ENGLISH VERSION
http://www.irrawaddy.org/election/feature/ruling-party-mps-return-guns-alleged-drug-ties-to-2015-race
BURMESE VERSION
http://mobile.irrawaddy.org/article/2015/11/03/98511.html
CONFLICT,CRIME AND CORRUPTION 2014-Bouncing back Relapse in the Golden TriangleMYO AUNG Myanmar
Conflict, Crime and Corruption
“Observers almost always blame the armed ethnic rebels as
the main culprits when talking about the drug trade. A case
in point is the upsurge in drug production and rising number
of seizures by law enforcement agencies in Thailand, Laos
and China during the past few years. Predictably, a number
of experts have concluded that the ceasefire groups, especially
the Wa, which have spurned Nay Pyi Taw’s call to forget their
self-rule ambitions and become Burma Army-run Border
Guard Forces (BGFs), are furiously churning out more drugs
to sell and buy weapons to fight. However, such analysis
ignores a number of glaring details.”
Corruption and ‘Markets of Violence’
The drug trade is a hugely profitable business, and it is
clear that corruption and the involvement of high-ranking
officials play an important role in the region. Until now,
however, there have been few efforts to address this. As a
Shan newsgroup, which regularly publicises drug issues,
wrote following Thailand’s indictment of three suspected
drug traffickers from Burma: “Drug businessmen, however,
conflicts – including Tatmadaw units – taxed opium
farmers.73 Exile media groups have also reported the
involvement of Tatmadaw units in the drug trade.74
Corruption and involvement of Tatmadaw in the drug
trade is also stimulated by the policy that local units have
to be largely self-reliant, meaning that they have to find
their own food and other supplies and enjoy less logistical
support from the army headquarters.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016 Burma-Bureau of Democracy,...MYO AUNG Myanmar
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016
Burma
https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/#wrapper
2016 Human Rights Reports – Secretary’s Preface
https://www.forbes.com/profile/rex-tillerson/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=265324
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016
Burma
Burma has a quasi-parliamentary system of government in which the national parliament selects the president, and constitutional provisions grant one-quarter of national, regional, and state parliamentary seats to active duty military appointees; all other seats are open to elections. The military also has the authority to appoint the ministers of defense, home affairs, and border affairs and assume power indefinitely over all branches of the government should the president declare a national state of emergency. In November 2015 the country held nationwide parliamentary elections that the public widely accepted as a credible reflection of the will of the people. The then opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), chaired by Aung San Suu Kyi, won 390 of 491 contested seats in the bicameral parliament. Parliament elected NLD member U Htin Kyaw as president in March and created the position of State Counsellor for Aung San Suu Kyi in April, cementing her position as the country’s de facto leader.
Civilian authorities did not maintain effective control over the security forces.
http://burmese.voanews.com/a/myanmar-army-still-involving-strong-under-new-nld-government-/3752110.html?ltflags=mailer
ျမန္မာလူ႕အခြင့္အေရးအဓိကျပႆ နာ ၃ ရပ္ ၂၀၁၆ ကန္အစီရင္ခံစာေထာက္ျပ
MYANMAR: ANNUAL REPORT COUNTRY ENTRY 2016 By Amnesty International, ENGLISH V...MYO AUNG Myanmar
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/3511/2016/my/
ENGLISH VERSION-
MYANMAR: ANNUAL REPORT COUNTRY ENTRY 2016
By Amnesty International, 24 February 2016, Index number: ASA 16/3511/2016
Authorities failed to address rising religious intolerance and incitement to discrimination and violence against
Muslims, allowing hardline Buddhist nationalist groups to grow in power and influence ahead of the November
general elections. The situation of the persecuted Rohingya deteriorated still further. The government
intensified a clampdown on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Reports of abuses of
international human rights and humanitarian law in areas of internal armed conflict persisted. Security forces
suspected of human rights violations continued to enjoy near-total impunity.
US STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE 2018 BURMA HUMAN RIGHT REPORT ON 13-3-2019 MYO AUNG Myanmar
US STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE 2018 BURMA HUMAN RIGHT REPORT ON 13-3-2019
https://burmese.voanews.com/a/us-state-department-human-rights-report-2019/4827968.html?ltflags=mailer
ျမန္မာ့ လူ႔အခြင့္အေရး စိုးရိမ္မကင္းျဖစ္မႈ ကန္အစီရင္ခံစာ ေထာက္ျပ
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2019/03/290295.htm
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/289277.pdf
The Myanmar Elections: Results and Implications MYO AUNG Myanmar
Crisis Group Asia Briefing N°147
Yangon/Brussels, 9 December 2015
I. Overview
The 8 November elections were a major waypoint in Myanmar’s transition from authoritarian
rule. Holding a peaceful, orderly vote in a context of little experience of
electoral democracy, deep political fissures and ongoing armed conflict in several
areas was a major achievement for all political actors, the election commission and
the country as a whole. The victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) needs
to use the four-month transitional period before it takes power at the end of March
2016 wisely, identifying key appointees early so that they have as much time as possible to prepare for the substantial challenges ahead.
CONFLICT,CRIME AND CORRUPTION 2014-Bouncing back Relapse in the Golden TriangleMYO AUNG Myanmar
Conflict, Crime and Corruption
“Observers almost always blame the armed ethnic rebels as
the main culprits when talking about the drug trade. A case
in point is the upsurge in drug production and rising number
of seizures by law enforcement agencies in Thailand, Laos
and China during the past few years. Predictably, a number
of experts have concluded that the ceasefire groups, especially
the Wa, which have spurned Nay Pyi Taw’s call to forget their
self-rule ambitions and become Burma Army-run Border
Guard Forces (BGFs), are furiously churning out more drugs
to sell and buy weapons to fight. However, such analysis
ignores a number of glaring details.”
Corruption and ‘Markets of Violence’
The drug trade is a hugely profitable business, and it is
clear that corruption and the involvement of high-ranking
officials play an important role in the region. Until now,
however, there have been few efforts to address this. As a
Shan newsgroup, which regularly publicises drug issues,
wrote following Thailand’s indictment of three suspected
drug traffickers from Burma: “Drug businessmen, however,
conflicts – including Tatmadaw units – taxed opium
farmers.73 Exile media groups have also reported the
involvement of Tatmadaw units in the drug trade.74
Corruption and involvement of Tatmadaw in the drug
trade is also stimulated by the policy that local units have
to be largely self-reliant, meaning that they have to find
their own food and other supplies and enjoy less logistical
support from the army headquarters.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016 Burma-Bureau of Democracy,...MYO AUNG Myanmar
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016
Burma
https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/#wrapper
2016 Human Rights Reports – Secretary’s Preface
https://www.forbes.com/profile/rex-tillerson/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=265324
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016
Burma
Burma has a quasi-parliamentary system of government in which the national parliament selects the president, and constitutional provisions grant one-quarter of national, regional, and state parliamentary seats to active duty military appointees; all other seats are open to elections. The military also has the authority to appoint the ministers of defense, home affairs, and border affairs and assume power indefinitely over all branches of the government should the president declare a national state of emergency. In November 2015 the country held nationwide parliamentary elections that the public widely accepted as a credible reflection of the will of the people. The then opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), chaired by Aung San Suu Kyi, won 390 of 491 contested seats in the bicameral parliament. Parliament elected NLD member U Htin Kyaw as president in March and created the position of State Counsellor for Aung San Suu Kyi in April, cementing her position as the country’s de facto leader.
Civilian authorities did not maintain effective control over the security forces.
http://burmese.voanews.com/a/myanmar-army-still-involving-strong-under-new-nld-government-/3752110.html?ltflags=mailer
ျမန္မာလူ႕အခြင့္အေရးအဓိကျပႆ နာ ၃ ရပ္ ၂၀၁၆ ကန္အစီရင္ခံစာေထာက္ျပ
MYANMAR: ANNUAL REPORT COUNTRY ENTRY 2016 By Amnesty International, ENGLISH V...MYO AUNG Myanmar
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/3511/2016/my/
ENGLISH VERSION-
MYANMAR: ANNUAL REPORT COUNTRY ENTRY 2016
By Amnesty International, 24 February 2016, Index number: ASA 16/3511/2016
Authorities failed to address rising religious intolerance and incitement to discrimination and violence against
Muslims, allowing hardline Buddhist nationalist groups to grow in power and influence ahead of the November
general elections. The situation of the persecuted Rohingya deteriorated still further. The government
intensified a clampdown on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Reports of abuses of
international human rights and humanitarian law in areas of internal armed conflict persisted. Security forces
suspected of human rights violations continued to enjoy near-total impunity.
US STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE 2018 BURMA HUMAN RIGHT REPORT ON 13-3-2019 MYO AUNG Myanmar
US STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE 2018 BURMA HUMAN RIGHT REPORT ON 13-3-2019
https://burmese.voanews.com/a/us-state-department-human-rights-report-2019/4827968.html?ltflags=mailer
ျမန္မာ့ လူ႔အခြင့္အေရး စိုးရိမ္မကင္းျဖစ္မႈ ကန္အစီရင္ခံစာ ေထာက္ျပ
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2019/03/290295.htm
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/289277.pdf
The Myanmar Elections: Results and Implications MYO AUNG Myanmar
Crisis Group Asia Briefing N°147
Yangon/Brussels, 9 December 2015
I. Overview
The 8 November elections were a major waypoint in Myanmar’s transition from authoritarian
rule. Holding a peaceful, orderly vote in a context of little experience of
electoral democracy, deep political fissures and ongoing armed conflict in several
areas was a major achievement for all political actors, the election commission and
the country as a whole. The victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) needs
to use the four-month transitional period before it takes power at the end of March
2016 wisely, identifying key appointees early so that they have as much time as possible to prepare for the substantial challenges ahead.
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The Press of India is considered one of the most independent Presses all over the world. But is it really true?
Do we really have a free press in the country?
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Political Parties Campaign in Historic FATA Elections. URDU version of the full statement of the FATA Committee is available here: http://www.slideshare.net/FATAparties/fata-committee-news-release-14-march-2013-urdu ---- For a Microsoft Word version of the press release, visit the following link: http://goo.gl/sJvaw
Submitted on March 19, 2013, this letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) contains urgent recommendations from the FATA Committee and also from 54 tribal political leaders from all seven agences and the frontier regions of FATA. The letter is also being delivered to the President of Pakistan, the KP governor, the FATA Secretariat, the SAFRON Ministry and NADRA. Copies will be received by the leaders of all 11 political parties on the FATA Committee (ANP, JI, JUI-F, MQM, NP, PkMAP, PML-N, PML, PPP, PTI and QWP) as well as the members of the Senate Special Committee on Election Issues and the outgoing National Assembly Sub-committee on Electoral Laws. --- Political Parties Campaign in Historic FATA Elections. URDU version of the full statement of the FATA Committee is available here: http://www.slideshare.net/FATAparties/fata-committee-news-release-14-march-2013-urdu ---- For a Microsoft Word version of the press release, visit the following link: http://goo.gl/sJvaw
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The Press of India is considered one of the most independent Presses all over the world. But is it really true?
Do we really have a free press in the country?
265706 Relation Sandro Suzart SUZART GOOGLE INC United States on Demon...Sandro Suzart
relationship between Sandro Suzart SUZART GOOGLE INC and United States on Demonstrations 2013 and Impeachments of 22 governments Relation Sandro Suzart SUZART GOOGLE INC United States on Demonstrations countries IMPEACHMENT GOOGLE INC
State of Democracy and other Civil Liberties and Freedoms in Afghanistan sinc...Charlie
I look into what Afghanistan was like under the Republic, under 1996-2001 Taliban rule, and then go over how things are shaping up under renewed Taliban rule.
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relationship between Sandro Suzart SUZART GOOGLE INC and United States on Demonstrations 2013 and Impeachments of 22 governments Relation, Sandro Suzart, SUZART, GOOGLE INC, United States on Demonstrations countries IMPEACHMENT GOOGLE INC
Political Parties Campaign in Historic FATA Elections. URDU version of the full statement of the FATA Committee is available here: http://www.slideshare.net/FATAparties/fata-committee-news-release-14-march-2013-urdu ---- For a Microsoft Word version of the press release, visit the following link: http://goo.gl/sJvaw
Submitted on March 19, 2013, this letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) contains urgent recommendations from the FATA Committee and also from 54 tribal political leaders from all seven agences and the frontier regions of FATA. The letter is also being delivered to the President of Pakistan, the KP governor, the FATA Secretariat, the SAFRON Ministry and NADRA. Copies will be received by the leaders of all 11 political parties on the FATA Committee (ANP, JI, JUI-F, MQM, NP, PkMAP, PML-N, PML, PPP, PTI and QWP) as well as the members of the Senate Special Committee on Election Issues and the outgoing National Assembly Sub-committee on Electoral Laws. --- Political Parties Campaign in Historic FATA Elections. URDU version of the full statement of the FATA Committee is available here: http://www.slideshare.net/FATAparties/fata-committee-news-release-14-march-2013-urdu ---- For a Microsoft Word version of the press release, visit the following link: http://goo.gl/sJvaw
Edo State Conflict Tracker (May - June, 2018)PIND Foundation
This monthly tracker is designed to update Peace Agents on patterns and trends in conflict risk and violence, as identified by the Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU) early warning system, and to seek feedback and input for response to mitigate areas of conflict.
Ethnic Politics and the 2015 Elections in MyanmarMYO AUNG Myanmar
Myanmar Policy Briefing | 16 | September 2015
Ethnic Politics and the 2015 Elections in Myanmar
Recommendations
• The 2015 general election presents an important opportunity to give political
voice to Myanmar’s diverse ethnic nationality communities and empower them to
pursue their aspirations, provided that it is genuinely free and fair.
• If successfully held, the general election is likely to mark another key step in
the process of national transition from decades of military rule. However the
achievement of nationwide peace and further constitutional reform are still
needed to guarantee the democratic rights, representation and participation of all
peoples in determining the country’s future.
• Although nationality parties are likely to win many seats in the polls, the impact of
identity politics and vote-splitting along ethnic and party lines may see electoral
success falling short of expectations. This can be addressed through political
cooperation and reform. It is essential for peace and stability that the democratic
process offers real hope to nationality communities that they can have greater
control over their destiny.
• Inequitable distribution of political and economic rights has long driven mistrust
and conflict in Myanmar. The 2015 general election must mark a new era of
political inclusion, not division, in national politics. After the elections, it is vital
that an inclusive political dialogue moves forward at the national level to unite
parliamentary processes and ethnic ceasefire talks as a political roadmap for all
citizens.
BURMA IN TRANSITION-http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/burma-transi...MYO AUNG Myanmar
Since 2010, Burma has been an epicenter of unexpected, unprecedented, and rapid change. Following a quasi-free election in 2010, the Burmese government released hundreds of political prisoners, relaxed media restrictions, legalized labor unions, implemented crucial economic reforms, and made several attempts at national reconciliation with ethnic armed groups.
Most significantly, the government allowed for the development of a more open political environment in which leading opposition leader and former political prisoner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and her party, the National League for Democracy, won a landslide victory in parliamentary by-elections. Civil society is in overdrive and determined to make the most of the openings. Protests on Burma’s streets are a common occurrence.
However, despite the positive developments, Burma remains mired in conflict. These photographs present a snapshot of life in Burma today, highlighting both the causes for hope and progress and the immense challenges that remain.
Protestors still feel the threat of arrest and violent crackdowns, and though nominal democracy has replaced military autocracy, its processes are far from democratic. Military attacks against the ethnic Kachin and Shan villages continue, and have resulted in an increase in the number of internally displaced persons in the country. Decades of misrule have crippled Burma’s infrastructure and its economy at large. Additionally, the health care and education systems are in disarray and severely underfunded.
For the past two decades, Burma’s democracy movement has advocated for tripartite dialogue between the government, Aung San Suu Kyi, and representatives of ethnic nationalities. While the government is now in dialogue with opposition forces, its tenuous ceasefire processes with ethnic leaders often lack transparency, divide ethnic representatives, and exclude civil society.
Genuine peace and national reconciliation will not be possible without respect for the fundamental principles of equality and non-discrimination. Arakan State witnessed what appeared to be state-sanctioned violence against the minority Rohingya ethnic group, which resulted in mass displacement, arrests, and deaths. Government officials continue to practice systematic discrimination against the mostly Muslim group, denying their most basic rights. In addition, several hundred political prisoners remain behind bars. And Burmese democracy is hamstrung by its undemocratic 2008 Constitution, which mandates that 25 percent of seats in Parliament belong to the military.
Transitions are never easy and Burma’s is more complicated than it may seem. The general desire for a democratic and inclusive state is widely shared, but the country is hardly out of the weeds. Civil society victories, such as the successful protests that suspended the Myitsone Dam in 2011, are undermined by events like the violent crackdown on monks and villagers protesting at the Letpadaung c
A tale of Two JITs
In a watershed moment in July 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was untruthful and untrustworthy for failing to declare his deemed income from his son. This decision was based on the findings of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed in early 2017 to investigate corruption allegations against Nawaz Sharif and his family in the Panama Papers case. This report provided the Supreme Court with much-needed fodder to disqualify Mr. Nawaz Sharif from holding public office for life, a decision that the court allegedly had already made on the behest of the establishment but needed a shoulder from which to shoot its gun, which the JIT provided in the form of accusing Nawaz Sharif and his family members, including Maryam Nawaz, of several financial irregularities. The decision's merits remained a source of debate and criticism from many quarters. Legal experts argued that the Supreme Court had overstepped its bounds, and that the decision could set a dangerous precedent for future cases. Nawaz Sharif, who never accepted the decision, called it politically motivated and designed to weaken his party. Unfortunately disregarding the perils faced by the country on all fronts, they are still settling personal vendettas against each other at the expense of the country's financial and economic health and making the people struggle to make ends meet. We are all aware that the solution to the country's quagmire lies in keeping national interests supreme, which primarily lies in upholding the constitution regardless of what happens. This simple solution however seems too difficult and impossible to implement when decisions are made to protect personal interests at the expense of violating the constitution, putting the country in dire economic and financial straits with no way out. And perhaps this JIT is also a good tool for settling personal scores while ignoring the risk of sending the country into another dangerous spiral.
This article is about formation of two JIT one against Nawaz Sharif which ended at his disqualification and second JIT against Imran Khan whose fate is yet to be decided.. The politics in Pakistan is indeed an unending drama.. with even a single dull moment.
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Sen. Joe Manchin considers independent 2024 run.docxFirenewsFeed
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has benefited from waiting to reveal where he stands as the swing vote in a chamber closely divided between Democrats and Republicans.
He’s taken the same approach when it comes to the next phase of his political career: The moderate Democrat has teased possible retirement, a run for reelection to the Senate or even a presidential campaign in 2024 — possibly as an independent candidate.
During a multi-day trip to West Virginia’s capital this week, the 76-year-old expressed growing frustration with the polarized U.S. two-party system.
“I’m having a hard time — I really am,” he said while touring a Charleston metal stamping plant. “The two-party system, unless it changes, will be the downfall of our country.”
Manchin’s visit included the metal plant, which began being revitalized during his governorship, and an Amtrak station renovated with infrastructure funds he helped secure. He told reporters he was “getting closer” to a 2024 decision, repeating his line that he’ll make an announcement before the end of the year. But he deflected questions about his identity as a Democrat, which he’s held since first running for West Virginia’s House of Delegates in 1982.
“Don’t worry about the ‘D’ or the ‘R’, worry about the person — who is that person?” said Manchin, who was a Democratic secretary of state and governor of West Virginia. “There can be a good D and a bad D and a good R and a bad R, but the identity — I like more the independent identity.”
Manchin, who joined Congress in 2010 and rose to prominence in West Virginia politics when both coal and the Democratic Party were king, has wielded his influence like few other politicians in recent years.
He managed to win reelection in 2018 in one of former President Donald Trump’s most loyal states as the last of his party to hold statewide office in now-deep red West Virginia.
However, some observers say he faces very tough odds if he runs for reelection, particularly as the state’s enormously popular Republican Gov. Jim Justice has entered the race.
Some progressive Democrats over the past few years have grown weary of Manchin. His vote is one of two they’ve had to beg, convince and cajole in a 51-49 Senate — but his nearly constant chides at many fellow Democrats, particularly President Joe Biden, left them concerned he could switch parties and take away their slim hold on power.
One of his most stunning rebukes of his party came in December 2021 when after months of painstaking negotiations directly with the White House, Manchin pulled his support from a $2 trillion social and environmental bill, dealing a fatal blow to Biden’s leading domestic initiative in his first year in office.
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) AAPP report in Burmese The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), also known as AAPP,
is a non-profit human rights organization based in Mae Sot, Thailand. AAPP was founded in 2000
by former political prisoners living in exile on the Thai/Burma border.
Since then, the organization has been run by former political prisoners,
with two offices being opened inside Burma in 2012, one in Rangoon and the other in Mandalay.
AAPP advocates and lobbies for the release of remaining political prisoners and
for the improvement of the lives of political prisoners after their release.
The various assistance programs for political prisoners and their family members
are aimed at ensuring they have access to education, vocational trainings, mental
health counseling and healthcare.
Identity crisis ethnicity and conflict in myanmar crisis groupMYO AUNG Myanmar
REPORT 312 / ASIA 28 AUGUST 2020
Identity Crisis: Ethnicity and Conflict in Myanmar
Ethnicity and conflict are tightly linked in Myanmar, as communal groups take up arms to press grievances for which they have found no other recourse. The problem calls for dialogue and deep reform, but meanwhile authorities can take smaller steps to indicate their positive intent.
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/312-identity-crisis-ethnicity-and-conflict-myanmar?utm_source=Sign+Up+to+Crisis+Group%27s+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=1732944c02-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_28_08_41_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1dab8c11ea-1732944c02-359431769
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CHINA IS PLAYING MYANMAR GROUND THE KYAUKPHYU SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND CHINA STRATEGIC DEEP-SEA PORT PROJECT
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China’s Strategic Port Project Moves Step Closer to Reality as Myanmar OKs Joint Venture
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/construction-chinas-bri-deep-sea-port-start-soon-myanmars-rakhine-state-govt.html
Construction on China's BRI Deep Sea Port to Start Soon in Myanmar's Rakhine State: Govt
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/minister-rejects-fears-debt-trap-chinese-backed-port.html
Minister Rejects Fears of Debt Trap Over Chinese-Backed Port
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/editorial/kyaukphyu-danger-slipping-hands.html
Is Kyaukphyu in Danger of Slipping Out of Our Hands?
http://www.thaibizmyanmar.com/th/news/detail.php?ID=2948
An industrial zone project within the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Rakhine State will be developed for US$30 billion
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https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/first-phase-of-kyaukphyu-deep-seaport-project-expected-to-cost-13-bln
First phase of Kyaukphyu Deep Seaport project expected to cost $ 1.3 bln
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/18/c_138716099.htm
Xinhua Headlines: Kyaukpyu port to become model project in China-Myanmar BRI cooperation
Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-18 20:49:31|Editor: huaxia
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/20/c_138720186.htm
Feature: How the development of Myanmar's Kyaukpyu port won the hearts of locals
Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-20 11:27:42|Editor: Wang Yamei
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/02/17/china039s-citic-to-build-myanmar039s-huge-kyaukphyu-deep-seaport-first-phase-to-cost-us13-bln
China's CITIC to build Myanmar's huge Kyaukphyu Deep Seaport, first phase to cost US$1.3 bln
ASEANPLUS NEWS
Monday, 17 Feb 2020
1:35 PM MYT
https://splash247.com/china-inks-kyaukphyu-development-deal-with-myanmar/#:~:text=China%20has%20signed%20an%20agreement,visit%20to%20Myanmar%20last%20weekend.
China inks Kyaukphyu development deal with Myanmar
Jason Jiang Jason JiangJanuary 20, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyaukphyu
https://asiatimes.com/2019/07/china-led-port-project-inches-ahead-in-myanmar/
AT FINANCE, MYANMAR
China-led port project inches ahead in Myanmar
CITIC-led consortium this month started legally required impact assessments but the controversial $1.3 billion mega-project is still far from a done deal
By THOMPSON CHAU
JULY 15, 2019
The climate crisis and threats against land and environmental defendersMYO AUNG Myanmar
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/defending-tomorrow/
Report / July 29, 2020
DEFENDING TOMORROW
The climate crisis and threats against land and environmental defenders
The climate crisis is arguably the greatest global and existential threat we face. As it escalates, it serves to exacerbate many of the other serious problems in our world today – from economic inequality to racial injustice and the spread of zoonotic diseases.
For years, land and environmental defenders have been the first line of defence against the causes and impacts of climate breakdown. Time after time, they have challenged those companies operating recklessly, rampaging unhampered through forests, skies, wetlands, oceans and biodiversity hotspots.
https://youtu.be/FM7X1tnT4Sc
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Download the full report Defending Tomorrow: The climate crisis and threats against land and environmental defenders (Low resolution, 6.6MB, PDF)
User Privacy or Cyber Sovereignty Freedom House Special Report 2020MYO AUNG Myanmar
https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2020/user-privacy-or-cyber-sovereignty?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=SPOTLIGHTFRDM_072720
Special Report 2020
User Privacy or Cyber Sovereignty?
Assessing the human rights implications of data localization
WRITTEN BY-Adrian Shahbaz-Allie Funk-Andrea Hackl
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/FINAL_Data_Localization_human_rights_07232020.pdf
USER PRIVACY OR CYBER SOVEREIGNTY?
Assessing the human rights implications of data localization
Freedom of Expression Active and Seeking Justice from MyanmarMYO AUNG Myanmar
Freedom of Expression Active and seeking justice from MYANMAR
https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2020/07/16/seeking-justice-an-analysis-of-obstacles-and-opportunities-for-civil-society-groups-pursuing-accountability-for-human-rights-violations-in-domestic-courts-in-kachin-and-northern-shan-states/
SEEKING JUSTICE: AN ANALYSIS OF OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS PURSUING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN DOMESTIC COURTS IN KACHIN AND NORTHERN SHAN STATES
Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand (KWAT) and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) are releasing a new report on access to justice in Burma, in which we identify strategies for local civil society groups, demand political and legal reforms, and call on donor agencies to better support assistance to victims of the most serious human rights violations.
https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EngA-Chance-to-Fix-in-Time.pdf
“A Chance to Fix in Time”
Analysis of Freedom of Expression in
Four Years Under the Current Government
https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2020/07/16/%e1%80%a1%e1%80%81%e1%80%bb%e1%80%ad%e1%80%94%e1%80%ba%e1%80%99%e1%80%ae%e1%80%95%e1%80%bc%e1%80%84%e1%80%ba%e1%80%86%e1%80%84%e1%80%ba%e1%80%81%e1%80%bd%e1%80%84%e1%80%ba%e1%80%b7-%e1%80%a1-2/
အချိန်မီပြင်ဆင်ခွင့် – အစိုးရသက်တမ်း ၄နှစ်အတွင်း လွတ်လပ်စွာထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခွင့်ကို ဆန်းစစ်ခြင်းအစီရင်ခံစာ
SHWE KOKKO BORDER KAYIN STATE PROJECT COLLECTIONMYO AUNG Myanmar
ALL ABOUT SHWE KOKKO PROJECT KAYIN STATE COLLECTIONS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwe_Kokko Shwe Kokko https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/shwe-kokko-a-paradise-for-chinese-investment/ Shwe Kokko: A paradise for Chinese investment SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 http://karennews.org/2020/03/shwe-koko-big-winners-burma-army-and-international-crime-syndicates-at-expense-of-karen-people-knu-community-groups-want-it-stopped/ Shwe Koko: Big Winners – Burma Army and international Crime Syndicates at Expense of Karen People – KNU, Community Groups Want it Stopped Karen News Send an emailMarch 26, 2020 https://asiatimes.com/2019/03/a-chinatown-mysteriously-emerges-in-backwoods-myanmar/ A Chinatown mysteriously emerges in backwoods Myanmar Shwe Kokko, a remote town along Myanmar's Moei River, is the latest odd and bold outpost of China's Belt and Road Initiative By BERTIL LINTNER MARCH 1, 2019 https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/305-commerce-and-conflict-navigating-myanmars-china-relationship https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/305-commerce-and-conflict-myanmar-china%20(1)_0.pdf Commerce and Conflict: Navigating Myanmar’s China Relationship Asia Report N°305 | 30 March 2020 https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/chinas-thai-myanmar-border-investment-shwe-kokko-chinatown-mega-project CHINA’S THAI-MYANMAR BORDER INVESTMENT: Shwe Kokko Chinatown mega-project http://monnews.org/2020/03/28/gambling-away-our-land-kpsn-report-raises-questions-about-shwe-kokko-extension-project/ ‘Gambling Away Our Land’; KPSN report raises questions about Shwe Kokko Extension project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=900Fzrn8DzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etlg2eYn7HM https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-mystery-man-behind-the-shwe-kokko-project/?f
Myanmar language version of the UN Charter.Yangon charter myanmarMYO AUNG Myanmar
Myanmar language version of the UN Charter.
Source: https://unic.un.org/aroundworld/unics/common/documents/publications/uncharter/yangon_charter_myanmar.pdf
https://unic.un.org/aroundworld/unics/common/documents/publications/uncharter/yangon_charter_myanmar.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3tttG9XprzHH4_yCQNOg8_u8g6z23fqYLqeCUvvIkHAqzTLKjSnB1OT3g
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2020 BY UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELO...MYO AUNG Myanmar
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2020
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT UNCTAD
ttps://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2396&utm_source=CIO+-+General+public&utm_campaign=5e26d15771-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_17_11_42_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3d334fa428-5e26d15771-70594621
Global foreign direct investment projected to plunge 40% in 202016 June 2020
COVID-19 causes steep drop in investment flows, hitting developing countries hardest. Recovery is not expected before 2022, says new UNCTAD report.
Myanmar Amber traps scientists in ethical dilemma over funding warMYO AUNG Myanmar
Myanmar is a major producer of amber, a fossilized tree resin. Amber is valued for jewelry, and also serves as a sort of time capsule that provides scientific clues to prehistoric life with fossilized inclusions such as insects, birds and dinosaur footprints.
Meanwhile, the main amber-mining areas in the country are located in an internal conflict zone where an ethnic minority is fighting against the national armed forces, and the amber also comes with problems of human rights violations and smuggling.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Location/Southeast-Asia/Myanmar-amber-traps-scientists-in-ethical-dilemma-over-funding-war
Myanmar amber traps scientists in ethical dilemma over funding war
Fossils like those in 'Jurassic Park' draw scrutiny as Kachin conflict drags on
https://www.facebook.com/MYOAUNGNAYPYIDAW/posts/2839212596177214
သယံဇာတစစ်ပွဲ
မြန်မာ့ပယင်းရဲ့ သိပ္ပံပညာရှင်တွေကို စွဲဆောင်နိုင်မှုက ကျင့်ဝတ်ဆိုင်ရာ အကျပ်ရိုက်မှုဖြစ်စေပြီး စစ်ပွဲတွေအတွက် ငွေကြေးထောက်ပံ့ရာလမ်းကြောင်းဖြစ်နေ
SITUATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OVERVIEW IN BURMA (JANUARY – APRIL 2020)MYO AUNG Myanmar
https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2020/04/21/situational-human-rights-overview-in-burma-january-april-2020/
SITUATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OVERVIEW IN BURMA (JANUARY – APRIL 2020)
2019 country reports on human rights practices burma united state of america ...MYO AUNG Myanmar
Myanmar Aung
21 mins ·
https://burmese.voanews.com/a/us-state-depart…/5325155.html…
ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ ကန်အစီရင်ခံစာထဲက မြန်မာလူ့အခွင့်အရေး အခြေအနေ
https://www.state.gov/…/…/BURMA-2019-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf
https://www.state.gov/…/2019-country-reports-on-human-righ…/
2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.
MARCH 11, 2020
https://www.state.gov/assistant-secretary-for-democracy-hu…/
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Robert A. Destro On the Release of the 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
SPECIAL BRIEFING
ROBERT A. DESTRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR
PRESS BRIEFING ROOM
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MARCH 11, 2020
Executive Summary of Independent Commission of Enquiry "ICOE" Final Report En...MYO AUNG Myanmar
Executive Summary Of Independent Commission of Enquiry-ICOE' Final Report ENGLISH-BURMESE
https://www.facebook.com/myanmarpresidentoffice.gov.mm/posts/2632138836833836
ENGLISH VERSION
Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE)
https://www.icoe-myanmar.org/
Executive Summary Of Independent Commission of Enquiry-ICOE' Final Report
https://www.facebook.com/myanmarpresidentoffice.gov.mm/posts/2632129370168116
BURMESE VERSION
လွတ်လပ်သောစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးကော်မရှင် (Independent Commission of Enquiry-ICOE) ၏ အပြီးသတ်အစီရင်ခံစာ အကျဉ်းချုပ်\
2019 ANNI Report on the Performance and Establishment of National Human Right...MYO AUNG Myanmar
https://www.forum-asia.org/?p=29979&nhri=1
2019 ANNI Report on the Performance and Establishment of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia
7 October 2019 2:36 pm
https://www.forum-asia.org/uploads/wp/2019/10/3.0-Online-ANNI-Report-2019.pdf
https://www.forum-asia.org/?p=29931
Myanmar: Promote press freedom, and end reprisals against Development Media Group
3 October 2019 3:58 pm
https://www.forum-asia.org/uploads/wp/2019/10/Press-release-Myanmar-DMG.pdf
ALL ABOUT INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) AND MYANMARMYO AUNG Myanmar
ALL ABOUT INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) AND MYANMAR
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946.
The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). Of the six principal organs of the United Nations, it is the only one not located in New York (United States of America).
The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.
The Court is composed of 15 judges, who are elected for terms of office of nine years by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. It is assisted by a Registry, its administrative organ. Its official languages are English and French.
https://www.icj-cij.org/en/court
https://www.icj-cij.org/en-basic-toolkit
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ICJ
Information Department
information@icj-cij.org
https://opiniojuris.org/2019/11/13/the-gambia-v-myanmar-at-the-international-court-of-justice-points-of-interest-in-the-application/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/cases-brought-myanmar-deliver-justice-rohingya-191117174800430.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/war-crimes-judges-approve-investigation-violence-against-rohingya-icc-myammar
https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-situation-of-the-rohingya-is-there-a-role-for-the-international-court-of-justice/
https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/gambia-files-lawsuit-against-myanmar-international-court-justice
STIMSON INNOVATIVE IDEAS CHANGING THE WORLD AND CHINA-MEKONG RIVER AND MYANMARMYO AUNG Myanmar
STIMSON INNOVATIVE IDEAS CHANGING THE WORLD AND CHINA-MEKONG RIVER AND MYANMAR
The Stimson Center is a nonpartisan policy research center working to protect people, preserve the planet, and promote security & prosperity. Stimson’s award-winning research serves as a roadmap to address borderless threats through concerted action. Our formula is simple: we gather the brightest people to think beyond soundbites, create solutions, and make those solutions a reality. We follow the credo of one of history’s leading statesmen, Henry L. Stimson, in taking “pragmatic steps toward ideal objectives.” We are practical in our approach and independent in our analysis. Our innovative ideas change the world.
https://www.stimson.org/sites/default/files/file-attachments/Cronin-China%20Supply%20Chain%20Shift.pdf
https://www.stimson.org/sites/default/files/file-attachments/SC_EnergyPublication.FINAL_.pdf
https://www.stimson.org/content/powering-mekong-basin-connect
https://www.stimson.org/sites/default/files/file-attachments/WEB-FEB_Cambodia%20Report.pdf
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/slower-smaller-cheaper-the-reality-of-the-china-myanmar-economic-corridor
Slower, smaller, cheaper: the reality of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/peace-through-development-chinas-experiment-in-myanmar
Peace through development: China’s experiment in Myanmar
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-walks-political-tightrope-in-Myanmar
China walks political tightrope in Myanmar
Beijing should leverage its influence with military
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/why-china-is-sceptical-about-the-peace-process
Why China is sceptical about the peace process
https://www.stimson.org/content/%E2%80%98loose-end%E2%80%99-peace-process
The ‘loose end’ of the peace process
The Stimson Center
communications@stimson.org
THE ASSIATANCE ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS (BURMA)MYO AUNG Myanmar
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma),
https://aappb.org/background/about-aapp/
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), otherwise known as AAPP, is a human rights organization based in Mae Sot, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma. AAPP advocates for the release of all remaining political prisoners in Burma and for the improvement of their quality of life during and after incarceration. AAPP has developed rehabilitation and assistance programs for those political activists who have been released while continuing to document the ongoing imprisonment of political activists in Burma.
As long as political prisoners exist inside Burma, Burma will not be free. They represent the struggle for democracy, human rights, equality and freedom for the people of Burma. This makes the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners an integral part of Burma’s drive for national reconciliation.
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER A GUIDE FOR FIRST NATIONS COMUNITIES AND ADVOCATES MYO AUNG Myanmar
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/water1019_brochure_web.pdf
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER A GUIDE FOR FIRST NATIONS COMUNITIES AND ADVOCATES
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/canada0616web.pdf
Make it Safe
Canada’s Obligation to End the First Nations Water Crisis
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/canada0616_brochure_web.pdf
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Natural Resource Governance Reform and the Peace Process in MyanmarMYO AUNG Myanmar
NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE REFORM AND THE PEACE PROCESS IN MYANMAR
KEVIN M. WOODS
https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/natural-resource-governance-reform-and-the-peace-process-in-myanmar/
FORESTS OCT 18, 2019
Natural Resource Governance Reform and the Peace Process in Myanmar
By Kevin M. Woods
https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/executive-summary-of-natural-resource-governance-and-the-peace-process-in-myanmar/
https://www.forest-trends.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Forest-Trends_NRG_Peace_Myanmar_Final_ES.pdf
https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/forest-trends-comments-on-myanmar-draft-forest-rules-2019-regarding-land-rights/
Forest Trends Comments on Myanmar Draft Forest Rules (2019) Regarding Land Rights
https://www.forest-trends.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Forest-Rules-Brief-2019-FINAL-Letter.pdf
https://www.forest-trends.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Forest_Rules_Brief_2019_FINAL_A4_BURMESE-FINAL.pdf
https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/what-is-in-myanmars-first-eiti-forestry-reports/
हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
01062024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
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In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
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‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
Ruling Party MPs Return Guns, Alleged Drug Ties to 2015 Race BY Seamus Martov
1. This November, several pro-government militia leaders elected in Burma’s 2010
election are seeking a return to office on the Union Solidarity and Development Party
ticket.
by SEAMUS MARTOV / THE IRRAWADDY | 07 Oct 2015
This November, several pro-government militia leaders elected in Burma’s w idely discredited 2010 parliamentary poll
are seeking a return to office on the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) ticket, a further reminder that
guns still very much have a place in the country’s political arena.
The recently finalized candidate list from the Union Election Commission (UEC) includes several such incumbents
connected to militias that, w hile legal, are allegedly involved in Burma’s lucrative illicit drugs trade.
Officially know n in the Constitution as “people’s militias” (pyithu sit in Burmese), these armed groups have significant
autonomy in certain parts of the country w here, for many years, the central government has used them to solidify its rule
by proxy. Burma is home to, by one estimate, more than 50 such militias; groups that are left to self-finance their
activities through natural resource concessions, checkpoint tolls and, according to their critics, drug trafficking.
As the country’s largest and most drug-plagued region, Shan State has proven fertile ground for these groups to
proliferate, and w ith this in some cases has come the establishment of virtual fiefdoms, a development that critics say
could not have happened w ithout the complicity of their allies in the military.
M e e t Yo ur M ilitiam e n-M Ps
T Khun Myat, an ethnic Kachin from northern Shan State’s Kutkai Tow nship, is running this year to retain his seat in the
Low er House of Parliament, w here he serves as chairman of that chamber’s Bill Committee, a body tasked w ith drafting
new legislation and amending or repealing law s considered out of date. His role as head of the influential parliamentary
committee is notew orthy as T Khun Myat has been identified as the leader of a Kutkai-based people’s militia in a special
series of reports by the Shan Herald Agency for New s (S.H.A.N.). The Thailand-based new s group’s 2011 Shan Drug
Watch report, “Druglords in Parliament,” accused T Khun Myat and his militia of being “involved in protection and
transportation of drug shipments passing through” the group’s territory.
According to the report, T Khun Myat is often described as a friendly and approachable fellow by those w ho know him.
“Hard to believe he’s involved in drugs, if w e didn’t know his subordinates,” the report quotes a field researcher as
saying.
A 2010 article also published by Shan Herald quoted a source from Kutkai claiming that T Khun Myat had been a
shareholder in the now -defunct Myanmar Mayflow er Bank (MMB). Leaked US cables obtained by WikiLeaks suggest that
the US Embassy in Rangoon w as highly suspicious of the bank: “MMB’s links to narco-traffickers, and their money-
laundering activities, are indisputable,” w rote a US diplomat in 2005, shortly after Burmese government authorities
ordered MMB and another bank shut dow n under a cloud of suspicion.
The allegations against T Khun Myat and his militia, w hich have also been reported by the Bangkok Post and Al Jazeera,
do not seem to have negatively affected the affable politician much, if at all: He remains chairman of the Bill Committee
and in September 2012 led a parliamentary delegation to Washington, D.C., to take part in a w eeklong governance
training course facilitated by Johns Hopkins University’s prestigious Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS).
During the delegation’s visit to Capitol Hill, T Khun Myat and his parliamentary colleagues met then Senator Jim Webb,
now competing to be the Democratic Party’s next US presidential nominee, and Republican Senator James Inhofe. The
Kachin militia leader also took part in similar high-level parliamentary delegations that visited Japan in 2013 and India
tw o years earlier.
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A descendent of a prominent Kachin traditional ruling Duw a family, the “T” at the beginning of T Khun Myat’s name
appears to come from his family clan name Tangbau. It has been used to differentiate him from another w ell-know n
Kachin named Khun Myat Lahtaw , a businessman and hotel ow ner w ho helped negotiate a 1994 ceasefire betw een the
government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) that has since collapsed.
Voters are frightened by his words. They are worried if they don’t give the votes to the party, they
m ight be in trouble when the elections are over.”
Another Shan State politician listed in the Shan Drug Watch report is ethnic Kokang-Chinese law maker Ho Xiaochang, a
former deputy commander of the Kunlong Special Combat Police Force w ho is seeking re-election to his seat in the
Low er House, w here he currently represents Kunlong Tow nship for the USDP. According to the report, Ho had enough
influence w hile serving in the special police unit that he w as able to personally appeal to then military supremo Snr-Gen
Than Shw e to have a jailed subordinate freed just months after he w as arrested for shooting dead a low -level customs
official. Ho’s apparent negotiating skills could prove useful in w hat is expected to be a fractious parliamentary session
follow ing the Nov. 8 election.
The official parliamentary biography of USDP cadre Wilson Moe, an ethnic Lahu from eastern Shan State, lists under
career history his service as a senior member of an unnamed pyithu sit from 2002 to 2009. According to Shan Herald,
this militia w as the Nampong-Loi Taw Kham People’s Militia Force led by Yi Shay, a former lieutenant-general for the
notorious drug w arlord Khun Sa. Last December, Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) included Yi
Shay’s name on a list of 10 drug suspects that the ONCB w ants Burma to arrest. Wilson Moe is running again for a seat as
a member of the Upper House in Shan State constituency No. 7.
Another militia leader turned parliamentarian identified by the Shan Drug Watch report is Keng Mai, an ethnic Kachin
and alleged chief of the Mong Paw Militia, w ho sits in the Shan State assembly representing Muse’s constituency No. 2.
His election came follow ing a campaign that, according to Shan Herald, involved serious intimidation.
“Voters are frightened by his w ords,” an election w atcher from the Sino-Burmese border told the new s group in 2010.
“They are w orried if they don’t give the votes to the party, they might be in trouble w hen the elections are over,” the
unnamed individual added.
It remains to be seen how his parliamentary bid w ill go this time around, w ith Keng Mai now facing more opponents and
an electoral environment subject to much greater scrutiny by civil society groups, political parties and the international
community. In 2010, Keng Mai w ent up against three competing parliamentary aspirants, w hile this year he faces four
including the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), w hich has not shied aw ay from raising alleged electoral
malfeasance in the first month of the official campaign period.
Though not a member of the USDP, one paramilitary leader turned sitting law maker has already resorted to strong-arm
tactics in neighboring Kachin State. On Sept. 22, longtime Kachin militiaman Zakhung Ting Ying w rote a letter ordering
NLD candidates not to campaign in areas under the control of his New Democratic Army–Kachin (NDAK), a group that
officially transformed into a Border Guard Force in 2009.
Follow ing a formal complaint from the NLD, the state’s election subcommission intervened to allow the opposition
party’s candidates to campaign in the area know n as Kachin State Special Region No. 1. It remains to be seen if Zakhung
Ting Ying w ill actually allow a free and fair vote to take place in a remote corner of Kachin State that has long been his
personal fiefdom.
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Elsew here Myint Lw in, elected in 2010 to the Shan State assembly for a seat know n as Kutkai constituency No. 2, is an
ethnic Kokang-Chinese identified by Shan Drug Watch as yet another USDP politician involved in the drug trade. A
longstanding member of the pro-government Ta Moe Nye militia, Myint Lw in is closely connected to the leaders of tw o
other Shan State militias that emerged from Khun Sa’s once pow erful Mong Tai Army and w ere “heavily involved in drug
production and trade,” the report said.
A subsequent Shan Herald article described Myint Lw in as head of the Ta Moe Nye militia, as did a 2012 report from the
Transnational Institute (TNI), w hich noted that he controls a firm w ith a similar name, Ta Moe Nye Chan Thar Company,
and is heavily involved in the resource extraction sector in Shan State. Those business activities, according to TNI,
appear to have benefited from Myint Lw in’s close ties to former junta strongman Than Shw e, a relationship that began in
the 1970s w hen the latter w as stationed in northern Shan State.
The Kachin ethnic affairs minister for Shan State, Duw a Zot Daung, w as elected to his position in 2010 on the USDP
ticket. According to a recent report by the Asia Foundation, he is linked to the Mongko (Moneko) Militia, another group
active in northern Shan State, by w ay of his son Naw Hkam, w ho reportedly commands the group. Duw a Zot Daung is
again running for the ethnic affairs post in November, but this time as an independent.
N o table A bse nce s
While at least five sitting USDP law makers w ith ties to militias are set to recontest the Nov. 8 poll, others appear to have
opted to forgo a shot at parliamentary politics this time around.
Three farm ers cultivating po ppies in an area under the co ntro l o f the Pansay m ilitia in Shan State.
(Photo: Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
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4. Kyaw Myint, head of the Pansay militia and sitting member of the Shan State parliament representing an area that
includes his northern Shan State fiefdom, is not listed as running again for his seat in Namkham Tow nship.
A report released by the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) in October 2011 alleged that Kyaw Myint and his militia
w ere heavily involved in the drug trade. “Now militia leader Kyaw Myint has become an MP, he has more pow er to deal in
drugs,” PWO w arned in a press statement coinciding w ith the release of its report.
Kyaw Myint’s militia w as also named in the 2011 Shan Drug Watch report, allegations that w ere repeated by local
villagers during a visit by The Irraw addy to Namkham earlier this year. Ethnic Palaung anti-drug activists told an
Irraw addy reporter that the territory of Kyaw Myint’s Pansay militia covered 20,000 acres, stretching from the border
tow n of Muse to Kutkai some 30 kilometers to the south.
It appears that Kyaw Myint, w hose militia has often fought alongside Burma Army units based in Shan State during
clashes w ith the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in recent years, may be too preoccupied fighting to maintain his
group’s territory to run for office again. Since 2012, the TNLA has w aged a self-described w ar on drugs that has seen its
soldiers repeatedly raid areas under the Pansay militia’s control to destroy poppy crops.
Liu Guoxi is another sitting USDP law maker listed in the Shan Drug Watch report w ho does not appear to be running for
his seat in the Upper House constituency of Shan State-11. The former Burmese Communist Party official, w ho after that
group’s collapse w as secretary of the Shan State Special Region No. 1 in Kokang, w as described by the Hong Kong-based
Far Eastern Economic Review as a “drug kingpin” in the 1990s. He w as also mentioned in the US State Department’s
annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report from 1999 as someone believed by the US government to be
involved in the drug trade. Liu w as aw arded his seat in 2010 after running unopposed.
According to Shan Herald, Liu’s relative Zhao Dechang, w ho allegedly served as a “member of the cartel set up by” Liu,
w as elected to the Shan State parliament in 2010 after also running unopposed in the constituency of Kongyan No. 2. He
is running again under a Burmanized version of his name, Kyauk Tae Chan.
The current Kokang Special Region chairman Bai Souqian, w ho w as elected in the 2010 election from Laukkai
constituency No. 1 after also running unopposed, is absent from the UEC candidate list as w ell. Bai, w hose home in
Laukkai w as reported by state media as having been shelled during clashes in February w ith forces loyal to his former
comrade Peng Jiasheng, w as described in the 2011 Shan Drug Watch report as someone involved in the drug trade. It
appears that he does not actually need to run for his office in order to maintain his position as chairman of the Kokang
self-administered zone, a post appointed by the central government.
As of January 2013, Bai Souqian’s son Bai Yingneng w as serving as the USDP party secretary in Kokang, and it w ould
appear that he hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps; an individual named Bai Yingneng (listed alternatively as Khin
Maung Lw in) is slated as the USDP candidate running for a seat in the Shan State parliament to represent the
constituency of Laukkai No. 2.
All bets are off on forecasting the outcome of Burma’s highly anticipated general election, but this much seems certain:
The interplay of guns, drugs and pow er w ill— as it has for decades— continue to factor into Burma’s political milieu.
Editor’s note: T Khun M yat has also been spelled Ti Khun Myat, T. Hkun Myat and Khun Myet. H o Xiaochang is also
known as U Haw, Haw Laosang, Haw Shauk Chan and Haw Kwan. Yi Shay is also known by the Thai name Chaiwat
Pornsakulpaisarn. Ke ng M ai has also been spelled Kein Maing. M yint Lw in is also known as Wang Guoda and Wan Kwe
Tar. Kyaw M yint is known also as Win Maung and Li Yongqiang. Liu G uoxi is also known as Hlyu Kwe Shi and Lu Kwet
Shu. Bai Souqian is also known as Pei Hsauk Chen, Pae Sao Chein, Pei Sauk Chein, Bay Hsaw Chei, Phe Xiao Chain and
Bae Saw.
TOP PHOTO - (REUTERS )
Bai Souqian, identified in this Reuters photo as Phe Xiao Chain, speaks to journalists in Laukkai, capital of Burma’s Kokang Special Region, on Sept. 8, 2009.
SEAMUS MARTOV / THE IRRAWADDY
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S H pa
October 20th, 2015
It is a disg race to read this w hen it co m es to including U T. Hkun M yat alo ng w ith C hinese, he is a Kachin Natio nal w ho
dedicate his w ho le life fo r Kutkai and stands fo r no t o nly Kachin but fo r all the natio nalities living in Kutkai. He is a
Kachin and o ne capable and educated m an w ho can penetrate am o ng burm ese.
W hen it co m es to credibility do n’t w rite o r publish w itho ut having pro o f o r kno w the credible so urce. W here is m edia
ethic I believe yo u kno w that m uch as yo u can w rite pretty w ell. Sham e o n Seam us M arto v fo r pro ving that he do esn’t
kno w him in 5 line. I have RFA and Shan Harald vo luntarily and the answ er w as they have no pro ve but they kno w .
W hat in the w o rld is w ro ng w ith yo u stupid peo ple.
Fact U Kyaw W in (M ayflo w er) and T. Khun M yat has no business relatio ns. His sister m arried to U Kyaw W in’s bro ther (
A w ell respected C hristian Fam ily). Khun M yat Lahtaw is fro m M yitkyina (Seam us m ust be w riting w hatever he w ants
and g et the paycheck w itho ut do ing pro per research). T. Khun M yat destro yed m any drug s facto ries and bo m b
ex plo ded in his ho use in assassinatio n attem pt funded by drug lo rds.
This co uld be co m ing fro m the sam e so urce w ho m i do n’t need to m entio n to spread m o re hatred am o ng peo ple o f
kutkai betw een o ne race and ano ther. M aybe it is unfo rtunate to be Kachin Leader in Shan State. Nex t tim e ask
peo ple w ho really kno w s him .
Yo u m ay o r m ay no t po st but at least no w yo u kno w .
Seam us can w rite to m e if he is m entally w ell.
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October 21st, 2015
To Edito r,
W ith all due respect, I have to repo rt that there is a terrible m istake in translatio n o f o ne o f yo ur articles.
The article is “Ruling Party M Ps Return Guns, Alleg ed Drug Ties to 2015 Race” by Seam us M arto v, published o n 07 O ct
2015. The Burm ese translatio n w as published o n 20 O ct 2015. There is a m istake in translatio n o f this article in the
sectio n abo ut T Khun M yat. The o rig inal Eng lish versio n reads “It has been used to differentiate him fro m ano ther
w ell-kno w n Kachin nam ed Khun M yat Lahtaw ,” but in Burm ese translatio n, “
Khun M yat Lahtaw
… !”
I kno w there are tw o different and to tally unrelated individuals, Khun M yat Lahtaw and T Khun M yat. Khun M yat
Lahtaw is a w ell-reno w ned g entlem an fro m Yang o n and T Khun M yat is fro m Kutkai, Shan State. Seam us M arto v
seem s to kno w that. But the translato r m ade it co m pletely o ppo site. It sho uld no t happen fo r a credible new s m edia.
It m ig ht hurt the reputatio n o f an inno cent perso n.
I am no t here to m ake any arg um ent ag ainst alleg atio ns o n T Khun M yat; neither do I co nfirm these alleg atio ns. I just
w ant to po int o ut the m istake so that yo u can m ake co rrectio n in tim e and prevent unnecessary co nfusio n and
po ssible defam atio n o f the inno cent perso n.
Fro m
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