USDA election party membership fee causes frustration amongst members
June 8, 2010
Mon State: Township Union Solidarity and Development Associations (USDA) in Mon State have begun charging members a membership fee for raising party funds now that the USDA has reformed as a political party and can no longer officially receive state funding. Read more
Unusual government financial support prompts suspicions amongst residents of effort to buy pro-government vote
June 7, 2010
Mon State: Community members reported to HURFOM that on May 29th and June 1st poor parents who have problems enrolling their children in the local school for this academic year can inform local authorities in Three Pagoda Pass (TPP) town and seek support. Additionally the Burmese authorities arranged to hold an enrollment ceremony that was led by the Township and Burmese military high-ranking officials on June 1st. Read more
Gas Pipeline ruptures near Kwan Hlar: residents fear consequences
June 6, 2010
Mudon: On May 30th, a rupture occurred in the Kanbauk to Myingkalay Gas pipeline late in the evening. Residents, who reported that the ruptured pipe continued to spew gas, making a loud noise, said that people suffering from the smell of the gas. Read more
Forced portering rumors spread fear and stymie economies in southern Mon State
May 18, 2010
HURFOM,Southern Mon State: Young men between the ages of 18 and 40 from southern Mon state have informed HURFOM’s field reporters that they have significantly curtailed their movements within the area, in response to rumors that young men from the region are being arrested and forced into portering services by locally-based military battalions. Supposedly, porters are being arrested as part of a new Burmese government-spearheaded launch of military offensive against ethnic ceasefire groups. Read more
SPDC township authorities arrest and extort fees from residents not included in family lists
May 14, 2010
Moulmein: According to HURFOM field researcher, since May 5th, 2010, joint forces of State Peace and Develop Council (SPDC) included members of Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC), Police forces, People’ militia, Immigration and Military Intelligence have been cracking down on residents and family members whose names have not been listed on their families’ lists in Moulmein Township, Mon State. Residents claimed that some family members have been arrested and had fines extorted as punishment for failing to present their names on the families’ list. Read more
Increased security demands force villagers to guard along Kanbauk to Myingkalay pipeline
May 14, 2010
Mon State: In order to tighten the security along the SPDC’s 180 mile-long gas pipeline which is from Kanbauk, Ye byu Township, Tenasserim Division to Myingkalay, opposite the river-side of Pa’an, Karin State, the local authorities ordered the civilians to guard the pipeline every night with 10 persons per village. One resident said that this command would be implemented at the end of the first week of May. Read more
Residents from New Mon State Party territory react to advance of Burmese battalions
May 3, 2010
HURFOM: Reports that military columns from the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) have entered into territory controlled by the New Mon State Party (NMSP) have fed fears amongst area residents of a potential break in the 15 year old cease fire. Read more
Ye Township USDA office use government administration to request family lists from area residents
April 26, 2010
HURFOM,YE TOWNSHIP: In order to obtain the exact lists of the eligible voters, a government backed civilian group, the Union Solidarity and Develop Association (USDA), which is expected to enrollee as a political party, has used the assistance of the Burmese government Township Peace and Development Council [TPDC] authorities to significantly increased its influence in Ye township. Many local sources have reported that the USDA plans to use this effort as leverage to win the most seats for their members in the new parliament in the anticipated 2010 election. Read more
Extortion efforts against residents near Kanbauk to Myinkalay pipeline expanded
April 2, 2010
HURFOM,Mon State: Residents along the Kanbauk to Myain Kalay gas pipeline have reported increased efforts to extort money by Burmese government State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) forces. Read more
Over 300 villagers flee from MOMC.7 offensive in Pegu Division
March 24, 2010
HURFOM: Pegu: Over 300 villagers have fled from assaults issued by a military column under the leadership of Military Operation Management Command (MOMC) No. 7 in Kyaukkyi Township, Pegu Division. Read more
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