Category: News

26 October 2013: Thura Shwe Mann, Speaker of the Lower House of the Burmese parliament, has put off his ‘planned’ visit to Chin State, a source close to the government of Chin State said.

25 October 2013: Christians in Matupi Town, Chin State expressed their disappointment over a recent meeting organized last Sunday by Pu Hung Ngai, Chief Minister of the Chin State government.

24 October 2013: Tomás Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, said that the government of Burma should address ‘institutionalized discrimination’ against Christians in Chin State.

24 October 2013: A motorbike driven at high speed by a man hit a 5-year-old Chin girl named Mary John last Thursday, leaving her left leg broken.

23 October 2013: A Chin refugee named Monica, 25, sick with strange stomach pains, hepatitis C and suspected TB, has suffered injuries from being attacked by a local woman in New Delhi, India on 13 October 2013.

21 October 2013: Rev. Mgr. Lucius Hre Kung, 54, has been appointed as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Hakha, Chin State last Saturday.

19 October 2013: Chin communities from both inside and outside of Burma have organized a series of celebrations marking the end of the harvest season in their culture.

18 October 2013: The Chin State parliament had passed 12 out of 14 draft laws during the sixth regular session of the first Chin State parliament held in Hakha from 17 September to 8 October.

18 October 2013: The Japanese government has provided financial assistance to construct five schools in Mindat Township, Chin State.