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Drug use on the rise: Unsupported belief in health benefits of kratom leaf risking Mon youth’s future

HURFOM: According to a 2017 report by the Mon Youth Progressive Organization (MYPO), drug use in some ethnic areas, throughout Burma is on the rise. MYPO interviewed 500 people from 10 townships in Mon State. Those interviewed were between 12 to 60 years of age, and had experience with drug use.

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Heavy rain submerged 87,000 acres. Over 14,000 acres of farmland destroyed in Mon State

HURFOM: In August, 2019, due to heavy rains throughout Mon State, 87,000 acres of farmland were submerged due to flood waters.

As of August 23, 2019, the Mon State Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation reported 14,310 acres were totally destroyed and 21,000 acres were partially destroyed.

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Baw Naw Hkee villagers lose right to vote for three consecutive elections

HURFOM: According to Mon State Election Sub-commission, villagers from Baw Naw Hkee village, Belin Township, Mon State will not be eligible to cast their votes in the upcoming 2020 general election due to security concerns.

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Mon State announces rehabilitation plans for landslide survivors in Paung

HURFOM: On August 9, 2019, heavy rains contributed to a landslide, that resulted in the death of 72 people and destroyed 27 homes in Ye Pyar Gone village in Paung Township.

According to the Mon State government office, the government has a plan to rebuild homes lost during the disaster and the Ministry of Social, Welfare, Relief and Resettlement will provide a “life compensation” payment to those who have lost family members.

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TPP authority prevents flood relief groups from providing direct assistance

HURFOM: On August 25, 2019, Thai-Mon charity groups wanting to provide direct assistance to flood victims in Ye Chaung Phyar region, Ye Township in Mon State were stopped at the Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) by authorities, according to a local source.

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Members of NMSP and Mon State residents point to police corruption as driving force behind widespread drug use and production

HURFOM: An official from the New Mon State Party (NMSP) recently stated that it will be nearly impossible to eradicate drug use and production in Mon State due to police corruption and the associated lack of drug-related arrests.

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Mon language learning under threat as government fails to provide students with textbooks

HURFOM: Government schools throughout Mudon Township, Mon State, have been permitted to conduct Mon language lessons for 45 minutes per day throughout the 2019–2020 academic year. However, teachers tasked to deliver such lessons report that the Mon State government has been unable to provide each student with the accompanying Mon language textbook. As a result, teachers have resorted to writing the lessons on blackboards, thereby wasting the majority of the allotted 45 minutes.

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Lack of NRCs in remote areas of Kyaikmayaw Township strip residents of voting rights, access to government services

According to the venerable Monk Pan Ti Ta, Abbot of Kaw Zwel village, Kyaikmayaw Township, nearly 50 percent of all residents in remote areas of Kyaikmayaw township do not hold a National Registration Card (NRC).

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11 years on, Thanbyuzayat resident still seeking justice for military land confiscation

HURFOM: More than 11 years after his land was seized, Nai P—, a victim of land confiscation, has told HURFOM that he still hopes to one day have his land returned to him. The land in question was confiscated by Burma Artillery Regiment Command No. 315 (ARC No. 315), stationed west of Wae Kalee village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State.

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Mon State residents worry they can no longer afford electricity after Ministry of Electricity and Energy hikes rates

On June 25^th 2019, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) announced that beginning in July 2019, the cost of electricity per kilowatt hour (kWh) would increase throughout Burma. The decision to increase electricity rates has been met with criticism from Mon State residents given that households are now required to pay nearly three times what they paid for electricity prior to the rate increase.

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