Category: Chin News

22 January 2015 — State Minister of Forestry and Mines Kyaw Ngein attended on behalf of the State chief minister the last day of a three-day training in ‘forced labour’ in Hakha, Chin State.

18 January 2015 – The government of Chin State has ordered a Chin Christian to remove before the end of this month a cross erected on a Caarcaang hilltop in Hakha.

17 January 2015 – The coordination committee of the Chin National Conference said that Burma’s government should initiate translating provisions in the ceasefire agreement into action.

14 January 2015 – People in Hakha said that the government should arrange an alternative supply of electricity following recent power outages.

13 January 2015 – The vast majority of people in Chin State raise doubts about the current peace process led by Burma’s government, according to a report by the Shalom Foundation.

12 January 2015 – A new political party, the Chin League for Democracy (CLD), opens its branch office in Hakha, Chin State today, ahead of the 2015 general election.

11 January 2015 – A Seventh Standard student from Chin State received the first prize of a national writing competition in English.

09 January 2015 – More than half of the total of villages in Chin State still remains inaccessible by car, according to a source from the state government.

08 January 2015 – Two Chin women are kept in police custody in Hakha after police found packages of illegal drugs in their respective houses last week.

07 January 2015 – Government employees in Chin State complain of being forced to work overtime outside their office hours without getting paid.