All Ages Amphetamine Use on the Increase in Mon State
May 27, 2008
HURFOM:
The origins of the recent influx of amphetamines into Sanghklaburi are unknown and widely debated; the Mon people claim the pills are Karen in derivation while the Karen point the finger at the Mon. A third contender is the Burmese officials, who most people agree have a hand in the illegal trade in some way. Thus the question of amphetamine production is a complex one, and it is not confined to the illegal trade category, with widespread use becoming more commonplace inside Burma. Read more
Legal document a must for Burmese migrant workers
March 24, 2008
Banyol Kin, IMNA :
With the Thai Immigration Ministry imposing restrictions on migrant workers working in Thailand, the authorities are reissuing documents to workers who had missed updating it in previous years.
On March 21 many NGO’s who represent migrant workers came together and asked government officials to take cognizance of rights of migrant workers. Read more
Is it a crime by ethnics to observe their National Day?
March 6, 2008
By Joi Htaw
The 61st anniversary National Day has been celebrated around the world where the Mon people are located. The National Day has been observed not only by Mon people in Mon State but also in western countries, UK, Canada, USA, Australia and by Mon migrant workers in Burma’s neighbouring countries.
The Mon National Day in Thailand was observed in four places in migrant communities and in Malaysia, South Korea and other places where Mon people reside. Most of the migrant workers in Samutsakorn, Thailand got the chance to celebrate National Day even though they do not have any security document.
Although Mon people commemorated the National Day and Mon national flag flew world wide, the villagers in Southern part of Ye Township, were prohibited to unfurl the national flag and was forced to play Burmese songs instead of the national song. Read more
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