29 March 2012, KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia and Burma relationship is bouncing as both agreed to elevate the bilateral trade and investment, a sign that Malaysia is pleased with the reform taking place in the former military-ruled country.
28 March 2012: A statement by the National League for Democracy early this week regarding the cancellation of voting in three constituencies in Kachin State for the April 1 by-elections is raising eyebrows.
28 March 2012: Burma Army soldiers plundered Sin Lum Pang Mu Baptist Church in Pang Mu village in Bhamo District of Kachin State, according to a report released on Monday by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
27 March 2012 – Delhi, India: The Burmese Chin refugees started boycotting the services of the UNHCR implementing partner YMCA last July 7, 2011 because many of the Indian employees at the YMCA providing the services were very discriminating, rude, told outlandish lies, threatened parents, and did not care or show compassion to the refugees they were supposed to be helping.
26 March 2012: Two members of the Chin Disciplinary Action Committee (CDAC) members were physically assaulted by South Asian thugs in Cheras Alam Jaya block of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18 March 2012.
24 March 2012: In response to concerns raised by civil society groups over possible environmental and social impacts of Kaladan project, a joint India-Burma development initiative, the Burmese government has given the green light for conducting the assessments.
KUALA LUMPUR – 23 March 2012: Malaysia is going to send its officials to observe and monitor Burma’s upcoming by-elections on 1st April.
23 March 2012: An explosive, thought to be a time-bomb, went off at the house of Pi Hau Cing in Aisih village, Tonzang Township in Chin State on Tuesday. But no casualties have been reported.
22 March 2012: Burma’s President Thein Sein is expected to be making a visit for the first time as the new leader of the country to Hakha, Chin State in the near future.
22 March 2012: A training on ‘Civic Education for Civil Society’ provided in Hakha by NGO Myanmar Egress has been ordered to discontinue by the government of Chin State.
