Category: Chin News

28 March 2014: An explosive device, believed to be a time-bomb, went off in front of the Chin National Front liaison office in Tedim town, Chin State yesterday.

27 March 2014: The first Western Union service in Chin State will be available for sending and receiving money soon as the Co-operative Bank Ltd., better known across the country as CB Bank, is scheduled to open next month.

26 March 2014: Rev. Zun Hlei Sum has been sued under the official instruction of the Magwe Region government, the Yesagyo Township Court heard yesterday.

22 March 2014: Over 130 residents in Sami town, Paletwa Township, Chin  State are reiterating their call on the Chin government to change the location of a Buddhist pagoda being built in the centre of a reserved area.

Delhi, India – 20 March 2014: Chin researcher Salai Vum Za Piang, aka Salai PP, highlighted during his presentation in Delhi, India that the vast majority of land in Chin State is unsuitable for cultivation.

20 March 2014: The Chin National Front (CNF), together with its armed wing the Chin National Army (CNA), signed Geneva Call’s documents in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday, committing to the ‘highest international norms in terms of child protection and prohibition of sexual violence’.

19 March 2014: Kyaw Min Htwe, Head of the Matupi Township General Administration, is accused of milking money from development funds and threatening staff members.

18 March 2014: Telenor, Norway’s telecommunications company, is conducting a survey for mobile phone tower sites in Chin State.

18 March 2014: Dar Hniang, daughter of Za Hnun and Hnem Thai, has been arrested by police in Hakha on suspicion of setting fire to her family’s house in the evening of last Sunday.

18 March 2014: Chin subsistence farmers in Phaneng village, Matupi Township, Chin State are in a difficult situation after their farmland was confiscated by authorities late last year.