Landslides forced two villages to move, school to close in Falam
11 September 2013: Heavy landslides caused by continuous downpours in recent weeks have forced villagers of Laizo and Zalai in Falam Township, Chin State to move out of their places.
Category: News
Lai TV programme launched in India’s Mizoram
10 September 2013: The Lairam Media Group (LMG) said it would broadcast TV news in Lai dialect once a week in Mizoram State of India.
Chin refugee mother beaten, family robbed in Delhi
10 September 2013: A Chin refugee mother was slapped several times by a group of local people who had a verbal argument with her husband in Delhi, India.
Burmese jumped to death during Malaysia crackdown
PENANG – 10 September 2013: A man identified as a Burmese national jumped to his death from a flat at Penang when his rented house was ambushed by Malaysian immigration officers targeting undocumented foreign workers.
KIA clashed with Burma army soldiers in Shan State
09 September 2013: Shootings between Burma Army soldiers and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) took place at Loi Lawm and Loi Dang in Muse Township last week.
TV channel in ethnic languages to be launched in Burma
09 September 2013: The government of Burma is to start a new television channel for ethnic nationalities in the country.
School teachers threatened with salary deduction in Hakha
08 September 2013: High school teachers in Hakha, Chin State were threatened with a salary deduction if they didn’t attend a ceremony marking the International Literacy Day today.
Reports lodged against Burmese ‘agents’ for cheating in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR – 08 September 2013: While numbers of undocumented foreign workers detained under a big scale operation continue to increase, dozens of Burmese nationals have lodged police reports against agents who failed to legalize them under the previous ‘whitening’ program.
School teachers forced to attend Sunday meeting in Hakha
07 September 2013: School teachers in Hakha, Chin State have been forced to turn up at a ceremony tomorrow where an important official of the higher authority is arriving in the capital.
About 200 Chins still detained in Malaysia
07 September 2013: Chin refugee communities said an estimated number of about 200 Chins arrested during recent nationwide crackdowns on illegal immigration remain in detention centres in Malaysia.