Category: Recent News

18 July 2012: Pa Thang Sian Mung, from Sozang village in Tedim Township, died at a hospital in Tedim town last Friday after being gang-beaten by two Burma Army soldiers and one policeman on 11 July.

18 July 2012: Leaders and representatives of CBCUSA (Chin Baptist Churches USA) made a unanimous decision during their recent conference to restart the mission work of CCOC (Chin for Christ in One Century). 

17 July 2012: Community leaders from Paletwa in Paletwa Township of Chin State are taking initiative in preparation to demand an increase of electricity supply in three wards of the town.

15 July 2012: A Chin man was found dead inside the office of CYMA (Central Young Mizo Association) in Aizawl, Mizoram State of India.

15 July 2012: Indian police have detained seven teenagers under the age of 16 from Chin State, Burma for breaking into a house in Janakpuri of New Delhi and stealing gold ornaments on Monday.

13 July 2012: Chin State is among three areas of Burma that will receive support from a joint program launched on 5 July by Red Cross of Burma, Denmark and UK for community-based health development.

12 July 2012: The situation of human rights abuses in some ethnic areas of Burma gets worse despite reforms taking place in the country, a report by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said.

11 July 2012: A group of seven artists organized an art exhibition in Rangoon last week in an effort to raise fund to help improve education in southern parts of Chin State, Burma.

10 July 2012: Malaysia-based UNHCR said it will stop the name-recording process of Chin refugees staying in Kuala Lumpur following allegations of fraud among some community-based organizations.

10 July 2012: The Zomi National Congress (ZNC), a political party asked in May to change its name by Burma’s Union Election Commission, has been granted permission to register as ‘Zomi Congress for Democracy’.