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Rubber farmers face hardship as rubber price decline and commodity prices rise

HURFOM: Rubber farmers and traders in Mon State have been hoping that the price for rubber would rise during harvest season. This is not happening. Meanwhile, other commodity prices are rising, leaving rubber farmers with a financial imbalance.

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Survey finds people less interested in 2020 election due to underperformance by government

HURFOM: According to a survey by the People’s Alliance for Credible Elections (PACE), people are less interested in casting their vote in the upcoming 2020 largely because they are not satisfied with the performance of the National League for Democracy’s government.

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NMSP and KNU hold joint public consultation meetings to help resolve tensions

HURFOM: In order to find a solution to resolve recent armed clashes,  the two parties, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Karen National Union (KNU) held a meeting at the KNU liaison office in Three Pagodas Pass, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State on October 23, 2019. 

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Child raped 3 times within two months

HURFOM: According to the organization Mitta Zone Zee, a 13-year-old girl from Htan Pin Chaung village, Paung Township in Mon State was raped in three separate incidents within two months.

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Armed clashes continue despite negotiation. Schools closed and villagers flee homes

HURFOM: In the third week of October, 2019, there were 3 armed clashes between the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Karen National Union (KNU).

On October 17, 2019, two clashes took place in the early morning.  One was at the NMSP base nearby Ma Yan Chaung, Ye Chaung Phyar Region, Ye Township, Mon State, and the other at the NMSP base nearby Phalae Don Phike village, Three Pagodas Pass, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State. On October 23, the KNU battled with the NMSP nearby Ngar Kalay Chaung village, Kyaung Ywar village track, Ye Township.

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Mae Tarow villagers worried by red flags brought to their community by an armed KNU group

HURFOM: On October 22, 2019, a Karen armed group entered Mae Tarow village, in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State around 3 pm.  The group tied long pieces of red cloth to trees and villagers’ homes. Local residents feared the armed group has plans to take over the village and are worried about their safety and livelihoods.

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Fighting between KNU and NMSP displaces over 200 local people

HURFOM: Another clash broke out between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) in Phalae Don Pheik village, Three Pagodas Pass, Karen Township, on  October 21, 2019. A previous attack took place on October 17th.

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Clash between KNU and NMSP injures civilians; houses and shops destroyed

HURFOM: In the early morning of October 17, 2019, violence broke out between the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Karen National Union (KNU). KNU’s soldiers attacked a NMSP camp based in Ma Yan Chaung village in Ye Chaung Pyar and a camp based in Phalae Don Pheik in Three Pagodas Pass Township.

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Mon State Election Sub-commission needs Union Commission approval to collect list of military voters

HURFOM: As of the first week of October, 2019, more than 1.7 million people have been added to the 2020 general election voter list in Mon State. Now the Mon State Election Sub-commission is awaiting approval from the Union Election Commission to start the collection of military voters’ to the list.

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Can Mon State eliminate its noise pollution?

HURFOM: Seasonal festivals, calls for donations, wedding ceremonies and initiations of novices to the monastery are all celebrated loudly throughout Mon State.  The use of mobile loudspeakers and sound systems operating at maximum levels can be found at all of these events.

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