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.
14 March 2014: Rev. Zun Hlei Sum, a Chin Christian pastor accused of constructing a religious building in Yesagyo town, said that the court has confirmed the date for him to stand trial as 21 March.
12 March 2014: The authorities have carried out a survey on a site on the outskirts of Hakha town, Chin State for construction of a domestic airport.
10 March 2014: Dozens of villages in Thantlang, Matupi and Paletwa townships are facing renewed food shortages following bad weather conditions and low yields of harvest.
07 March 2014: Police have placed a group of ten Chin youths aged between 13 and 19 under house arrest on suspicion of getting involved in criminal activities in Indianapolis, Indiana State, USA.
06 March 2014: Mount Victoria in Chin State has been recommended as one of the two priority candidates to be nominated for UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
