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Mon-Karen Relationship Strains as Ten Plantation Workers Arrested and Detained in Thanbyuzayat Township

On June 17^th, an unidentified Karen armed group apprehended ten plantation workers, detaining them with wooden shackles in a forest in eastern Wae Ka Lane Village, Thanbyuzayat Township, located on the border of Mon and Karen territories. Read more

Domar Village Adminstration Crew Extort Local Farmers for ‘Cultivation Fees’

The Domar Village administration crew from Domar Village, Mudon Township, has been entering and plowing its villagers’ farmland without the owners’ permission, in order to extort ‘cultivation fees’. Domar administration has been abusing its power and extorting villagers in this way for the past two years. Read more

Thanbyuzayat Farmers’ Letters of Appeal for Land Rights Ignored by Central Government

Thanbyuzayat, Mon State rubber plantation landowners have confirmed that the central government has repeatedly ignored their appeals regarding confiscated lands, which were penned and submitted last year through the Mon State Land Investigation Commission to the office of President Thein Sein in Naypyidaw, Burma’s capital city. Read more

Local Residents Lend Their Support for Suspended Administrator

Residents of Kwan Hlar Village, Chaung Zone Township, Mon State, are dissatisfied with the recent suspension of publicly appointed administrator Nai Nay Lin Aung. Nai Nay Lin Aung, 31, was elected by the local people, but the township administration group placed him on a one month suspension from duties in attempts to block his power. Kwan Hlar villagers support Nai Nay Lin Aung, and are preparing to fight the suspension with upper-level courts. Read more

Differing Perspectives on Ain Din Coal-fired Power Plant

On April 25, a community meeting was held to discuss concerns regarding the Tokyo-Thai coal power plant that is to be built along the seashore in Ain Din, a village located west of Ye Townshiop, 10 miles from Ye City. The Tokyo-Thai Company plans to appropriate 500 acres of land for the project, 200 of which are wild and virgin land, and the other 300 are farm land. Read more

Fifth SYCB Regional Conference for Student and Youth Exchange Held in Moulmein

The Student and Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB) held a two-day conference for regional students and youth in Mon State focusing on human rights and democratic reform in Burma. The conference aimed to utilize Burma’s emerging political space to create strategies for human rights-based action and common regional advocacy campaigns to improve and bolster human rights and democratic reforms in targeted areas of Burma. Read more

Ye Residents Campaign against Power Plant

Local residents in Ye Township are concerned as plans to build a coal power plant in Ain Din Village proceed. The Ye Social Society (YSS) gathered local residents in an effort to campaign against, and educate residents about potentially harmful impacts the coal-fired power plant will have on the community. The YSS opposes the power plant and aims to put a stop to its construction. Read more

AMDP Voices Concern that Children in Mon State Will Lose Their Mother Language

The All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMDP) has raised concerns that Mon children throughout Burma’s Mon State will lose their mother tongue because they are only allowed to be taught the Burmese language in their schools. The AMDP is concerned that Mon children will lose their ability to speak their native language if it is not taught in schools. Read more

Motorists Along Ye-Thanbyuzayat-Mudon Road Forced to Purchase Propaganda Film

HURFOM: Complaints are emerging from travelers on the Ye-Thanbyuzayat-Mudon road, located in Mon State, that authorities are extorting motorists by forcing everyone traveling along the road to purchase a propaganda DVD about Myanmar fire brigade activities. Local people are disappointed with authorities for engaging in such acts as the country tries to reform. Read more

Khaw Zar Residents Cannot Afford Extortion Demands; Live in Fear of Local Mon Splinter Group

Residents of Khaw Zar Sub-township, Ye Township, Mon State continue to be concerned for their safety as they cannot afford extortion payments demanded by a local Mon splinter group. The community lives in fear because the Mon splinter group has been known to kidnap villagers who fail to pay them. The Mon community of southern Burma lives in constant in fear of kidnapping, physical assault, and demands of extortion by either Burmese military troops or Mon splinter groups. Read more

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