paletwa Township, told Khonumthung News staff from the health, educational department and social welfare departments are taking part. However, others are…