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Twenty eight migrant workers lied to by work permit agent

WCRP : Twenty eight Burmese illegal migrant workers in Mahachai, including twelve women and five children, were lied to by a work permit agent, 22 year old Min Than Htike from Warkyi village, Pound Township, Mon State to whom they paid 6800 Baht each for work permit cards which they did not receive. Read more

Army battalion threatens villagers by shooting

HURFOM :In the third week of February a battalion of the Burmese army shot their weapons in two villages, took some of the villagers’ property and forced thirty three people in another village to work for them as porters. Read more

Living on a one-way ticket: self-reliance in the Mon resettlement sites

I. Introduction

The primary armed group fighting in the name of Mon people agreed to a cease-fire in 1995. Though this ended armed hostilities between the group and Burma’s State Peace and Development (SPDC) government, human rights abuses committed against residents of Burma’s southern peninsula continue. This abuse, combined with a weak economic situation directly related to army abuses, has resulted in the movement of thousands of people whose homes are unsafe and/or economically untenable. Many of these people have, as one academic has said, “found their backs to Thailand” and have ended up in resettlement sites along the Thai-Burma border.
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Regime still fails to improve human rights before the 2010 election

Although the Burmese military regime is planning to register new political parties and hold elections in 2010, it has made no concrete progress or plan to improve the human rights in the country.

Just recently, the United Nations Human Rights Special Rapporteur visited Burma to learn about the human rights situation. After the visit, he announced that there has been no improvement. Arbitrary arrest, detention of political and social activities, forced labor and forced relocations in rural ethnic areas all still continue. Read more

Government-appointed headman stealing resources meant for school repairs

HURFOM: Since January U Aung Zaw Moe, a headman from Kaloh Tort village, Mudon Township, Mon State, has collected money from every student household in the village to improve the village middle school.

In the last three months Major General That Ning Win has donated 200 bags of cement to improve the school but the headman has sold them and all the money has been spent for his personal use. When the orders came to improve the school, he ordered teachers in the village to collect money from the students’ homes. Read more

Villagers forced to pay for concert

HURFOM: Mudon Town, Doung Pa, Kamarwat, Hnee Pa Daw

Villagers in Mudon are being forced to foot the bill for a concert by a famous Burmeses-language singer. Tickets are not selling voluntarily, say local sources, because of Mon State’s plummeting economy.

In the first week of February, the Mudon Township Peace and Development Council (PDC) held a meeting with officials from village PDCs and informed them that they would be required to pay for the concert. According to local sources, village PDCs in Mudon Town and at least two other villages have subsequently been requiring villagers to cover the cost of the tickets. Read more