Rhododendron News – Volume XVII, Issue III – May-June
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Chin conflict victims ordered to return to villages
Tuesday, 19 May 2015 08:33 Written by Thawng Zel Thang ([email protected])
Published in Chin News
18 May 2015 — Hundreds of Chin villagers displaced by conflicts between the Burma Army and Arakan Army have been ordered to return to their homes.
The tactical operations commander of the Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion No. 289 gave the order that the victims should get back to their villages by 23 May, according to the Khumi Media Group.
A villager, who wants to remain anonymous, told the KMG: “We are told to go back home as soon as possible. Of course, we want to go home but we don’t feel safe going home. We didn’t come here just because we wanted to.”
The villager said that they had to start going back to their villages from 18 May according to the order.
A community leader, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: “We are shocked to learn that they have to return home immediately. How are they going to live as we know it is not safe?”
“The authorities must ensure security first and tell villagers to go home with necessary support in place. We don’t know why they gave an order like this while people are very worried and in trouble.”
In a meeting held in Rangoon last week, the Chin Family Political Parties expressed their grave concern over conflict victims stranded in Paletwa Township, Chin State and in Arakan State, indicating that necessary action had to be taken.
Since March this year, there have been skirmishes between soldiers from the Arakan Army and Burma Army in parts of Chin and Arakan States, forcing villagers to flee into hiding.
Chin peace group reviews govt-CNF agreement implemention
Friday, 08 May 2015 12:48 Written by Chinland Guardian
Published in Chin News
08 May 2015 — The Chin Peace and Tranquility Committee held a meeting with the Chin State government and the Chin National Front to re-examine if both parties were abiding by their agreements.
Citing a collection of incidents that were seen as violating the agreements, the CPTC, a ceasefire monitoring group, told the two parties that they had not acted according to what had been agreed.
The CPTC’s report, documented between 2013 and 2015, revealed that the State government had violated the agreement ten times and the CNF on four occasions.
It included the CNF holding public consultations outside Chin State in Kalay and Tamu towns, Sagaing Region, and talking about politics to Chin university students.
And the committee also highlighted that Burma Army Light Infantry Battalions No. 266, No. 274 and No. 344 had entered areas occupied by the CNF on several occasions without their knowledge, extorted money from locals and committed rapes.
Representatives of the State government told the CPTC that it was not their job to document rapes but the Chin State police force’s although the two parties welcomed the meeting admitting their mistakes.
It was the first time the CPTC had organized such a meeting since the signing of the ceasefire agreements between the CNF and both the State and Union governments in 2012.
The meeting held on 28 April in Hakha was attended by a six-member delegation led by Minister Colonel Zaw Min Oo, minister of Security and Border Affairs, seven CNF members led by Khua Uk Lian, two observers and three CPTC members, according to the Chinland Post.
Chin conflict victims move shelter owing to bad weather Featured
Wednesday, 06 May 2015 17:31 Written by Chinland Guardian
Published in Chin News
06 May 2015 — Strong winds and heavy rains forced dozens of Chin villagers displaced by conflicts to move out from their temporary shelters along the Kaladan river into nearby places.
Steven, a Khumi youth group leader, said that it was dangerous for them to stay on the shores as bad weather hit the area, and that most of them had moved to nearby villages including Lohtin since last Saturday.
In an attempt to facilitate flows of relief assistance to the victims, community leaders formed two emergency relief committees, one in Pyin-so village and the other in Rangoon, according to the Khumi Media Group.
“Some are staying at village houses while others build new shelters in and near the villages,” said Steven.
More than an estimated 400 villagers have been taking shelter after fleeing fighting beetween the Burma Army and Arakan Army since March.
Meanwhile, the authorities in Arakan State said that at least 20 people detained on suspicion of having connections with the Arakan Army were to face interrogation by the police.
According to the Irrawaddy news, they could be charged under the Unlawful Association Act.
Chin students to resume ‘banned’ church construction
Friday, 01 May 2015 13:05 Written by Thawng Zel Thang ([email protected])
Published in Chin News
01 May 2015 — The Technological Christian Fellowship is planning to resume construction of the church building which had been banned by the authorities and villagers in Tayawaddy, Sagaing Region.
Salai Van Thawng Thang, a TCF leader, said in the Chinland Today news that they would try to talk with village administrators, Buddhist monks and local residents.
He added that they would also meet with the head of the Government Technological College.
“As far as we can, we would like to follow what the villagers want. We believe there will be no problems this time,” Thang said.
The plan is the TCF’s attempt to implement the agreement made in June last year by a group of Chin university students in Kalay.
In 2008, construction materials, including pillars, wood planks and bricks, piled inside the compound of the planned church building were taken away and destroyed by Tayawaddy villagers.
Following the issue, Christian students faced difficulties in renting a place to stay in the village and were threatened for holding worship services at their makeshift tent.
“We are not planning to evangelize the locals. The building will also be used for students who are in a difficult situation during their studies,” Thang said.
He added that if they were still denied clearance to proceed with their planned construction, they would not just sit tight, adding: “We will take to the streets if necessary.”
Rhododendron News – Volume XVIII, Issue III, May-June 2015
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Two Police Officers Arrested for Rape of Teenager in Chin State
Riot policemen train outside Rangoon in 2014. (Photo: Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters)
By SALAI THANT ZIN / THE IRRAWADDY| Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
RANGOON — Local authorities have arrested and charged two police officers from Chin State’s Tonzang Township over allegations of the rape of a 16-year-old girl on the evening of Apr. 11.
The officers, both lance corporals from the small town of 20,000 people, are now in detention at the Tonzang Police Station after a complaint filed by the victim’s father.
“Tough penalties will be given to them and we’ll also take actions against their supervisors,” Col. Myint Lwin, the Chin State police chief, told The Irrawaddy. “We are working to bring them to trial at the district court as quickly as possible. The two have confessed.”
According to Tonzang locals, the accused are close friends of the girl’s family. The pair will be punished by the Falam District Court and the Myanmar Police Force for the crime, according to Myint Lwin.
“We’ll punish them for breaching the police code of conduct. Meanwhile, the district court will also hand down penalties to them for the rape under civilian law,” he said.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/two-police-officers-arrested-for-rape-of-teenager-in-chin-state.html
Villagers fleeing conflicts in need of humanitarian aid
Monday, 27 April 2015 11:02 Written by Chinland Guardian
Chin villagers fleeing conflicts between the Burma Army and Arakan Army are still hiding and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Hundreds of residents in villages near the Arakan-Chin border, who have fled the clashes occuring in March and April, fear to return home, according to the Khumi Media Group.
More than 320 people from Pyin-so village alone have been taking temporary shelters in nearby villages and farms, and receiving no humanitarian aid, the KMG said.
Last week, the Burma Army authorities at checkpoints did not permit a group of aid workers from Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State to deliver aid to villagers displaced by the conflicts.
A Pyin-so resident told the KMG: “Although some are staying with friends and relatives, it is getting difficult for them and for the host families.”
“Some locals think about leaving their villages for good as they are afraid to go back. They left all their belongings including rice and domestic animals.”
On 21 April, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported clashes between the two parties and the arrest of two soldiers with weapons and other ammunition in Arakan State.
Fire exchanges between the two armies began early last month, according to media reports.#