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Acute dropout at Lamine Mon National School

The school board committee of Lamine Mon National Middle School, located in Mon State’s Ye Township, has said that the school will continue to function as usual for the 2015-16 school year, despite an unusually high number of dropouts last year. In total, over 50 students dropped out from Lamine Mon National Middle School from 2014-15. Read more

10 dead in mine rockfall tragedy near Loot Shan Village, Karen State

At least 10 people are dead following a rockfall at a mining site near Northern Loot Shan village, Kyainnseikyi Township, Karen State. To date, three bodies have been recovered, while it is suspected that at least seven more bodies remain buried under fallen rocks. Read more

Day labour shortage slashes profits for Kamarwat rice farmers

Rice farmers in Kamawat Sub-Township, located in Mon State’s Mudon Township, have reported acute shortages of day labour. Farmers explained how, in order to cope with labour shortages, they have been forced to introduce detrimental changes to their farming methods, causing a sharp decline in profits.   Read more

Victim’s family appeal against NMSP rape case decision

WCRP: In May 2015, a 24-year-old man from Joehaplu village, in the Thai-Burma border area of Three Pagodas Pass, allegedly beat and raped a 14-year-old girl. Her relatives have since expressed displeasure with the case’s handling by Township-level New Mon State Party (NMSP) authorities, who recently decided against a jail sentence for the accused rapist. Read more

Government restrictions pose difficulty for MNLA anti-drug activities, says MNLA leader

On 18 July, 2015, a group from the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), the New Mon State Party’s (NMSP’S) armed wing, arrested two drug dealers as they travelled through Sakhan Gyi Village, Thanbyuzayat Township, located in Mon State. Nai Cheain Kakao, an MNLA leader who coordinated the operation, spoke to HURFOM about the arrests. He also discussed worries that government restrictions on armed groups’ movements preclude hopes for success of the MNLA’s campaign to eradicate drug use in Mon regions. Read more

Relative of arrested drug user criticises corruption within Mon State law enforcement and prisons

The relative of an arrested drug user has accused police officers in Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, of misconduct and corruption. Nai Kyaw Win, a relative of arrestee Nai Ah Mile, described how police forces threatened his relative with fabricated charges of drug dealing, using intimidation to extort bribes from Nai Ah Mile and his wife. Nai Kyaw Win also spoke to HURFOM about corruption and bribery within Mon State’s prison system. Read more

HURFOM joins calls to postpone international accreditation for Myanmar National Human Rights Commission

HURFOM has joined 148 partner civil society actors in calling on the International Coordinating Committee Sub-Committee on Accreditation (ICC-SCA) to postpone official international accreditation for the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC).

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Mon Youth Progressive Organization begins two-month Women’s Empowerment Training in Sangkhlaburi

WCRP: On June 29, 2015, the Mon Youth Progressive Organization (MYPO), a youth organization affiliated with the predominant Mon armed group, the New Mon State Party, began a two-month-long Women’s Empowerment Training in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand. Fifteen women, aged 15 to 35 years old and from various areas of Mon State, are attending the training, which aims to empower women by strengthening both their knowledge and leadership skills. Read more

New Mon State Party pursues peace in southern Mon State

An anonymous source from the New Mon State Party (NMSP), the predominant Mon armed group, has stated that peace can be attained in southern Ye and northern Yepyu Townships, located in southern Mon State, if local people cooperate with the NMSP’s efforts to rid the area of rebel armed insurgent groups. This news follows reports last week that the NMSP shot dead the leader of a key rebel group active in these areas. Read more

Local law courts biased towards government staff, says Mudon Township defendant

A defendant in Yindao Village, Mudon Township, has raised questions over the impartiality of local judicial processes, following a legal dispute between himself and the village’s headman. Read more

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