The Zomi diaspora around the world formed for the first time a global coalition called Leitungbup Zomi Innkuan Kipawlna, literally meaning ‘Zomi community international’, on 28 March 2009. The move came to a conclusion after a 4-hour discussion was made via a teleconference hosted by Zomi Innkuan USA.
An ‘unknown’ number of Chin refugees have been found detained in Malaysia after a team of three UNHCR officers and three interpreters visited the Langkap detention centre at Teluk Intan in Perak last Monday.
About 70 people last Friday braved cold and windy weather to commemorate the Resistance Day in front of Burmese Embassy in London. The event, organised by Burma Democratic Concern (BDC), called for rejecting the regime’s planned 2010 election and for working toward the realisation of 1990 election result.
The Zomi Theological College (ZTC) held its 49th Graduation Ceremony on 14 March, 2009 at Falam Baptist Church where a total of 31 students were presented Biblical degrees of Bachelor of Theology (B.Th), Master of Divinity (M.Div) and Bachelor of Religious Education (B.R.E).
Chin Christians across the world condemn a series of brutal crackdowns on orphanages and child care centres in Rangoon by Burma’s military junta. About 50 Chin orphanages have been shut down on 6 March, 2009, according to Khonumthung News.
A total of 8,897 high school students comprising 70 per cent of day schools and 25 per cent of boarding schools got registered this year in Chin State to take matriculation exam, which kicked off today at 23 examination centres, according to Chin State Education Department.
Melbourne: Australia: Almost $16,300 was raised by the Chin community in Australia for famine victims in Chin State, Chinland Guardian has learned.
About 300 Chin refugees in Malaysia are still left ‘destitute’ after their houses in Jalan Kolam Air, Jalan Ipoh were immersed in flood waters on Tuesday. All their belongings including food and clothes were swept away but no casualty has been reported.
The local authorities in Hakha, Chin State imposed new orders on Internet users, asking for their personal details and activities on the Internet, sources revealed.
More than 1,200 people from 123 villages of Burma’s Chin State attended a five-day famine seminar from 17-21 January 2009, organised in Mizoram’s Tipa Town, India by Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC).
