Youth Association provides free masks
September 28, 2020
HURFOM: The spread of COVID-19 has been increasing throughout Myanmar/Burma. As of September 26, there were 222 COVID-19 confirmed cases in Mon State.
Read moreNovember 8 election should be postponed says 24 political parties
September 27, 2020
HURFOM: Due to high rates of local transmission of COVID-19, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) along with 24 other political parties sent an open letter to the UEC on September 15 demanding the Commission reconsider the date of the election.
Read moreVillage leader sues for defamation
September 20, 2020
HURFOM: On September 14, 2020, Nai Pha, the hundred-household leader of (Inside) Da Ni Kyar village, Ma Gyi village track, Khaw Zar Sub-township, Ye Township, Mon State announced he will sue a monk and five villagers for defaming him.
Read moreNeighbour rapes 6-year-old child
September 19, 2020
HURFOM: On September 12, 2020, a 50-year-old man from Zay Jo Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State, raped a 6-year old child.
The rapist lived nearby the child’s family home, and lured her to his house.
Read moreNLD’s election campaign poster destroyed in Kyaikmayaw
September 15, 2020
HURFOM: On September 11, 2020, a 28-year-old man from Kaw That village, Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State destroyed a National League for Democracy (NLD) election campaign poster. He was charged by the Kyaikmayaw police under electoral law #57 and #58 for actions threatening the right to be elected.
Read moreElection campaigning must be done via social media due to COVID-19 and limit crowd sizes
September 8, 2020
HURFOM: On September 6, 2020, the Union Election Commission (UEC) released a statement directing candidates to conduct their election campaigns via social media due to COVID-19. Candidates have responded that this will be difficult.
Read moreCandidate says Kyarinnseikyi voter education urgently needed for new voters
September 7, 2020
HURFOM: The 2020 general election will be the first time many residents living in Mon villages, Kyarinnseikyi Township, in Karen State will be voting.
This is because in the 2010 and 2015 elections, the villages were defined as “Black Area” by the government and under the control of the New Mon State Party (NMSP). As a result residents did not have a chance to cast their votes.
Read moreKyaikmayaw election candidate robbed and injured
September 5, 2020
HURFOM: Mi Than Htay, aka Mi Ja Loon Htaw an Administrator of Taranar village, Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State, and election candidate from #2 constituency of Kyaikmayaw Township was robbed in Hline Ward, Mawlamyine on September 1, 2020.
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