Category: News

11 August 2012: A 23-year-old Chin woman was raped by Burma Army soldier in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State on 28 July 2012.

11 August 2012: Pu Thein Kyaw, 28, from Tuilum village of Paletwa Township, Chin State, killed his 22-year-old sister, Pi Kam Deng, around 10pm at night last Friday.

10 August 2012: Three undocumented Chin asylum seekers are facing immigration charges after being arrested by Malaysian police in Kuala Perlis last Wednesday.

09 August 2012: The government of Chin State said in a meeting held in Hakha last Tuesday that plans are underway to increase supply of electricity generated by hydropower to Chin villagers.  

05 August 2012: The killer of a Chin woman Ting Iang, whose lifeless body was found dumped in the jungle near Monya of Sagaing Division in June, has been identified as that of a Meitei insurgent soldier from Manipur State of India.

04 August 2012: A new album called ‘Tshirt’ with a total of 12 songs in Burmese composed and sung by Chin female singer L R Chan in her mid twenties has been released in Burma.

04 August 2012: Mr. Kung Bawih, a Chin refugee from Burma, safely got back to his rented apartment in Kuala Lumpur after being kidnapped for three days by ‘uniformed’ police in Malaysia.

01 August 2012: Burma’s famous Chin singer Sung Tin Par arrived in Melbourne, Australia last Monday to raise fund for the Melbourne Chin Church (MCC) building.

30 July 2012: The Zomi Congress for Democracy (ZCD) submitted its application to officially register as a political party in Burma last Thursday.

29 July 2012: A moderate earthquake hits Burma near the Indian border this morning, reaching as far as Falam and Hakha towns of Chin State.