Chinland Guardian

13 May 2011: A group of 75 Chin youths from Hakha Baptist Church in Hakha Town made a trip to Myitkyina, Kachin State, holding a Christian retreat and having fellowship with Kachin youths last week.

12 May 2011: As part of its 4-day seminar held in Thantlang Town, the Chin University Student Fellowship (CUSF) planted trees including cherries and pines, and donated bags of clothes to orphans last week.

11 May 2011: A local from Taungkhinyan village in Gangaw Township was killed and another injured after lightning hit their bullock cart on their way home last Sunday.

11 May 2011: A 38-member umbrella organisation of Chin Baptist Churches in USA (CBCUSA) has urged for ‘concerted’ efforts in working together towards the ‘spiritual and physical’ development of Chin people in Burma.

10 May 2011: Burmese rights activist of Karen ethnicity, Zoya Phan, gave a speech at the 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway today, testifying how the ruling military dictatorship has been attacking and killing ethnic civilians in Burma.

09 May 2011: The Malaysian authority has made a bilateral agreement with Australia to house hundreds of asylum seekers, who were illegally smuggled into the Southern Hemisphere island, it emerged yesterday.

08 May 2011: Soldiers from Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 89 stationed in Darkhai village of Tonzang Township forcibly demanded 20,000 Kyats from a local trader from Tuilang village on 15 April 2011, according to Chin Human Rights Organisation’s sources.

07 May 2011: The number of Internet cafes set up in towns across Chin State has been on the increase in recent years although the electricity provided by the local authorities still remains highly ‘limited and unreliable’.