Covid case count increases since election
January 21, 2021
HURFOM: Before the election, the Mon State had less than 1,000 Covid patients. Just two months after the election, another 2,000 patients have been added to the list, according to, Dr Thet Kyaw Soe, an official at Fever Clinic Isolation Ward #3 at the Mawlamyine General Hospital.
Read moreDrug arrests double in 2020 despite COVID-19
January 20, 2021
HURFOM: There were 406 drug arrests in 2019 in Mon State. At the end of 2020, the number more than doubled to 844 cases, despite COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Read moreChild sexual abuse continues in Mon State
January 19, 2021
HURFOM: In 2020, in Mon State, there were 67 cases of child sexual abuse identified.
Within the first two weeks of January 2021, two new cases were registered with police in Mudon.
Read moreWhat is working between the Union and State levels of government, and what needs to change? : Responses from parliamentarians
January 18, 2021
HURFOM: According to Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution, the Union level government has more authority than State level governments. This is laid out explicitly in Table #1 and #2 of the Constitution.
Read moreNLD selective meetings with winning ethnic party candidates damaging unity, says MUP
January 13, 2021
When the National League for Democracy (NLD) announced they would discuss future union affairs with ethnic political parties, they only met with ethnic candidates that had won seats in the 2020 election. They did not meet with the ethnic political parties.
Read moreCivic education must come first before the new GAD election
January 12, 2021
HURFOM: The process of electing new Ward/Village Administrators, who will serve the new government following the 2020 election, will begin soon.
Read moreChild sexual abuses cases : 1/3rd of the perpetrators are family members
January 11, 2021
HURFOM: In 2020, 96 child sexual abuse cases were filed in Mon State. 67 involved rape, report the Mon State Police Office, and one third of the rapists were family members or relatives.
Read moreNLD sends 17 objection letters to UEC following 2020 election: One concerns election of MUP Deputy Speaker to Mon State Parliament
January 8, 2021
HURFOM: On December 29, 2020, the National League for Democracy (NLD) held a Central Executive Committee Meeting. NLD Vice Chair Dr Zaw Myint Maung, told the press that one of the outcomes of the meeting was that the party sent 17 objection letters to the Union Election Commission (UEC).
Read moreSix-year-old sexually abused in Mudon
January 8, 2021
HURFOM: On January 3, 2021, a six-year-old girl from Myo Ma #4 Ward, Mudon, in Mon State was sexually abused by a 27-year-old neighbor.
Read moreMeeting between NLD and MUP canceled
January 5, 2021
HURFOM: On January 4, 2021, the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Mon Unity Party (MUP) had planned to have a political dialogue to discuss the future of the Union in Mawlamyine, Mon State. However, the meeting was canceled because the two parties failed to reach an agreement on where the dialogue should be held.
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- Deep economic impacts for workers and business due to Covid-19
- Covid case count increases since election
- Drug arrests double in 2020 despite COVID-19
- Child sexual abuse continues in Mon State
- What is working between the Union and State levels of government, and what needs to change? : Responses from parliamentarians
- NLD selective meetings with winning ethnic party candidates damaging unity, says MUP
- Civic education must come first before the new GAD election
- Child sexual abuses cases : 1/3rd of the perpetrators are family members
- NLD sends 17 objection letters to UEC following 2020 election: One concerns election of MUP Deputy Speaker to Mon State Parliament
- Six-year-old sexually abused in Mudon
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