Category: Chin News

17 February 2014: Rev. Zun Hlei Sum, a Chin Christian pastor based in Yesagyo town, Magwe Region, said that his court date has been rescheduled for 25 February.

17 February 2014: A Chin refugee family of four including two children have fled their rented room after attacks by a group of youths, presumably Indian, aged between 16 and 19 in Delhi, India last Friday.

13 February 2014: A public conference organized in Sami town, Paletwa Township, Chin State by the Khumi Forum agreed that the term ‘Chin’ will be used for ethnicity in the forthcoming census.

13 February 2014: Chin Christian pastor Rev. Zun Hlei Sum has been ordered to appear in court regarding matters related to construction of a church building in Yesagyo, Magwe Region.

11 February 2014: The government of Chin State says that it will organize a large-scale event to celebrate the 2014 Chin National Day in Mindat town, Mindat Township.

11 February 2014: The Victorian School of Languages (VSL) in Melbourne, Australia has provided language courses on Falam, Hakha, and Matu to students, originally from Chin State, Burma.

08 February 2014: The Union Election Commission of Burma has granted the Chin National Party (CNP) permission to change its name to the Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP).

07 February 2014: Farmers from Seint San village in Paletwa township have had their rice paddies destroyed to make way for the new Paletwa to Matupi road, a Chin State government project.

06 February 2014: Unnamed officials in two government departments in Thantlang, Chin State have been accused of extorting money from locals for issuing official documents.

05 February 2014: The Network for Chin Community Development (NCCD) and Ethnic Community Development Forum (ECDF) jointly provided a two-day training on agriculture and development to local subsistence farmers in Paletwa last week.