January 4, 2016

Annual school ceremonies held in Rohingya refugee camps

In the ceremonies, students, parents, local officers from camps were participated where the concerned education officer Shujid Mewar and Camp-in-Charge Jalal Uddin were giving speeches and prizes to the student who were bright and top in the class, shabbier more said.

Camp-in-Charge Jalal Uddin told in the ceremony that Rohingya people are mostly un-educated persons, can fall in unbearable situation. If they are educated, the will be prosperous their life in future. Education is the back bone of the nation. So, education is very important for Rohingya community, Aman, a committee member said.

The education officer Shujid Mewar also spoke at the ceremony and asked the parents to send their children to schools for education and they will support education program in future and doing arrangement for refugee children, Aman more added.

After giving the speech, the prizes were given among nearly 100 students; some teachers also received prizes for their best performance.

Similarly, the annual ceremony was also held in Kutupalong official camp, said Wahid from Kutupalong refugee camp. (Courtesy of Rohingya Vision TV)

Suspected Rakhine Militant Caught while Plotting in Rohingya Village

 A Rakhine (Magh) man suspected to be a militant member from Arakan Army (AA) was caught while plotting to create unrest in ‘Aung Mingalar’ Quarter in Sittwe (Akyab) Township yesterday, according to the local reports.

It was around 9:30AM yesterday (January 3, 2015) when a Rakhine man entered ‘Kyauk-Yoe Kwet Sone’ in ‘Aung Mingalar’ quarter from the side of the Rakhine sub-quarters in ‘Kundan’ Quarter. The local Rohingyas caught him with the help of the local elder, U Shwe Hla, as they became suspicious of him carrying out activities to trigger unrest.

As soon as he was caught, they called the Police from No. 1 Police station in Sittwe. The In-charge of the Regional Security Police, U Kyaw Thaung, arrived and the local Rohingyas handed him (the suspected militant) over to the police officer.

It has been learnt that FIR has been lodged against him subsequently after the arrest. (Courtesy of Rohingya Vision TV)

Azerbaijani president congratulates Myanmar counterpart

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the occasion of the Independence Day.

"I extend my heartfelt congratulations to you and the people of your country on the occasion of the public holiday of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar - Independence Day. (Courtesy of en.trend.az)

President of Indias message on the eve of Independence Day of Myanmar

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the eve of their Independence Day (January 4, 2016).

In a message to His Excellency U Thein Sein, the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the President has said, On behalf of the Government, the people of India and on my own behalf, I extend warm greetings and felicitations to Your Excellency and to the friendly people of Myanmar on the occasion of your Independence Day.

India and Myanmar share enduring ties of cultural, religious and linguistic contacts that are the bedrock of our close and friendly relations. Our joint efforts in recent years have led to a substantial broadening and deepening of our bilateral relations. I am confident that the ties between our two countries will continue to strengthen in the years to come. (Courtesy of Business Standard News)

Taiwan could introduce workers from Myanmar by June: report

Taipei, Jan. 3 (CNA) Taiwan is planning to bring in workers from Myanmar on a trial basis in the first half of the year, Foreign Minister David Lin (林永樂) has confirmed, according to a local newspaper.

In a Commercial Times report on Thursday, Lin was cited as saying that Southeast Asia has been the focus of Taipei's diplomatic initiatives in the past year, and it set up a representative office in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, in December.

Myanmar's government also set up the Myanmar Trade Office in Taipei in June 2015, and the next step, Lin said, could be to introduce workers from that country into Taiwan. (Courtesy of Focus Taiwan)

The big issue: Unbelievable protest

The Christmas Eve verdict to convict and condemn two Myanmar men for the unspeakable Koh Tao beach murders touched off quite a firestorm of its own. There were protests, but really, quelle surprise, right?

The astonishing part were the Five Stages of Disbelief by senior government figures, who for some reason thought there would be no public displays over the most publicly disputatious court case in the nation’s history.

First Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon went on for some days about how anti-Thailand protests in Myanmar, Kuala Lumpur, Sri Lanka and other places must, had to be, could only be “instigated”. The instigators, who he named predictably without actually mentioning their names (much as this column does about Lord Voldemort na Dubai and every female ex-premier in Thai history), could not possibly be interested in the trial and verdict. The instigators only meant to make the government look bad, which by his statements seemed rather an easy task. (Courtesy of Bangkok Post: Opinion)

769 NGOs get green light

The Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed the formation of 663 domestic and 106 international non-governmental organisations, according to the Upper House’s NGO affairs committee.

In accord with the ministry’s New Association Registration Law, it gave the green-light to 663 domestic NGOs, including 154 township associations, 29 educational bodies, 67 health institutions, 15 sports organisations, 16 retired alumni, 45 aged and orphanage care organisations, 27 literacy and culture groups, 86 free funeral services, 25 environmental conservation and disaster preparedness associations and 199 other social bodies. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)

IT expert testifies in FB libel case

Director Htike Htike Aung from Myanmar ICT for Development Organisation (MIDO) has provided evidence as a defence witness in the trial of Khun Jarli, who is accused of defaming the commander-in-chief on Facebook.

She said there had been an attempted hack of his Facebook account four or five days before he was arrested, adding that there had been cases of fake postings on the social media site to cause problems for the users.

“The witness said courts overseas did not accept Facebook evidence printed on a piece of paper for this kind of case. They require an IP address and the government needs to send a letter to Facebook. If Facebook confirms it as a cyber crime, they can sue him,” said advocate El Khun Yein. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)