Category: Recent News

25 June 2011 – KUALA LUMPUR: The government-sponsored volunteer squad RELA has halted all enforcement operations against undocumented foreign workers in a move to clear its tarnished image.

24 June 2011: About 200 people gathered in front of the Burmese Embassy in London, protesting against the ongoing military offensive launched by Burma Army soldiers in Kachin State as well as other ethnic areas in Burma.

24 June 2011: A series of bomb explosions hit Burma in three locations including the new capital, Naypyidaw; the second biggest city, Mandalay; and Pyin Oo Lwin, home to the Defence Services Academy (DSA) and the Defence Services Institute of Technology (DSIT) today.

24 June 2011: Thantlang Township Medical Officer Dr. Thet Tun Nwe, described as ‘cruel and corrupt’ by the locals, has been confirmed to be relocated to Shwebo, a city in Sagaing Division of Burma.

23 June 2011: The human rights issues faced by Burma’s ethnic nationalities were prominently highlighted during the US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing yesterday in Washington D.C, which also featured a video-taped testimony of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but whose historic address to the US Congress ironically snubbed ethnic issues.

23 June 2011: Mara Evangelical Church (MEC) expressed its displeasure over remarks made in the publication of the Chin Association for Christian Communication (CACC) on Rev. Reginald A. Lorrain, the pioneer missionary to Mara people.

22 June 2011: A Burmese police officer walked on the main street brandishing his knife and axe, and made threats against the locals in Thantlang Town, Chin State yesterday.

22 June 2011 – Melbourne: Australia Chin Community (Eastern Melbourne) plans to launch a community-based radio program in cooperation with 3CR radio. The program scheduled to go on air tomorrow will be broadcast on 855AM every Thursday night from 7:30 – 8:00pm Melbourne local time.

22 June 2011: Burmese soldiers are accused of raping as many as 18 women and girls and killing at least four victims since June 10, when fighting broke out between the Burma Army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA).

21 June 2011: Burmese and Chin communities based in Indianapolis, USA welcomed the formation of a non-profit community-based institute to provide assistance to refugees in their new home of resettlement.