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Tracking the dangerous drug trade

The New Mon State Party (NMSP)’s new anti-drug awareness campaign recently reported confiscating 393 tablets of methamphetamine, locally known as Yaba, or “madness drug” in Thai.

The group intercepted alleged drug trafficker Mehm Ah Pout (called Mg Yaung Naing in Burmese), a 23-year-old from Waekharou Village, with 17 tablets of methamphetamine near the military cemetery in Thanbyuzayat Township on December 18. Mehm Ah Pout’s testimony resulted in an arrest the following day of another young man from Waekharou, 28-year-old Mehm Ah Beat (Mg Aung Myit in Burmese), who was also charged with drug trafficking after being found with 376 Yaba tablets. Read more

Four cases of “pink card” bribery

HURFOM: Numerous reports coming from citizens of Burma, also called Myanmar, highlight definite improvements in many people’s lives, especially relating to freedom of mobility and reduced corruption. However, over the past three weeks, residents of Ye and Mudon Townships in Mon State allege that bribery remains a common feature of the process to obtain national identification (ID) cards, locally known as “pink cards.” Read more

Local people concerned about gas pipeline renovation

HURFOM: More than ten years ago, the construction of the 180-mile Yadana gas pipeline across the length of the southern peninsula of Burma, also called Myanmar, drew widespread condemnation for massive human rights violations. Branching off that controversial pipeline is a longer but lesser known gas line originating near Kanbauk in Tenasserim Region and ending in Myaing Kalay, Karen State. During its construction, over 2,400 acres of land were seized, for which villagers received little or no compensation. Read more