MP Nang San Hwan of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy asked the Shan State parliament to stop using ‘Mongwun (Bamar)’ as an ethnic category on citizenship cards as the category is generally used by Chinese immigrants to claim citizenship rights in Myanmar.
On May 4, Lower House MP Sai Thant Zin of Hsipaw Constituency in Shan State demanded an explanation as to why the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population accepts ‘Mongwun (Bamar)’ on citizenship cards. The Minister of Labour, Immigration and Population Thein Swe replied that Mongwun is not a Myanmar ethnic group.
However, according to the MP Nang San Hwan, township immigration offices are still accepting ‘Mongwun (Bamar)’ on national identity cards. (Courtesy of elevenmyanmar.com)
June 23, 2016
Ethnic armed groups propose venues for meeting with govt delegation
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Force (MNDAA) proposed to meet with the Preparation Committee for the 21st Century Panglong Conference at Shweli, Hpansan or Mongla, said Lt-Col Tar Hpone Kyaw, the general secretary of the TNLA on June 21.
The committee is left to meet with TNLA, AA, MNDAA and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland to persuade them to attend the Union Peace Conference.
Committee secretary Hla Maung Shwe said his committee is trying to make contact with all the ethnic armed groups that have not yet met with the government delegation within the month of June. (Courtesy of elevenmyanmar.com)
The committee is left to meet with TNLA, AA, MNDAA and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland to persuade them to attend the Union Peace Conference.
Committee secretary Hla Maung Shwe said his committee is trying to make contact with all the ethnic armed groups that have not yet met with the government delegation within the month of June. (Courtesy of elevenmyanmar.com)
Myanmar gov't urged to uphold democratic principles
The European Rohingya Council has urged Myanmar's government led by Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to uphold democratic principles and the rule of law.
"The council and the Rohingya community are deeply surprised and saddened by Suu Kyi-led government’s move in the footsteps of [the] previous Thein Sein led quasi-civilian government forcing Rohingya to self-identify as illegal immigrants by issuing so-called National Verification Card (NVC)," the council said in a written statement.
Identifying as illegal immigrants was a project that was "assumed by the Rohingya community as one of the genocidal tools pursued by previous military governments,” the council said, and the current civilian government recently restarted the project of a stateless Rohingya in some cities in Rakhine State. (Courtesy of aa.com.tr)
"The council and the Rohingya community are deeply surprised and saddened by Suu Kyi-led government’s move in the footsteps of [the] previous Thein Sein led quasi-civilian government forcing Rohingya to self-identify as illegal immigrants by issuing so-called National Verification Card (NVC)," the council said in a written statement.
Identifying as illegal immigrants was a project that was "assumed by the Rohingya community as one of the genocidal tools pursued by previous military governments,” the council said, and the current civilian government recently restarted the project of a stateless Rohingya in some cities in Rakhine State. (Courtesy of aa.com.tr)
382 Myanmar military personnel punished for recruiting minors
Myanmar military authorities have recently punished 382 military personnel including 73 officers for recruiting child soldiers, Xinhua reported on 21 June quoting the Committee for Prevention of Minors from Military Service. (Courtesy of mizzima.com)
Nicholas Farrelly -- How ASEAN is adapting to a democratic Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi will land in Bangkok for the first time since her triumphant 2015 election victory on June 23. Her Thai military hosts know something about elections: They tend not to respect their outcomes.
As Myanmar's democratic icon knows well, if you want to do high-level diplomatic business in Southeast Asia then you need a strong stomach for authoritarianism.
Since its formation in 1967, the weight of influence in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has rested with the region's dictatorships. Some are more huggable than others. (Courtesy of asia.nikkei.com)
As Myanmar's democratic icon knows well, if you want to do high-level diplomatic business in Southeast Asia then you need a strong stomach for authoritarianism.
Since its formation in 1967, the weight of influence in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has rested with the region's dictatorships. Some are more huggable than others. (Courtesy of asia.nikkei.com)
Rohingyas fear being whitewashed from Myanmar's history
Minority Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar are concerned for their future as the country's new civilian-led government continues to avoid using the name that they self-identify with.
"We are very worried about disappearing from history by the government's avoidance in using the term Rohingya," said Kyaw Hla Aung a Rohingya activist from the Thetkaepyin camp for internally displaced people near Sittwe the capital city of Rakhine state.
Kyaw Hla Aung said that the Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for generations and there is evidence of their existence.
"It is a legacy from the former military dictatorship that attempted to destroy such a history," he said. (Courtesy of ucanews.com)
"We are very worried about disappearing from history by the government's avoidance in using the term Rohingya," said Kyaw Hla Aung a Rohingya activist from the Thetkaepyin camp for internally displaced people near Sittwe the capital city of Rakhine state.
Kyaw Hla Aung said that the Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for generations and there is evidence of their existence.
"It is a legacy from the former military dictatorship that attempted to destroy such a history," he said. (Courtesy of ucanews.com)
Nationalist Myanmar party rejects UN envoy’s meet offer
A powerful ethnic party in Myanmar has rejected a United Nations human rights envoy’s request to meet during her visit to displaced persons camps in troubled western Rakhine state.
Yanghee Leeg, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, arrived in the state’s capital Sittwe on Wednesday morning and requested a meeting with officials from the Arakan National Party (ANP) on Thursday morning, the party said in a statement.
“We don’t believe at all that she wants to try to understand the situation here. She never really listens to us. That’s why we refused to meet her,” ANP joint secretary Ba Swe told Anadolu Agency by phone. (Courtesy of aa.com.tr)
Yanghee Leeg, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, arrived in the state’s capital Sittwe on Wednesday morning and requested a meeting with officials from the Arakan National Party (ANP) on Thursday morning, the party said in a statement.
“We don’t believe at all that she wants to try to understand the situation here. She never really listens to us. That’s why we refused to meet her,” ANP joint secretary Ba Swe told Anadolu Agency by phone. (Courtesy of aa.com.tr)
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