Chinland Guardian

11 April 2012: A group of 36 community-based organizations (CBOs) from Burma urged humanitarian and development agencies to continue assistance in conflict-affected areas while promoting peace in the country.

09 April 2012: The government of Chin State yesterday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a newly-constructed road between Mindat town and Aukcheng village in Mindat Township in the southern region.

08 April 2012: The UNHCR is to collect a name list of asylum seekers from Burma stranded in Malaysia starting tomorrow ahead of a major crackdown expected to take place on 10 April 2012.

07 April 2012: A China-Burma dam project being constructed on the Lemro (locally called Phunglong) river in Paletwa Township, Chin State will not benefit the Chin locals in the region upon completion, according to the local community.

06 April 2012: Chin refugee Pu Sang Hre succumbed to his serious injuries at Chowkit Hospital in Malaysia after being violently attacked on Wednesday in Jalan Imbi, a neighborhood populated by many Chin refugees.

06 April 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy (NLD), a party that won a landslide victory in this weekend’s by-elections, has been urged to cooperate with Burma’s ethnic groups to bring peace in the country.

04 April 2012: The new government of Chin State is claimed to celebrate the Burmese New Year Water Festival in Hakha amid acute water shortages facing the local people in the capital of Burma’s northwestern state.