Dingda Ginwang Ginjaw rai nga ai, KIA Masat (4) Dap Ba npu Dap Dung (38) ginra, hta shamu shamawt nga ai, Myen Asuya Hpyen Dap Hk.M.Y Masat (567) na hpyen hpung hte KIA Masat (38) Dap Dung ginra na, Mungshawa Hpyen Hpung (MHH) ni, December (16) ya shana maga hkying (2:30)pm aten daram hta Banglum Bum kaw ang ka-tut gasat poi byin ai lam na chye lu ai.
Matut nna Dung (8) ginra, Namlek Bum kaw nna, yu wa ai Hk.M.Y Masat (505) Dap na hpyen hpung hte KIA Masat (8) Dap Dung na hpyen hpung ni, dai na de hkying (4:00)pm aten hta Prang tawng mare hte Bang lung la-pran kaw ang ka-tut gasat poi byin ai lam na chye lu ai.
Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State as Ethnic Armed Groups Prepare for the Next Meeting
December 18, 2013 by KachinLand News
A battle took place between Kachin People Militia Northern Shan State (Mungshawa Hpyen Hpung in Kachin) troops under KIA’s 38th Battalion and Burmese army troops under 567th Light Infantry Regiment at Banglum Bum in northern Shan State on Dec 16 at 2:30 pm. No casualties on either side have been reported so far.
Another battle took place on the same day between KIA’s 8th Battalion troops and Burmese army’s 505th Light Infantry Regiment troops at 4 pm. The two sides encountered at a location between Prang Tawng village and Bang Lung village in northern Shan State as Burmese army troops currently stationed at Namlek Bum came down from the mountain.
A series of battles between KIA and Burmese government troops have been reported from sources in northern Shan State and Kachin State.
On Dec 13, KIA’s 9th Battalion troops fought against Burmese army’s 45th Light Infantry Battalion troops at Hu Nawng village in northern Shan State at 8:15 am. A local source said the two sides encountered at Hu Nawng village when Burmese government troops marched towards KIA’s 4th Brigade area from Kut Kai in northern Shan State.
Kachin People Militia (MHH) troops under KIA 2nd Battalion and Burmese army’s 125th Light Infantry Battalion troops battled near Mungsi in northern Shan State on Dec 11 at 11:30 am. KIA sources say the fighting took place as Burmese army troops encroached into Mungji Huyet Bum area where Kachin people militia (MHH) troops have a base.
In Kachin State, Burmese army troops under Bhamo-based 21st Military Operations Command (MOC-21) reportedly fired several rounds of artillery shells on civilians working in their rice field near Mungding Pa on Dec 9 at 12 pm. Most Mungding Pa villagers have already fled their village when government troops fired Mungding Pa and Kawng Ja village with 60 mm artillery shells in mid-October. Only some farmers remained in the area living in the forest close to their rice fields during harvest time. Government troops entered Mungding Pa village after firing several rounds of 60 mm artillery shells, seizing an IDP camp and a middle school. About 600 villagers were trapped inside Mungding Pa for days.
Invitation to Press Conference
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ကခ်င္ျငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးကြန္ရက္မွ မီဒီယာမ်ားအား ဖိတ္ၾကားျခင္း
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Dear Media Friends. You are cordially invited to Experience sharing by Wunpawng Ninghtoi (WPN), a CSO helping IDPs in Mai Ja Yang area in Kachin Region will be organised on 7th December 2013 Saturday, at 09:00 AM, at Room 8C, 8th Floor, Myay Ni Gone Plaza, (Next to Dagon Center), Sanchaung, Yangon.
YANGON – Two members of the Kachin Peace Network have been fined Ks 20,000 (US$20) each by courts in Sanchaung and Dagon townships on Tuesday for demonstrating for peace in war-torn Kachin State.
“Under Section 18, Sanchaung Township Court and Dagon Township Court fined us [the activists] for holding the unauthorised demonstration to end the wars in Kachin State on the International Peace Day,” Maran Jaw Gun from the Kachin Peace Network told Eleven Media yesterday.
Under Section 18 of the Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law, Maran Jaw Gun and May Sabe Phyu were sentenced a one-month imprisonment or allowed to pay a fine of Ks 10,000 (US$10) in the two courts.
“We protested on behalf of the people who are suffering in the refugee camps due to the conflict. Our demand is the demand of the refugees. We also submitted for permission to the authorities and since the authorities didn’t give us permission, we held the demonstration, which is our right as citizens.”
Kachin Peace Network coordinators facing trial at San Chaung Township Court, Yangon at 10 AM on 26 November 2013.
Last Thursday, activists including student leader D Nyein Lin were given a one month prison sentence for protesting against the authorities use of fire bombs against demonstrators in the Letpadaungtaung copper mine project last November. They did not have the option of a fine.
Political activists have criticised Myanmar’s judiciary for giving one month’s prison sentences to the six Letpadaungtaung activists, while the Kachin peace activists were given fines even though they were all charged under the same Section.
“According to the law, [the activists] were accused for protesting without permission. There seems to be distinctions in the judiciary because different courts gave different sentences even though the activists were tried under the same Section. So this may lead to doubts among the public against Myanmar’s judiciary sector,” said Myint Aung, a lawyer from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
AAPP member Aung Myo Kyaw said he believes the activists were given different sentences because the government wants to protect the interests of the Chinese company Wenbao, which is jointly operating the copper mine project with military-owned Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd.
He added that Myanmar’s judiciary sector is infamous for injustice and corruption and the government is still unable to control it.
Maran Jaw Gun and May Sabe Phyu from the Kachin Peace Network have been charged under Section 18 by the courts in six townships – Sanchaung Township, Tamwe Township, Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Pazundaung Township, and Dagon Township – for leading a march of around 1,000 demonstrators calling for peace in the Kachin State on September 21, 2012.
Political activists, legal experts, and social organisations have been demanding the government to amend Section 18 after the six activists were given one month’s imprisonment last week.
Lower House MP Thura Aung Ko have earlier said the Parliament will review the proposal to amend Section 18.
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Fourteen years old teenager Burmese girl Ma Su Su was raped,tortured and threatened by Muslim over thirty years old motor cycle taxi driver in her home Myitkyina City , Kachin State , Myanmar( Burma)
After several rounds of mortar shelling that also targeted an IDP camp and a boarding school in Mung Ding Pa village, Burmese army troops entered the village on Oct 22. Mung Ding Pa village, located in Mansi township in southern Kachin State, is a village of about 1000 villagers that include over 300 students in an IDP boarding school.
For another roundup of talks with the govt negotiators , the delegation of Kachin Independence Organization arrived in Kachin State’s capital, Myitkyina on Monday with crowds welcoming.
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