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"A 2nd High Level meeting on
ASEAN cooperation in the
work process of repatriating
displaced persons from Rakhine
State was held at Ministry
of Social Welfare, Relief and
Resettlement assembly hall
yesterday morning.
The meeting was jointly
chaired by Union Minister for
Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
Dr. Win Myat Aye
and ASEAN Secretary-General
Dato Lim Jock Hoi.
At the meeting Union Minister
Dr. Win Myat Aye spoke of
his appreciation for ASEAN’s
decision at the 33rd ASEAN
Summit meeting held in Singapore
on November 2018 to
cooperate and participate in
the work process of repatriating
displaced persons from
Rakhine State. As per the
decision an ASEAN delegation
led by ASEAN Secretary
General conducted a field
visit to Rakhine in December
2018. From 4 to 13 March 2019,
ASEAN Emergency Response
and Assessment Team (ASEAN-
ERAT) conducted an initial
survey for repatriation of
displaced persons from Rakhine
State by visiting Nga Khu
Ya Reception Center and Hla
Phoe Khaung Transit Centre
and prepared a report on it.
These were the efforts of ASEAN
said the Union Minister..."
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"UNION Minister for the Office of
the State Counsellor U Kyaw Tint
Swe,Union Minister for the International
Cooperation U Kyaw
Tin and Permanent Secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs U
Myint Thu briefed the Diplomatic
Corps and representatives of
the United Nations Specialized
Agencies on Rakhine State and
Peace Process at the National
Reconciliation and Peace Centre
(NRPC) at 1400 hrs on 24 May
2019 in Nay Pyi Taw.
At the briefing, Union Minister
U Kyaw Tint Swe briefed the
government’s efforts in bringing
peace and national reconciliation
including the ongoing
discussion with Ethnic Armed
Organizations and in preparation
for the repatriation of displaced
persons from Rakhine
State. Union Minister reaffirmed
Myanmar’s readiness to receive
the returnees.
Union Minister U Kyaw Tin
explained on cooperation with
UN, ASEAN and AHA Centre to
commence the repatriation process,
the review on Education
Reform of Recommendations in
Rakhine State and the Government’s
efforts for the closure of
IDP Camps. Permanent Secretary
U Myint Thu outlined the
updates on implementation of
the Arrangement and Physical
Arrangement forrepatriation
of displaced persons signed
between Myanmar and Bangladesh.
He also informed the
outcomes of the fourth meeting
of Joint Working Group. Subsequently,
the Union Ministers
and the Permanent Secretary
answered the questions raised
by diplomats and UN agencies.
The briefing was attended by
Heads and representatives of
Diplomatic Missions and the
United Nations Specialized
Agencies in Yangon and invited
media personnel.—MNA
Statement of emergency
landing of Embraer-190 by
Capt. Myat Moe Aung
1. The Union Government
is ever striving tirelessly
for the proliferation of the rule
of law and socio-economic development
of Myanmar’s citizens,
national reconciliation and
internal peace, and amending
the Constitution, which is the
cornerstone of a democratic
federal republic.
2. Given this situation
and time period, it is especially
important that each citizen observes
and implements positive
democratic practices.
Furthermore, it is also important
for all citizens of the
Union to endeavour in line with
the 4 laws of success; strong
will, determination, indomitable
spirit and wisdom;for individual
accomplishments, promoting
family livelihoods, and developing
one’s community and
country in accordance with
one’s own assigned duty.
3. On 12 May 2019, the
Myanmar National Airline plane
No. XY-AGQ (Embraer-190),
Yangon-Mandalay flight UB-
103, had to make an emergency
landing at the Mandalay International
Airport, while carrying
82 passengers onboard, after
its front landing gear failed to
deploy.
Captain U Myat Moe Aung,
the pilot, declared emergency
(mayday), gave detailed instructions
to his co-pilots and the
flight crew and made surethat
the passengers on board followed
emergency rescue procedures.
He then flew the plane
around the airport to burn off
the remaining 3,000 lbs of fuel
and reduce the landing weight.
In addition, the pilot made
all necessary preparations and
communications for an emergency
landing and succeeded
in landing the plane smoothly
without any casualties and
minimal damage to the aircraft.
4. To congratulate their
efforts, this Letter of Gratitude
for the month of May is issued
to Captain U Myat Moe Aung
and Co-pilots U Kaung Sett
Lin and U Myo Thiha Aung for
making sound decisions based
on their experience, expertise
and composure while piloting
the aircraft; and to Senior Flight
Attendant Daw Cherry Myint,
Flight Attendants Daw K Jar
San Aung, Daw Khine Zaw Lin
and Daw Ommar Aung for carrying
out the proper emergency
rescue procedures to ensure
the safety of the passengers
onboard.
5. The actions of Captain
U Myat Moe Aung and his flight
crewis a vivid example that we
can all successfully overcome
any challenges if we use our
skilled expertise and the preparations
we have practised in
a calm, unified and confident
manner and through our combined
efforts.
As I put these deeds on records,
I request each and every
citizen to cooperate for the progress
and development of the
Union, as we move forward with
collective strength, so that we
mighthand over a bright and
prosperous future to the next
generation.
Aung San Suu Kyi
State Counsellor
The following is an unofficial translation for a public announcement of gratitude from the Office of the State Counsellor released on 24 May.
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Office of the State Counsellor
(24 May 2019)
Letter of Gratitude to the Public
Diplomatic Corps and representatives of the UN Specialized Agencies attend the briefing by Union Ministers
U Kyaw Tint Swe and U Kyaw Tin and Permanent Secretary U Myint Thu..."
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"UNION MINISTER Lt-Gen Ye
Aung received UN High Commissioner
for Refugees Mr.
Filippo Grandi at the ministry
in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
During the meeting, they
discussed implementation of
socio-economic development,
implementation of suggestions
of advisory commission
on Rakhine state, livelihoods
of IDPs, accepting and resettling
them, help given to immigrant
workers by related
departments, the ministry’s
work on closing of IDPs in
Myebon and teaming up with
other ministry in closing the
rest of the IDP camps..."
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"Chairman of the Anti-Corruption
Commission, U Aung Kyi
received a delegation led by US
Ambassador to Myanmar, Mr.
Scot Marciel at his office in Nay
Pyi Taw yesterday.
During the meeting, education
programs conducted by the
Anti-Corruption Commission,
prevention and investigation
processes and developmental
stages and effective investigation
processes of international
organizations were cordially
discussed..."
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"UN High Commissioner for
Refugees, (UNHCR) Chief Mr.
Fillippo Grandi, and entourage
toured around Ywar Ma Village
and Ywar Ma Gone Nar Village
in Buthidaung Township, yesterday
morning.
He then asked the locals
about their necessity and saw
progress of drinking water reservoir
renovation in Ywar Ma
Gone Nar Village. Afterwards,
he and the entourage went over
to Yan Aung Myain Monastery
to meet with IDPs. During the
meeting, he said that he represents
humanitarian work there
and that they are ready to help
any place in need of help. Then
he visited Phar Wut Chaung village
in Maungtaw Township and
interviewed some locals.
Afterwards, the High Commissioner
and entourage met
with Muslims in Pan Taw Pyin
(middle) Village and inquired
their needs. They also visited
places where a school and salt
water dyke are to be buit. He,
then, visited Pan Taw Pyin Village
to see new housing donated
by Yangon Region Government..."
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"The Committee for Supporting
Peace and Stability in Rakhine
provided aid yesterday at the
state government office for
those people displaced by the
conflicts in Rakhine State.
Attending the event were
Vice Chairman of the committee,
Rakhine State Chief
Minister U Nyi Pu, committee
members, Deputy Minister for
Information U Aung Hla Tun,
members of the Rakhine State
Cabinet, IDP representatives,
social organizations and officials.
Speaking at the gathering,
Chairman U Aye Tha Aung said
that having collected data regarding
how to pacify and ease
the conflict in the short term
and long term, the suggestions
and related data will be submitted
to the state government. He continued, noting that
suggestions and data collected
at the meeting from monks,
government officials, the state
Hluttaw speaker, Hluttaw representatives,
political parties
and local residents proved to
provide sound solutions to resolve
the conflict, as the commission
submitted them to
the Union Government as an i
Committee for Supporting Peace and Stability in Rakhine
State provides aid to IDPs, pledges to build shelters
nterim report.
As he stressed the importance
of shelters for the IDP,
he added that the infrastructures
will be soon set up, along
with health care and food progammes.
He also invited additional
suggestions with data about the
conflict from the attendees and
said he appreciated the comments,
for they have proven
invaluable for the Union Government,
the state government,
committees and the affected
people, in easing the conflict.
Afterwards, Vice Chairman
U Nyi Pu said that the committee
is working with a genuine
spirit of charity for peace and
development for Rakhine state.
Also, participants discussed
their views and perspectives on
the conflict.
Following the discussion,
the Chairman of the committee
presented endowments of
a month’s rice ration to the IDP..."
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"The committee for Supporting
Peace and Stability in Rakhine
State held separate meetings
with political parties, experts
and members of the Rakhine
State Cabinet at the Rakhine
State Government’s Guest
House in Sittway, Rakhine State
yesterday.
U Aye Tha Aung, Chairman
of Committee on Supporting
Peace and Stability in Rakhine
State, who is alos the Deputy
Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw,
met with the representatives
of National League for
Democracy (NLD) at 8 a.m.,
the representatives of Arakan
League for Democracy (ALD)
at 9 a.m., the representatives
of the Arakan National Party
(ANP) at 10 a.m., the representatives
of Union Solidarity and
Development Party (USDP) at
11 a.m., the experts at 2 p.m.
and members of the Rakhine
State Government at 4.10 p.m.
respectively.
Together with Chairman of
the Committee at the meeting
were Committee’s Vice Chairman
and Rakhine State Chief
Minister U Nyi Pu, Committee
members, Deputy Minister
U Tin Myint, Deputy Attorney-
General U Win Myint, Rakhine
State Minister Col Phone
Tint, Yangon Region Minister
for Rakhine Ethnic Affairs U
Zaw Aye Maung, Rtd. Deputy
Minister U Nyi Hla Nge, Police
Maj-Gen Aung Naing Thu, Ra-
Chairman of the Committee for Supporting Peace and Stability in Rakhine State U Aye Tha Aung
meets with representatives of the National League for Democracy in Sittway yesterday. PHOTO: MNA
Union Minister for Industry U Khin Maung Cho, Anti-corruption Chairman U Aung Kyi and officials pose for a group
photo at opening ceremony of the branch office for the Anti-Corruption Commission in Mandalay yesterday.
PHOTO : MNA
khine State Hluttaw representatives,
Deputy Ministers U Aung
Hla Tun and U Soe Aung, Secretary
of State Government U Sai
Thaw Win and officials..."
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"The Committee for Supporting
Peace and Stability in Rakhine
State and the Rakhine State
Government discussed issues
related with security, rule of
law, stability, and construction
of shelters for people displaced
by the conflicts in the state,
ahead of the rainy season, at a
meeting in Sittway yesterday.
The meeting was attended
by U Aye Tha Aung, the
Chairman of the committee
and Deputy Speaker of the
Amyotha Hluttaw, the Deputy
Chairman of the committee U
Nyi Pu, committee members
Deputy Minister U Tin Myint,
Deputy Attorney-General
U Win Myint, Rakhine State
Minister Col Phone Tint, Yangon
Region Minister for Rakhine
Ethnic Affairs U Zaw Aye
Maung, U Nyi Hla Nge, Police
Maj-Gen Aung Naing Thu, Rakhine
State Advocate-General
U Kyaw Hla Tun, Rakhine
State MP U Maung Maung Ohn,
Deputy Ministers U Aung Hla
Tun and U Soe Aung, who were
specially invited to participate
in the meeting, and members
of the Rakhine State Cabinet.
The Chief Minister of Rakhine
State and the Deputy
Chairman of the committee,
U Nyi Pu, made the opening
remarks at the meeting.
The participants discussed
matters related to the release
of information about measures
undertaken by committee
member Deputy Minister U Tin
Myint, who is also the secretary
of the committee, plans for providing
aid to people displaced
by the armed conflicts in the
state, and measures taken to
allow local and foreign organizations
to provide aid to the
displaced people.
The meeting came to an
end with concluding remarks
by Committee Chairman U Aye
Tha Aung.
Chief Minister U Nyi Pu
and Deputy Minister U Tin Myint
attended a press briefing
after the meeting..."
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"OF the 275 people suspected
of being connected with the
AA group and detained at a
school in Kyauktan Village,
Yathedaung Township, Rakhine
State, most were released
on 2,6, and 8 May after
interrogators found no link
between them and the armed
group, according to the Office
of the Commander-in Chief of
Defence Services.
While 126 people were
freed on 2 May, 48 were released
on 6 May. They had
been detained at the school
by the Tatmadaw and the
Myanmar Police Force for
interrogation.
Thirty-five detainees were
released yesterday in the presence
of local people and departmental
officials.
Of the remaining 83 suspects
who were four villagers
identified as Thein Aye
Maung, Soe Win Kyaw, Maung
Maung Hlaing, and Nyi Nyi
Htay confessed to being
members of the AA.
They have been transferred
to Sittway with two other
suspects and legal action
will be taken against them,
according to news released
by the Office of the Commander-
in-Chief of Defence
Services.
Forty-three villagers
remain in custody and are
awaiting further investigation,
according to the military
release..."
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"ALTHOUGH progress has been made on resolving
the Rakhine issue, we are still facing some challenges
with respect to security, human rights, and
the socio-economic development of the local people.
We have focused all our energy into the implementation
of Kofi Annan’s advisory report to bring about development
in Rakhine State and witnessed the fruits of our efforts. But,
we are not out of the woods yet. That means we still need to
step up efforts for implementing the remaining works.
We are confident that we will overcome the challenges for
the safe and voluntary repatriation of verified displaced persons,
and establishing the rule of law and security in Rakhine,
through bilateral cooperation with Bangladesh.
Cooperation will resolve
the issues between the
neighbours as we are ready
to welcome back verified displaced
persons through the
agreed bilateral mechanism.
We cannot resolve such
a long-standing issue overnight.
Rakhine’s problems
are not of recent origin, and
go back a couple of centuries.
Like, many other parts
of Myanmar, the Rakhine
State has suffered from poverty
and under-development
for decades.
To restore normalcy and
improve the situation in Rakhine,
we must promote the
socio-economic development
of the local people.
To overcome the challenges
in Rakhine State,
upholding the rule of law is
necessary. Rule of law is a
fundamental necessity for dealing with the current security
crisis, repatriating displaced communities to their homes, and
preventing any future violence.
We recognize the grave challenges we have to face and
overcome in Rakhine State. From the very beginning of its term
in office, our Union Government has identified the imperative
need for rule of law and sustainable development in Rakhine
as a national priority.
With a view to ensure long-term peace and harmony for all
those living in the State, the Union government has been doing
its utmost to meet the security and humanitarian needs of the
people, in line with the recommendations of the commission
led by the late Dr. Kofi Annan.
Much of Rakhine’s economic potential still remains untapped,
while other parts of Myanmar have benefited to a
large extent from the opening up of the country’s economy.
The Union Government is committed to finding a lasting
solution for peace and prosperity in Rakhine. With that aim, the
government is continuing to uphold the recommendations and
will implement those that best serve the interest of our nation.
The international community is urged to understand the
situation we are in, and support us in this uphill battle..."
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"UN aid agencies and NGO partners launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, and are seeking to raise USD920 million to meet the massive needs of more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and over 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in host communities..."
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2019-02-15
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"In the afternoon, the review
on the role of the Union Enterprise
for Humanitarian Assistance and
Resettlement and Development
in Rakhine State- (UEHRD) was
held, and Union Minister U Kyaw
Tin presided over the discussion.
Chief Coordinator of the UEHRD
Dr. Aung Tun Thet and Deputy
Minister for Commerce U Aung
Htoo participated in the discussion.
In the discussion on reviewing
the role of AHA Centre and
ASEAN-Emergency Response
and Assessment Team-ERAT,
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs U Myint
Thu presided over it and U Tun
Myat, member of the Advisory
Board for the Committee for
Implementation of the Recommendations
on Rakhine State, Mr.
Arnel Capili, Deputy Executive
Director of the AHA Centre took
part in the discussion and U Hla
Myint, member of the Advisory
Board, took part in the discussion..."
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"A water distribution pipe from
Kanthaya Dam was inaugurated
at Kanthaya Village in Gwa
Township yesterday, with an
address delivered by Rakhine
State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu.
The facility was jointly built
by Rakhine State Government
and UNDP-Myanmar with the
aid provided by the Japanese
government.
Japanese Embassy Councilor
in Myanmar Mr Kazuyuki
Takimi and Peter Batchelor,
UNDP Resident Representative
for Myanmar, also gave
speeches.
Techno Roys Engineering
Co., Ltd transferred the water
distribution facility to Rural
Road Development Department.
Then the Chief Minister
and his cabinet members and
donors formally launched the
water distribution system, which
supply potable water to a station
hospital and four villages from
the dam.
Rakhine State Chief Minister
U Nyi Pu formally opened a
village-to-village road in Taungup
Township, Rakhine State,
on 4 May.
The 3.5-mile long and 20 feet
wide earth road was jointly built
by Rakhine State Government and UNDP-Myanmar with the
aid provided by the Japanese
government. The Chief Minister
also met with local people after
the road opening ceremony.
At the ceremomy the Chief
Minister, Japanese Embassy
Councilor in Myanmar Mr
Kazuyuki Takimi and Peter
Batchelor, UNDP Resident Representative
for Myanmar, gave
speeches.
Then Khaing Yaza Tun Company
transferred the documents
to Rural Road Development Department.
In the morning, the Chief
Minister met local people at
Gwaychaung village monastery
in Thandwe Township. The township
administrator explained the
regional development undertakings
in detail. Locals presented
requirements for regional development.
Officials fulfilled the requirements
through coordinated
efforts.
The Rakhine State government
presented K 5 million for
Gwaychaung Dam and K 1 million
for the village library respectively..."
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"THE Myanmar National Human
Rights Commission has
issued Press Release No. 2/2019
yesterday.
The press release states
that security forces were temporarily
detaining 275 men out
of suspicion in Kyauktan Village,
Yathedaung Township,
Rakhine State when some of
the detainees began shouting
and attempted to fight security
personnel around 2am on 2 May.
It said security personnel
fired shots in defence and dispersed
the men to control the
situation. Reportedly, 6 men are
dead, 8 are injured and 4 are
missing.
The MNHRC has urged
both the security forces and
the AA to exercise caution to
prevent unnecessary injury and
death of innocent civilians in areas
of ongoing conflicts..."
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"Cyclone Fani made landfall in India on Friday, the strongest to make landfall in the country in two decades. At least seven people died in Odisha state after the cyclone made landfall on Friday, according to local police.
Damage reports are still emerging, but more than 1 million people were evacuated from coastal areas of India as a precaution.
As the storm moves along India’s eastern coastline, neighboring Bangladesh is also bracing for impacts, and officials were working to evacuate 2.1 million people from coastal areas on Friday.
Even though the flood-prone country isn’t in the direct path of the storm, rain bands and high winds could inundate low-lying areas of Bangladesh quickly.
Those at increased risk include Rohingya refugees living in settlements outside of Cox’s Bazar. Many reside in homes built without permanent foundations, placing them at risk of landslides and flash flooding.
Direct Relief working with local staff inside India and with health provider networks in India and Bangladesh.
One of those groups is Doctors for You, an organization that rapidly dispatched a medical team to Odisha, India, which was badly impacted by the cyclone.
The medical team will be focusing on care for vulnerable people, including women, children and adolescents, the group reported. They’ll be providing primary healthcare and reproductive health services with mobile health units and medical outposts.
Another organization Direct Relief is coordinating with is Calcutta Rescue, an organization responding with a medical team in the Kolkata area.
In Bangladesh, Direct Relief is coordinating with HOPE Hospital Foundation for Women and Children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The group has conducted extensive disaster response training for medical staff and is ready to respond if needed. Direct Relief has supported the organization with medical and financial support as they’ve expanded services to care for Rohingya refugees living in the area..."
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"Since the breaking out of the
conflicts between the two communities
in Rakhine State in June
2012, the issue of Rakhine State
has attracted greater international
attention and found its way into the
resolutions on Myanmar adopted
by the UN General Assembly
and the Human Rights Council.
The Government has therefore
accorded high priority to resolve
the issue of the Rakhine State ever
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of International Cooperation: Defending
and protecting the interests of the people and the State in the international arena
’’Within the three year period of our government, we were able to establish diplomatic relations with seven new partner countries. We
have already established diplomatic relations with 121 countries out of 193 countries of the world. ‘’
Union Minister U Kyaw Tin
since it took office.
We have stated to put in place
necessary mechanisms including
setting up of the Advisory Commission
for Rakhine State headed
by Dr. Kofi Anan who is highly
respected by the international
community for his capability to
resolve conflicts in fair and impartial
manner. The Commission was
assigned with the aim of finding
a durable and sustainable solution
to the complicated issue in
Rakhine State. This has also contributed
to the discontinuation of
the EU-sponsored resolution on
situation of human rights in Myanmar
at the UN General Assembly
in 2016, which has been tabled for
the past 20 years. This is one of our
remarkable achievements.
However, as a result of massive
displacement of persons from
Rakhine State following the coordinated
attacks by the ARSA
and ensuing incidents, the OIC
tabled a resolution against Myanmar
again at the 2017 session of
the UN General Assembly, resulting
in resurgence of international
pressures on Myanmar. In light of
this situation, our Ministry had to
step up our efforts to respond to
those mounting pressure through
occasional issuance of our position
statements, defending our position
both at home and abroad, and
lobbying other delegations to understand
more about the realities
and facts surrounding the issue..."
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"Counsellor expressed her appreciation
to the Government of Cambodia
for its contribution of US$ 90,000
for the humanitarian assistance in
Rakhine State. The State Counsellor
extended an invitation to the Prime
Minister of Cambodia to visit Myanmar
at a mutually convenient time.
7. The State Counsellor also met with
Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei
HENG SAMRIN, President of the
National Assembly and Samdech
Vibol Sena Pheakdey SAY Chhum,
President of the Senate on separate
occasions. They exchanged views on
enhancing cooperation in sharing
experiences between the two Parliaments,
and promoting exchanges of
delegation of the two Parliaments..."
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"The Deputy Minister of the
Ministry said that emphasis is
being given to issues on Rakhine
State for stability and development,
which is related and critical
with the stability in the whole of
the country.
Therefore, on 30 May 2016,
Government formed a Central
Committee for the Implementation
of Peace and Development in
Rakhine State with State Counsellor
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as
chairperson. At the behest of the
Ministry of the Office of the State
Counsellor of the Republic of the
Union of Myanmar and in collaboration
with the Kofi Annan Foundation,
the Advisory Commission
on Rakhine State was founded
on 24 August 2016 as a neutral
and impartial body which aimed
to propose concrete measures
for improving the welfare of all
people in Rakhine state..."
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"In Dhaka on the first day they met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, thanking her for the government’s enormous and generous efforts on behalf of the Rohingya over several decades, and especially since the start of the 2017 crisis.
The three UN leaders then made a point of visiting the camps together. The UN, they said, had responded to the Rohingya crisis in a unified manner. They wanted to emphasize that that unity and solidarity with the refugees, and the local people hosting them, continues. UNHCR, IOM and partners work in support of the government to manage the 34-camp complex.
The problems the refugees face remain immense. The leaders noted that more than half of the 540,000 refugee children under the age of 12 have no access to education, and the rest have access only to very limited schooling. Only a handful of teenagers are going to school..."
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2019-04-26
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"SECURITY forces deactivated
two remote-controlled land
mines planted by the AA group
near Kyauktaw in Rakhine State
yesterday, according to news released
by the military.
Security forces found one
remote-controlled improvised
explosive device, or IED, on an
earthen road leading to Kyauktaw,
and cleared the site.
They found another IED
and one Samsung mobile phone
about 50 metres north of the first
site. Since January, 14 landmines
planted by AA have been discovered
and deactivated in 43
instances in Rakhine State, according
to the Office of the Commander-
in-Chief of the Defence
Services...''
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"Washington on Wednesday renewed its call on Myanmar to free two Reuters reporters imprisoned after reporting on the Rohingya crisis, expressing dismay at a fresh denial of their appeal.
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision sent “a profoundly negative signal about freedom of expression” in Myanmar.
“The United States is deeply concerned by recent arrests of reporters, political activists, civil society members and satirical performers in Burma,” said Ortagus, using the former name of Myanmar.
“We urge Burma to protect hard-earned freedoms, prevent further backsliding on recent democratic gains and reunite these journalists with their families,” she said in a statement.
Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December 2017 and sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing classified documents...''
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2019-04-25
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''A Tatmadaw column conducting proper
security operation at the area where a
police vehicle was attacked with landmines
and small arms by the ARSA in
Maungtaw Township on 22 April found
an improvised explosive device (IED)
and bullet casings near the site of the
ambush.
The IED and 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm
bullet casings were found on a hilltop,
about 50 meters from the attack site.
The security forces also found a 3-footlong
iron pipe filled with steel balls and
gunpowder attached to about 50 yards of
wire, along with three old car batteries.
On another hill, about 100 meters
northeast of the attack site, some rice
packets, empty drinking water bottles, a
sweater, an iron pick, and bullet casings
were found.
A case has been registered against
the ARSA at the Kyeinchuang Police Station,
according to a statement released
by the Myanmar Police Force...''
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''TATMADAW columns conducting
security operations
in Rakhine State engaged AA
group in Buthidaung Township,
Rakhine State, on 21 April and
seized landmines and fertilizer
bags used for installing them.
In the skirmish in Buthidaung
Township, Tatmadaw
columns were scouring the vicinity
of Nayon Taung Village
when they were fired upon by
AA troops from the northeast
around 4pm. The Tatmadaw
retaliated and the AA retreated
in the southeast around 4:30pm.
Tatmadaw confiscated 5 landmines
and 10 bags of fertilizers
used for installing them.
On the night of 21 April,
two landmines planted by the
AA detonated near the Maungtaw-
Angumaw road, Kaing Gyi
Village, Maungtaw Township.
Local residents who
wished for peace and stability
sent information to authorities
that the saboteurs were hiding
in Mawyawady Village, Maungtaw
Township. Security forces
joined with village administrative
personnel to search the
village and captured an AA
member identified as Kyaw
Thein of Mawyawady Village.
Investigations are still ongoing.
Tatmadaw columns clash with AA group
in Buthidaung, seize landmines
Since January 2019, the
AA have planted a total of 41
landmines in 13 instances along
public roads in Rakhine State.
Tatmadaw columns are consistently
conducting security and
landmine clearing operations to
protect the public, according to
news released from the Office
of the Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services...''
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''ASEAN countries visa free except
for Malaysia. Starting October
2018, Myanmar passport holders
can visit up Hong Kong and Macau
visa-free.
MAPPS (Myanmar Advanced
Passenger Processing System)
was installed in Yangon International
Airport that lets us see
Black Listed passengers starting
March 2018. Repatriation efforts
are also in order with 68 applications
for Myanmar citizens approved
out of 117 applicants who
are reapplying for citizenship after
losing it. Foreigner Registration
Cards are also being issued
with 480 approved out of 590 applicants.
We are trying to update
our Border Control System (BCS)
into international standards at the
airports and border gates.
Q: How about reception efforts
for people who had to flee
due to conflict?
A: There are reception
centers for people who are coming
back to Myanmar by land or
sea. UNDP, UNHCR and our own
Ministry is working together as
promised in the MoU singed 6th
June 2018. The Technical Working
Groups have been founded
to check whether people coming
back have lived in Rakhine
or not and are reporting back to
the State Counselor’s Office.
We are also issuing NV cards.
NV card means the Identity Cards
for National Verification for a person
who is to undergo for scrutiny
assessment for citizenship.
There were 67699 NV cards
issued so the people will be able
to have an identification card
that proves they are Myanmar
citizens. For example, from the 89
IDP camps in Kachin, we helped
29351 people apply for new NRC
cards due to lost/damage to the
cards. The people in Rakhine IDP
camps were also given a type of
identification.
With the help of NeID system,
we were able to collect and
account for 2,374,787 people. The
ministry is also trying to collect
bio data and biometric data starting
with the prisons and people in
custody of the police from different
states and regions.
Regarding the 1 million migrant
workers from Myanmar
that are currently in Thailand,
we were able to scrutinize and
confirm for 35780 people out of
39509 applicants. There are committees
being formed and consultants
hired for an e-government to
go online so the ministry will be
able to utilize e-ID.
Q: What about the National
Census?
A: We publish population data
on our website and Facebook.
There are forward projections
on population here in Myanmar
up till 2031. The Ministry also distributes
the Micro Data Set on
request and maintains the Master
Sample Frame from 2014 census.
To capture a more accurate
population snapshot in 2023, we
are planning to have a national
census in November...''
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''A Seychelles delegation led by
Seychelles Vice President Mr.
Vincent Meriton and wife Mrs.
Daniella Hoareau who were
on a private visit to Myanmar
left Nay Pyi Taw by Bangkok
Airways yesterday evening.
The Seychelles delegation
led by the Vice President and
wife were seen off at Nay Pyi
Taw International Airport by
Union Minister for International
Cooperation U Kyaw Tin
and wife, high ranking officials
from the Ministry of Foreign
Affair and officials...''
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''THE regional military headquarters near MraukU Township
in Rakhine State were attacked on the night of 17 April
by a group of AA based in Baungdote Village, according
to a military release.
The AA group reportedly launched an attack on the
southern part of the regional military HQ in Baungdote
village, near MraukU Township, from the Baungdote
Village School around 10:40 p.m. on 17 April. AA group
bearing small and heavy arms attacked the southeast part
of the HQ around 11:32 p.m. and they struck Security Post 2
around 11:40 p.m. The attack by the AA stationed in Baungdote
village forced the military to retaliate, according to a
military release. The fighting stopped around 11:45 p.m.
Around 10:40 p.m., the AA also opened fire on the
MraukU town’s regional military HQ from the Yangon-Sittway
Union Road, forcing the HQ to return fire.
Yesterday afternoon, officials from the MraukU Township
administration office, the district police force, and
departmental officials went to the Bhuddha Nattaung
monastery in Baungdote Village. In the presence of the
monastery’s head monk Bhaddanta Razeinna, they met with village elders and asked them not to allow AA members
into the village as they had launched an attack on the
military headquarters from inside the village...''
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''In spite of all these successes and
progress, at the same time in the international
arena we may see that we are
facing and solving efforts to put pressure,
hurl criticisms and condemnations, and
efforts to take action against us with
regard to the Rakhine state issue. We
are also facing and solving problems
such as security breaches in northern
Rakhine, matters relating to repatriation,
and internally displaced persons due to
conflicts occurring in certain areas. We
are also meeting these challenges and
solving them. I wish to state that, in fact
I regard these difficulties as good opportunities
for us to nurture our collective
strength...''
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''TATMADAW columns captured
training grounds and camps of
the AA group and also seized
munitions belonging to the group
last week, according to a statement
from the military.
Local residents of Panmyaung
Village and other villages
in MraukU Township, Rakhine
State, reported the locations of
AA training grounds and camps
in nearby ridges to Tatmadaw
columns. Local residents reportedly
said they were constantly
subjected to threats and assaults
by the AA, and sought assistance
from the Tatmadaw as they
wished to live in peace.
Tatmadaw columns
searched the ridges near Panmyaung
village and launched
armed operations against the
AA on 19 March. There were reportedly
20 battles between the
two sides, which ended with the
Tatmadaw capturing a temporary
training ground of the AA at
2.35 p.m. on 13 April. AA troops
stationed there were forced to
flee in the southwest and northwest
direction.
In another case, security
forces cooperated according to
standard procedures with village
administration officials to conduct
a search at Lakkhar village,
MraukU Township, last week.
At 3 p.m. on 12 April, they
discovered 3 cartridges, 203 bullets,
and other related items in
the compound of a house belonging
to a man identified as Ko La
Pyae. The security forces also
found 10 grenades in the house
of Ko La Pyae’s older brother,
U Maung Oo, yesterday noon,
according to the military release.
AA members who were reportedly
threatening residents
in different parts of MraukU
Township were driven out,
and their training grounds and
camps were captured. Tatmadaw
columns are continuing with
security operations in the surrounding
areas, according to
news released by the Office of the
Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services...''
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''COMMITTEE on Supporting
Peace and Stability in Rakhine
State held a meeting with Rakhine
State Cabinet in Sittway
yesterday.
Attending the meeting at
the government office were Committee
on Supporting Peace and
Stability in Rakhine State Chairman
U Aye Tha Aung, who is also
Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha
Hluttaw, Committee Vice Chairmen
Union Information Minister
Dr Pe Myint and Rakhine State
Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, committee
members Deputy Minister
for the Office of the Union
Government U Tin Myint, State
Minister for Security and Border
Affairs Colonel Phone Tint, Yangon
Region Minister for Rakhine
Affairs U Zaw Aye Maung, State
MP U Maung Maung Ohn, state
ministers and heads of state departments.
Committee Chairman U Aye
Tha Aung spoke at the meeting,
saying this is the first meeting
held by the committee since its
inception on 14 March on orders
from the Office of the President.
Although this is the committee’s
first visit to Rakhine State, it has
already met with Rakhine associations
and political parties
based in Yangon. The Chairman
said this meeting will produce
a report to submit to the Union
Government from this meeting,
and a report on the short-term
and long-term tasks will be compiled
as well. He said the suggestions
made at this meeting will be
put on record and will be included
in the report based on their
premises. He urged attendees
to contemplate the conflicts that
have occurred in Rakhine State.
He said the State Government
and the committee will hold a
follow-up meeting accordingly...''
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''COMMITTEE on Supporting
Peace and Stability in Rakhine
State held a meeting with Rakhine
State Cabinet in Sittway
yesterday.
Attending the meeting at
the government office were Committee
on Supporting Peace and
Stability in Rakhine State Chairman
U Aye Tha Aung, who is also
Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha
Hluttaw, Committee Vice Chairmen
Union Information Minister
Dr Pe Myint and Rakhine State
Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, committee
members Deputy Minister
for the Office of the Union
Government U Tin Myint, State
Minister for Security and Border
Affairs Colonel Phone Tint, Yangon
Region Minister for Rakhine
Affairs U Zaw Aye Maung, State
MP U Maung Maung Ohn, state
ministers and heads of state departments.
Committee Chairman U Aye
Tha Aung spoke at the meeting,
saying this is the first meeting
held by the committee since its
inception on 14 March on orders
from the Office of the President.
Although this is the committee’s
first visit to Rakhine State, it has
already met with Rakhine associations
and political parties
based in Yangon. The Chairman
said this meeting will produce
a report to submit to the Union
Government from this meeting,
and a report on the short-term
and long-term tasks will be compiled
as well. He said the suggestions
made at this meeting will be
put on record and will be included
in the report based on their
premises. He urged attendees
to contemplate the conflicts that
have occurred in Rakhine State.
He said the State Government
and the committee will hold a
follow-up meeting accordingly...''
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''DAW Aung San Suu Kyi,
State Counsellor and
Union Minister for Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of
the Union of Myanmar, received
Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia,
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in Nay Pyi Taw on 8 April 2019 at
10 am during his official visit to
Myanmar.
During the meeting, the
State Counsellor and the Malaysian
Foreign Minister discussed
cordially various issues on promoting
bilateral relations and
cooperation, the recent developments
in Myanmar and Malaysia.
They also exchanged views on
the latest situation in Rakhine
State and how Malaysia and
ASEAN could assist Myanmar
in facilitating the repatriation
process of the verified displaced
persons.
Present at the meeting were
U Kyaw Tin, Union Minister for
International Cooperation, Senior
Officials from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Ambassador of
Malaysia to Myanmar and the
members of the Malaysian delegation.
U Kyaw Tin, Union Minister
for International Cooperation,
also received Dato’ Saifuddin
Abdullah, separately at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs at 9
am. During the discussion, they
exchanged views on promoting
trade and investment, strengthening
constructive engagements
in resolving the issue of Rakhine
State and further consolidation of
ASEAN unity...''
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''AUTHORITIES have captured
an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh
identified as Shahel on 29
March and an ARSA member
identified as Osman Gawni in
Maungtaw on 30 March.
Security forces captured
Shahel near the village of Aung
Tha Pyay in northern Maungtaw
Township on 29 March. Upon
questioning they discovered
he had crossed from Noha Ali
village, Rangamati Township,
Bangladesh, into Myanmar with
five villagers from Lainmaw
Cherry village in Maungtaw
Township on 28 March to rustle
cattle. He got separated from
the others after losing his way
and was subsequently arrested.
In a separate case, security
officers patrolling Area 2 of
northern Maungtaw Township
arrested Osman Gawni (a) Osama
for suspicious behaviour
from a ravine located on Border
Post 40. Upon interrogation, they
discovered this man from Yinmakyaung
Taung village, Buthidaung
Township, was involved
in the attack on South Bazar Police
Outpost on 25 August 2017.
He is reportedly an absconder
from the Counter-Terrorism Law
50 (a) case and was in hiding
in Kutupalong refugee camp in
Bangladesh.
Authorities say Osman
Gawni was recruited into ARSA
after attending terrorism training
for two months in 2018. The
trainings were conducted with 50
ARSA recruits in temporary huts
in the forest near Kutupalong,
Balukhali, and Muthusaram refugee
camps from 10pm to 1am.
The recruits reportedly receive
5,000 Bangladesh taka per month
during the training period. After
their training, the recruits are
tasked with surveying border
guard posts and police outposts
and ambushing them...''
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''The Tatmadaw forces
fought with AA group on 3
April near Wakoatchaung
Village in Buthidaung
Township of Rakhine
State, killing six, according
to the Office of the
Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services.
On Wednesday afternoon,
the security forces
received a tip that about
150 AA members were
camping near the Saidin
Creek close to the
village, following which,
they carried out security
operations in the area.
In the fighting, six
Muslims, who were with
the AA group, were killed.
The slain members
were from the Thayatpyin,
Daphyuchaung,
Kintaung, Htaiktupauk,
and Phonenyoleik villages.
Nine other insurgents
were also injured
in the clash, and are
receiving treatment at
the Tatmadaw Hospital
in Buthidaung. They are
being interrogated, the
release from the military
stated.
The Tatmadaw forces
are continuing security
operations to ensure
the rule of law prevails in
the area, according to the
Office of the Commander-
in-Chief of Defence
Services...''
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''The Tatmadaw True News Team
issued a statement yesterday
warning about fake news posted
by AA on social media and
websites.
According to the statement,
following attacks on four
police outposts at Ngamyinbaw,
Kyaungtaung, Goappi, and
Khahtila on 4 January, the AA
group continued to target police
stations, planted mines on the
Yangon-Sittway Union Road, sent
bullets in envelopes, and issued
death threats to heads of police
stations, administrators of wards
and villagers, and killed them in
attempts to harm the administrative
machinery and the rule of
law. It has been found that local
people are being subjected to intimidation
by AA, according to
the statement. The AA group is
taking advantage of this to carry
out attacks on security forces by
taking position in wards and villages,
according to the statement.
Besides, after the clash with
security forces, AA members
have been disguising themselves
as civilians and spread fake news,
and forcing villagers to spread
fake and fabricated information
and post it on social media and
websites to create misunderstanding
among people, according
to the statement.
Touching upon fake information
being spread on social media,
the statement cited a live broadcast
on Facebook by a woman
who identified herself as a writer
and provided fake information
about the killing of the head of the
Teinnyo Police Station in MraukU
Township at 7.30 p.m. on 23
March. Upon investigation, the
authorities found that the woman,
Nwe Tharki, had made the live
broadcast to intentionally create
a misunderstanding between the
Tatmadaw and the people, according
to the statement.
It was found that while the
woman was from Rakhine, she
was not residing in the state,
but in Lashio, according to the
statement. She could not be located
and a case has been lodged
against her at the local police station
in accordance with the law.
Separately, the Head of
Aukthakan Village has refuted
information that two women
were killed during firing by Tatmadaw
forces on 29 March at
the Teinnyo-Aukthakan Village
incident. His clarification on the
fake information was released on
29 and 30 March, according to the
statement.
The statement from the Tatmadaw
True News Team urged
local people not to believe the fake
news, information, and propaganda
spread by the AA after intimidating
people, and to inform the
authorities and security forces
about their actions in a timely
manner...''
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''DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the
Office of the President U Zaw
Htay gave a press conference at
the Presidential Palace in Nay
Pyi Taw yesterday, briefing on
internal peace making process,
issues of Internally displaced
person (IDP) displaced person
and armed conflicts in Rakhine
State...''
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''U Kyaw Tin, Union Minister
for International Cooperation
hosted a working lunch to the
delegation led by Mr. Dag-Inge
Ulstein, Minister of International
Development, Norwegian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs on
28 March 2019 at the Kempinski
Hotel. During the luncheon,
Ministers cordially exchanged
views on matters pertaining to
promotion of bilateral relations
and cooperation between the
two countries, latest developments
in Rakhine State and
establishment of Foreign Office
Consultations mechanism
between Myanmar and Norway.
U Hla Kyaw, Deputy Minister
of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock and Irrigation and officials
from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs were also present at
the luncheon...''
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''Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services Senior General Min
Aung Hlaing received the United
Nations Secretary-General’s
Special Envoy on Myanmar Ms.
Christine Schraner Burgener at
the Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay
Pyi Taw yesterday.
At the meeting, the two sides
exchanged views and openly discussed
the efforts of the Tatmadaw
for gaining peace in the country,
attack by AA group on border
outposts in Rakhine State, drug
trafficking situation in Rakhine
State, necessary constructive
cooperation from Bangladesh
and requirement to clarify the
real situation of Rakhine issue
to the international community,
helping displaced people at the
IDP camps in Kachin State, investigation
into the allegations
regarding incidents in Rakhine
State in 2017 and establishment
of a military court according
to military law regarding criticisms
and allegations made by
the international community
and efforts to uncover the truth
with firm evidence, monthly
press conferences held by the
Tatmadaw as part of efforts for
informing the true situation to
the people, according the Office
of the Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services...''
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''Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State
Counsellor of the Republic
of the Union of Myanmar,
received Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Special
Envoy of the Government of
Japan for National Reconciliation
in Myanmar and Chairman of the
Nippon Foundation, at 4pm yesterday
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Nay Pyi Taw.
During the meeting, they cordially
exchanged views on the matters
pertaining to Japan’s continued
provision of constructive assistance
for Rakhine State and peace and national
reconciliation process of Myanmar.
During the visit, Mr. Yohei
Sasakawa paid a visit to Sittwe
and Maungtaw from 22nd to 24th
March 2019 to provide necessary
assistance to the Myanmar Government’s
efforts for the repatriation
process...''
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''The draft resolution on “Situation
of Human Rights in
Myanmar” tabled by the European
Union (EU) was considered
for action on 22 March 2019 at
the 40th Regular Session of the
United Nations Human Rights
Council in Geneva.
Myanmar categorically rejected
the draft resolution.
In the statement delivered
as a concerned country before
taking action on the draft resolution,
Permanent Representative
of Myanmar U Kyaw Moe Tun
highlighted the following main
reasons why the resolution is not
accepted by Myanmar :-
1. First, the EU’s justification
for the draft resolution
is mainly based
on the one-sided narratives,
highly politicized
and seriously flawed
reports of the FFM and
the Special Rapporteur
that Myanmar has categorically
objected.
2. Second, the draft resolution
clearly demonstrates
its intent to
garner international
pressure against Myanmar
by passing one
resolution after resolution
and heaping
mechanism over mechanism
on our country.
It contains a number of
paragraphs, based on
sweeping allegations,
aiming to impose unprecedented
discriminatory
scrutiny on
Myanmar by abusing
various UN mechanisms
under the name
of human rights. Today,
Myanmar is under the
scrutiny of multiple UN
mechanisms.
3. Third, the tone and
tenor of the draft resolution
demonstrates a
total disregard for the
dignity, sovereignty,
and territorial integrity
of a sovereign UN
member state. It is seen
a “classic example” of
double standards and,
selective and discriminatory
application of
human rights norms on
a developing country in
democratic transition.
4. Fourth, although the
draft resolution is labelled
“Situation of
human rights in Myanmar”,
a large number
of paragraphs narrowly
focus, with negative perspective,
on the rights
of a particular group in
Rakhine. Myanmar will
never allow any attempt
that can have negative
impact for the social cohesion
and unity among
different ethnic and religious
communities in
the country.
5. Fifth, the EU’s draft resolution
sows the seeds
of mistrust and further
polarization not only
among different communities
in the country
in particular in Rakhine
but also between Myanmar
and the international
community. It is
imbued with retributive
and punitive undertone
rather than seeking
solution, understanding
and reconciliation.
6. Sixth, the draft resolution
deliberately ignored
the threat of terrorism
which is the real cause
of present humanitarian
situation. This calls
for a great concern with
regard to the true intention
and sincerity of the
cosponsors.
7. Seventh, as a principle,
Myanmar is against
country-specific resolutions...''
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''On the evening of 21 March,
a Tatmadaw column conducting
regional stability and security
operations in Yathedaung
Township, Rakhine State, was
attacked by the AA group who
were equipped with small and
heavy arms. The fighting left two
from the Tatmadaw side injured.
The Tatmadaw column was
attacked by the AA group in a location
between Yaygaungchaung
Village and Setaung Village in
Yathedaung Township around
9:30 p.m. on 21 March, About 150
AA personnel launched attacks
from five positions north of Setaung
Village. The Tatmadaw
column fought back and was reported
to be continuing appropriate
regional security operation.
Earlier, on the evening of
20 March, two masked men
from AA came to the house of
U Maung Tin in Sannyin Village,
Myebon Township, Rakhine
State, and shot him in his sleep,
killing him on the spot...''
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''Speaking of the situation
in Rakhine State, he said, “The
issue of Rakhine State is hugely
complex with many challenges”
and that Government is fully
committed to find a sustainable
solution for all people in Rakhine
State.
He informed the Council
the speeding up of the implementation
of Kofi Annan Advisory
Commission’s recommendations
under an Action Plan,
covering five priority areas
namely issuance of citizenship,
freedom of movement, closure
of IDP camps, education and
health.
The Permanent Representative
shared Myanmar’s
concern over the plight of all
affected communities after the
ARSA terrorists attack and reiterated
Myanmar’s readiness
to receive verified returnees in
accordance with the bilateral
agreements with Bangladesh.
Myanmar informed Bangladesh
side to resume the Joint Working
Group Meeting in April to
commence repatriation of verified
displaced persons including
444 Hindus who of their own
volition are desperate to return.
He added that Myanmar
has been working with UNDP
and UNHCR, ASEAN friends
and regional partners to create
conducive environment for the
returnees.
The Rakhine State Investment
Fair was held recently
to generate job opportunities,
income and long term development
and a number of on-going
projects were implemented to
strengthen social cohesion in
Rakhine State, he said.
The Permanent Representative
expressed his disappointment
at the irresponsible comments
of the Special Rapporteur
on the situation of human rights
in Myanmar on Rakhine State
Investment Fair which is aimed
for bringing prosperity to all
people in Rakhine State.
He reaffirmed Myanmar’s
position on FFM that Myanmar
categorically objected its establishment,
as well as its narrative-
based report. However,
Myanmar takes allegations of
human rights violation seriously.
He updated on the Independent
Commission of Enquiry as
well as the recent establishment
of an investigation court by the
Armed Forces of Myanmar to investigate
all alleged violations of
human rights in Rakhine State.
He emphasized, “The Government
is willing and able to address
the accountability issue.
Therefore, we strongly reject
any move to bring the issue to
international judicial system.”
He pointed out that the
world’s attention narrowly and
only focused on the negative
aspects relating to the issue in
Rakhine State. Notwithstanding
positive developments, Myanmar
has been unfairly targeted
and disproportionately put under
scrutiny of multiple mechanisms
of the UN.
He stressed that understanding
the situation in Rakhine
State requires deeper
analysis and wider perspective.
It should not be seen in
isolation with narrow perspective...''
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''AA Group on Monday attacked
a convoy carrying military personnel
conducting security operations
in MraukU Township,
and the MraukU district police
office, according to the Myanmar
Police Force.
AA members positioned
themselves inside civilian homes
and opened fire at the military
convoy at the entrance of MraukU
at 7:35 p.m. on 18 March. The
gunfight lasted about 30 minutes.
The security forces also retaliated
to the firing, said police...''
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''On 16 March 2019, at around 10
am, MV-Yadana Win 7, a civilian
boat, was attacked and set on fire
by AA. It was carrying construction
materials of vital importance
to the development work undergoing
in Rakhine State, ie. the
construction of Paletwa Bridge
project across Kaladan River.
The vessel left Yangon on
10 March and was making its
way to Paletwa, via Sittwe and
Kyauktaw when it was attacked.
The boat was shot at with small
arms, and after the crew were
taken onshore, the vessel was
set on fire.
The vessel was captained by
U Aung Kyaw Thu and a crew of
ten, all civilians.
The vessel was carrying
256.085 tons of steel frames, 24.96
tons of frame base, 0.35 tons of
paint, 4.835 tons of high tension
bolts, bridge construction materials
worth about 1.072 billion kyats.
The vessel was unarmed and
was not carrying any security
personnel. The AA deliberately
chose to target a civilian boat
carrying construction materials
meant for the development
of Rakhine. There has been a
widespread condemnation by the
public of the terrorist act by AA
in burning and destroying a civilian
vessel transporting materials
meant for the development of
Rakhine State...''
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''The attacks have highlighted
the urgent need for a
nationwide ceasefire agreement,
under the ongoing national
peace process.
The attacks on police outposts
have disrupted not only
the rule of law, but also the
daily lives and security of the
local people.
What is worse, the AA
deliberately chose to attack
civilian targets, setting fire to
a vessel carrying construction
materials worth about K1.072
billion on 16 March. The shipment
was meant for the Paletwa
Bridge project across the
Kaladan river.
There has been widespread
condemnation among
the public of AA’s terrorist act
of burning and destroying a
civilian vessel transporting
materials meant for the development of Rakhine State.
The attack on the civilian target has highlighted the need for
communal peace and rule of law to carry out regional development
aspired to by the people. It has also highlighted the fact that
armed conflicts only hinder regional development projects and
pose obstacles to the aspirations of the local people.
The Union Government is committed to overcoming the grave
challenges it has faced in Rakhine. From the very beginning of
its term, the government has made rule of law and sustainable`
development in Rakhine, for which there is a vital need in the
state, a national priority.
To ensure long-term peace and harmony in the State, the
incumbent government has been doing its utmost to meet the
security and humanitarian needs of the people, in line with the
recommendations of the commission led by the late Dr. Kofi Annan.
To end ongoing armed conflicts, we would like to urge the
Government, the Tatmadaw, and the ethnic armed organizations
to resolve issues through negotiation, without losing sight of the
goal of total peace for the country...''
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''The Tatmadaw forces conducting
proper security operations
around Rakhine State
Ponnagyun and Kyauktaw towns
engaged in a fierce fighting with
an AA insurgent group and captured
armaments and remains
of AA insurgents.
The Tatmadaw forces also occupied
a temporary base camp
setup by AA to attack towns, villages
and departmental buildings
in Ponnagyun and Kyauktaw
townships.
About 9 p.m on 7 March, an
AA insurgent group led by Aung
Zaw Lin arrived near Ponnagyun
Township, Pane Ne Taw Village
and sent his hard core group
members to Ponnagyun Township
ward administrators with
letters demanding a total of K 65
million from wards in Ponnagyun
town within 7 days. If the demand
was not met, Ponnagyun town,
Tatmadaw regimental headquarters
and police stations will be
attacked after the completion of
matriculation examinations, said
the letter.
The local populace reported
the matter in a timely manner to
Tatmadaw and security forces
while refusing to pay the extorsion.
Accordingly security forces
spread out and increases security
works within and around Ponnagyun
and Kyauktaw townships. On
9 March Yotayoke Police Outpost
in Ponnagyun Township where
only about 11 police forces were
stationed was attacked by an
overwhelming force of AA. The
police outpost was responsible for
security in the area, maintaining
communal peace, the rule of law
and storing exam and answer papers
of the ongoing matriculation
exam conducted in exam centers
in the area.
As information were received
of AA insurgents plan to
attack ward and village security
stations, security forces conducting
security operations between
Kanzauk and Ponnagyun came
into contact with an AA insurgent
group and local villagers
forcefully conscripted based in a
temporary base camp 7000 meter
south of Kyauktaw town Kanzawuk
village on the afternoon
11 March. The temporary base
camp was setup to harass and
attack Ponnagyun and Kyauktaw
townships.
On 12 March, as the security
forces fought to contain the AA
insurgents, the AA insurgents
attempted repeatedly to encircle
the security forces and also
blocked a Tatmadaw column sent
to reinforce the security force
that was engaged in the fight
since 11 March...''
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''ASEAN-Emergency Response
and Assessment Team-ASEAN
ERAT delegation conducted a
field visit to reception centres in
Maungtaw from 8 to 10 March,
conducting an initial survey for
repatriation of displaced people
from Rakhine State.
The delegation comprised
of 10 members from Indonesia,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore and Thailand.
During the visit, the delegation
members practiced the process
for accepting the returnees,
including meeting with authorities
and officials of the reception
camps, security and administration
at the camps, preparation
for education, health, water and
sanitation supply, food supply
and accommodation, issuing
the National Verification cards
to returnees, humanitarian aid
supply, arrangements for social
harmony and diplomacy matters.
They also held talks with
Maungtaw district and township
level officials over repatriation
readiness.
The ASEAN ERAT team
also visited the villages where
the returnees would be resettled
and observed the houses built
with the assistance of UEHRD
and donor countries.
On 11 March, the team met
with Rakhine State Chief Minister
U Nyi Pu in Sittway and
discussed their findings during
the visit.
The ASEAN-ERAT team
called on Union Minister for Social
Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
Dr. Win Myat Aye in Nay
Pyi Taw yesterday and discussed
their findings during their field
visit to Maungtaw.
The team will report the areas
for cooperation in Myanmar to
relevant ASEAN members and
will keep on cooperation in Myanmar.
ASEAN Secretariat Office,
ASEAN Coordinating Centre for
Humanitarian Assistance-AHA
and Ministry of Social Welfare,
Relief and Resettlement are
working together for repatriation
of displaced people from Rakhine
State...''
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''An Interactive Dialogue
with Special
Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar was
held on 11 March 2019 during the
40th Session of the Human Rights
Council, held in Geneva from 25
February to 22 March 2019.
During the dialogue, the Special
Rapporteur on the Situation
of Human Rights in Myanmar
presented her report on the situation
of human rights in Myanmar
to the Human Rights Council.
In response to the Special
Rapporteur’s biased report and
unconstructive remarks on Myanmar,
U Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent
Representative of Myanmar
to United Nations, made a rebuttal
Statement as a concerned
country. In his statement, Permanent
Representative highlighted
that human rights and
inclusiveness are fundamental to
successful transformation of Myanmar
to a democratic society. He
apprised the Council of the government’s
concerted efforts for
sustainable peace and genuine
national reconciliation, inclusive
development, promotion of rule
of law, democratic practices and
good governance. He also underlined
the visible progress in many
areas including health, education,
and on-going implementation of
Myanmar Sustainable Development
Plan 2018-2030 in line with
the Sustainable Development
Goals.
Speaking about the peace
process, the Permanent Representative
informed the Council
of the successful holding and the
fruitful results of 3 sessions of
the Union Peace Conference as
well as 3 more sessions to be held
by 2020.
He highlighted the measures
taken in the economic sphere by
promoting responsible investment
with careful consideration
of environment and social governance
as well as the recent
initiative of the government to
amend the undemocratic provisions
of the 2008 Constitution.
With regard to the situation
of human rights in Myanmar, he
said, despite numerous challenges
and constraints, Myanmar will
continue to do its best to take
its primary responsibility to promote
and protect the rights of
all its people. In this regard, he
apprised the Council of significant
steps taken by the Government
especially for the rights of
children, women, persons with
disabilities and other vulnerable
groups. Myanmar will submit its
national report to the UPR third
cycle in 2020. Being a state party
to CRC, CEDAW, CRPD and ICESCR,
Myanmar has set the target
to sign the ICCPR this year. In
addition, steps are being taken
to enact legislations including the
new Child Rights Law and the
draft laws to address the issues of
hate speech and violence against
women...''
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''AA insurgents attacked the
Yotayoke Police Outpost in
Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine
State, on 9 March,
killing 9 personnel, according
to the Myanmar Police
Force.
One policeman was
reported missing after the
attack, they added.
The attack on the police
outpost by the insurgents
lasted from 11.20 p.m.
to 11.50 p.m. The outpost
is responsible for security
in the area, and maintaining
communal peace and
the rule of law. The police
outpost in Yotakoke Village,
headed by Police Inspector
Saw Thein Tun, has also
been tasked with storing
question and answer papers
of the ongoing matriculation
exams from test
centers in the area...''
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''At the request of the nine members of the Security
Council of the United Nations - namely, Belgium, Dominican
Republic, France, Germany, Kuwait, Peru, Poland,
the United Kingdom and the United States, Equatorial
Guinea, President of the Security Council for the month
of February 2019, held an open briefing on ‘The Situation
in Myanmar’ in the presence of Ms. Christine Schraner
Burgener, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on
Myanmar, on 28 February 2019 at the UN Headquarters
in New York. Myanmar Permanent Representative Ambassador
U Hau Do Suan delivered a statement.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the full-text
of his statement yesterday. In the statement, he says in
the spirit of cooperation with the United Nations and as
a demonstration of our desire to addressing the issue of
Rakhine, we agreed to the appointment of the Special
Envoy. We have provided her with all necessary support
in discharging her mandate. We appreciate her tireless
efforts and dedication in undertaking her mandate with
objectivity and impartiality. The Special envoy has made
five official visits to Myanmar in the last 9 months since
her appointment. Her office in Nay Pyi Taw has been fully
functioning now. We will continue to work closely with her
in our effort to resolving the issues particularly relating
to the situation in Rakhine State...''
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''The Myanmar delegation led
by U Kyaw Tin, Union Minister
for International Cooperation
arrived back to Yangon
on 3 March after attending the
High-Level Segments of the
40th Session of the United Nations
Human Rights Council
and the Conference on Disarmament
held in Geneva, from
25 to 28 February 2019.
At the high-level segment
meeting of the Human Rights
Council, the Union Minister
delivered a Statement on 26
February stressing the importance
of guiding principles of
the Council such as promoting
human rights through constructive
engagement and cooperation
instead of confrontation
and condemnation and the
principles of independence, impartiality
and integrity. He also
apprised the meeting of the progress
and challenges in the efforts
of Myanmar Government
for peace and national reconciliation,
development, promotion
and protection of human rights,
resolving the issues in Rakhine
State and cooperation with the
United Nations in promoting
human rights.
On 27 February, the Union
Minister delivered a Statement
at the High-Level Segment of
the Conference on Disarmament
highlighting the current
global security, issues on disarmament
and non-proliferation,
Myanmar’s continued efforts
and priorities on non-proliferation
and national disarmament
agenda as well as its works at
the Conference on Disarmament.
While in Geneva, Union
Minister U Kyaw Tin, accompanied
by Ambassador U Kyaw
Moe Tun, Permanent Representative
to the United Nations,
separately held bilateral
meetings with H.E. Ms. Retno
Lestari PriansariMarsudi,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Indonesia, H.E. Mr. Pradeep
Kumar Gyawali, Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Nepal, H.E.
Mr. Kiyoto Tsuji, Parliamentary
Vice-Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Japan, and H.E. Mr.
Marcelino Medina Gonzalez,
First Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Cuba at the United
Nations Building.
During the respective
meetings, the Union Minister
discussed with those Ministers
on strengthening bilateral relations
and cooperation, and
explained the Myanmar Government’s
efforts in striving
for peace and national reconciliation
process and promoting
and protecting human rights
in Myanmar, and resolving the
issue of Rakhine State.
The Union Minister also
received Ms.AranchaGonzale,
Executive Director of the International
Trade Centre (ITC) at
the Myanmar Permanent Mission
in Geneva on 28 February
and exchanged views on ongoing
cooperation between Myanmar
and ITC for promotion of
trade, investment and private
sector development. He also
visited the Permanent Mission
of Myanmar in the morning and
attend the work coordination
meeting with the Myanmar
Permanent Representative and
the members of the Myanmar
Mission in Geneva, according
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...''
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''Myanmar is still facing several challenges in its delicate
democratic transition, which needs continued
support from the international community.
The international community must play a constructive
role in seeking a sustainable resolution that would lead
to peace, stability, and development in Rakhine State, rather than
laying the blame on Myanmar.
Sadly, some groups and countries in the UN are continuing
to exploit UN agencies to exert discriminatory and illegitimate
political pressure, with malicious intent for Myanmar.
One clear example is the establishment of the Independent
Investigative Mechanism (IIM) on Myanmar by the Human Rights
Council. This action is yet another step in a series of unprecedented
and discriminatory scrutinizations of a member State.
We strongly objected to the establishment of the IIM, as it was
set up beyond the Council’s mandate. It represents selectivity,
discriminatory attitudes, and double standards by the UN human
rights body. It will only serve the political purpose of those who
wish to exploit the HRC for
their political agenda.
Some members of the
Council have just made a reference
to the report of the HRC’s
Fact Finding Mission (FFM),
which was totally biased and
one-sided. Its investigation targeted
only Myanmar security
forces and excluded violations
committed by the ARSA. The
report fully adheres to the stories
of displaced persons, while
rejecting any contradicting evidence.
The FFM ignored reports
revealing massacres by the
ARSA and discounted atrocities
committed by it. Regarding
the alleged human rights
violations, the government
of Myanmar has repeatedly
stated that it will act against
perpetrators according to law,
if the allegations are supported
by sufficient evidence.
To investigate all allegations
of human rights violations
in Rakhine State,
the Union Government has
established an Independent
Commission of Enquiry (ICoE).
The Commission is carrying out its mandate with independence,
impartiality, and objectivity, and is investigating allegations
of human rights violations based on hard evidence. The Commission
is also requesting access to refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar
in Bangladesh to meet with the alleged victims of abuse. The
Commission’s work will be evidence-based. Therefore, the international
community must support the work of the Commission.
The Government of Myanmar is committed to accountability
in addressing the issue. Therefore, we strongly reject any move to
bring the issue before the international judicial system.
The international community must stop focusing narrowly
on the negative aspects of the Rakhine issue...''
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''SENIOR General Min Aung
Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services, received Mr.
Sun Guoxiang, Special Envoy for
Asian Affairs of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC), at the
Bayintnaung guest house in Nay
Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
During the meeting, observations made by PRC Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Special Envoy during his visit to northern
Rakhine State Buthidaung and
Maungtaw regions, arrangements made by the Myanmar
side on receiving returnees, China’s continued support for the
Myanmar government and the
Tatmadaw at the United Nations
as well as in the international
arena, status of ARSA terrorist
insurgents and AA insurgents
working together to destabilize
regional stability in Rakhine
State along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, status of Tatmadaw’s efforts toward achieving
permanent peace throughout
the entire country by 2020, support provided by China in this
effort and status of cooperation
towards achieving stability and
peace in northern Myanmar region and along the border of the
two countries were discussed
according to news released by
the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services...''
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''ABOUT a hundred AA insurgents
were reported to be active
in hills on the east of the
Kyauktaw-Mrauk U road, Rakhine
State to establish a training
camp and operation area and
were obstructing, destroying,
planting and exploding land
mines on roads used by the
public and forcibly recruiting
villagers so Tatmadaw columns
conducted appropriate security
operation.
While the appropriate security
operation was conducted,
an engagement was made on
19 February and Tatmadaw columns
were in hot pursuit of the
retreating AA insurgent group.
After 20 February there were
eight more engagements with
the AA insurgent group and a
site where the AA insurgents
planned to setup a training
camp was captured. The AA
insurgent group retreated towards
the east and south while
Tatmadaw columns continued
the pursuit.
During the engagements
Tatmadaw had some casualties
while 4 bodies of AA insurgents;
4 assorted arms, ammunitions
and related materials; training
accessories; 7 cans of liquors;
walkie-talkie chargers; conduit
pipes, glues, bamboo triggers,
gun powder and fertilizers to
make landmines; badges of
Tatmadaw officer and soldiers;
and AA arm badges were captured.
Tatmadaw columns are
continuing security operations
for rule of law and regional stability
in Rakhine State, according
to news released by Office
of the Tatmadaw Commander-
in-Chief...''
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''The constructive dialogue between
Myanmar and the Committee
on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW) on the Exceptional
Report submitted by Myanmar
at the latter’s request was held
on 22 February 2019 during the
72nd Session of CEDAW in Geneva,
Switzerland.
The Myanmar delegation
was headed by Dr. Win Myat
Aye, Union Minister for Social
Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.
The delegation includes
representatives from the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the President’s
Office, the Ministry of
Home Affairs, the Ministry of
Defence, the Ministry of Social
Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
and the Union Attorney’s
General Office as well as the
Permanent Mission of Myanmar
in Geneva.
Union Minister, in his opening
remarks, stressed that the
reason of Myanmar delegation’s
visit led by Union Minister
himself, who is taking a
leading role on Women’s rights,
was a testimony of the Government’s
cooperative contribution
to the work of CEDAW and
that Myanmar as a responsible
member of CEDAW submitted
the Exceptional Report to the
Committee, and Myanmar is a
society in which women enjoy
equal rights with men in every
aspect...''
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''The Government of Malaysia should provide refugees with the rights to work and access education in order to end child marriage and ensure protections for refugee girls, said the Rohingya Women Development Network (RWDN) and Fortify Rights today.
Malaysia Foreign Minister Saiffudin Abdullah said on Tuesday that the government is considering options to provide refugees with access to public schools, hospitals, and employment.
“Children should be in school, not forced into marriage,” said Sharifah Shakirah, founder and director of RWDN in Malaysia. “We encourage the Malaysian government to urgently ban child marriage and provide refugee families with legal access to jobs, schools, and health care, which would advance refugee and child rights.”
RWDN and Fortify Rights conducted 11 interviews in Malaysia and Bangladesh between 2018 and 2019 with Rohingya child brides, former child brides, family members of child brides, and men arranging to marry or married to child brides. During these interviews, Rohingya girls described situations of domestic servitude, beatings, and hopelessness in Malaysia. Rohingya families also cite economic hardship and insecurity as drivers of child marriage.
“I am physically and verbally abused by my husband,” a Rohingya refugee girl, 16, told RWDN and Fortify Rights in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 1, 2019. “I want an education. I want to be a teacher. I am not happy about getting married.”
Originally from Buthidaung Township in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the 16-year-old girl married a 24-year old Rohingya man in Malaysia on January 1, 2018. The girl’s family arranged the marriage due to financial difficulties. She told RWDN and Fortify Rights that she is now confined to a one-bedroom apartment in Kuala Lumpur where she cooks and cleans, describing slave-like conditions in a situation of domestic servitude...''
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''Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing received
Australian Ambassador H.E.
Ms. Andrea Faulkner, at the
Parlour of Bayintnaung Villa,
Nay Pyi Taw, yesterday afternoon.
During the meeting, they
cordially discussed matters
relating to cooperation on
Myanmar-Australia diplomatic
relations after gaining independence,
language proficiency
classes, UN peacekeeping
training, the Counter-Narcotic
Training and medical training,
Australia’s assistance for internal
peace in Myanmar, educational
and economic sectors,
efforts of the Tatmadaw for
achieving eternal peace in Myanmar,
endeavors of the Government
and the Tatmadaw
to handle the incidents of the
Rakhine State in Buthedaung
and Maungdaw in accordance
with the law, and conditions of
the Australia’s participation,
according to a statement issued
by the Office of the Commander-
in-Chief of Defence
Services...''
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''ABOUT a hundred AA insurgents
were reported to
be active in hills near Paungtote
Village, Mrauk-U town,
Rakhine State to establish a
training camp and operation
area about 31 km north from
where Rakhine State Chief
Minister’s convoy was attacked
by remote controlled
improvised explosive devices
on 1 January 2019 and 6 km.
north east from a place where
another vehicle was attacked
by a mine on 17 February. As
they were obstructing and
destroying the roads used by
the public, Tatmadaw columns
conducted appropriate security
operations.
During the operations two
engagements with about a hundred
AA insurgents occurred at
about 15 km east of Kyauktaw
Town and the insurgents retreated
toward the south while
the Tatmadaw columns were in
hot pursuit.
During the engagement
some Tatmadaw personnel
were hurt and 9 bodies of AA
insurgents were found with one
RPG. Tatmadaw columns are
continuing security operations
Fighting between Tatmadaw
troops, AA insurgents occurred
for the rule of law and regional
stability in Rakhine State
according to news released
by Tatmadaw Commander-
in-Chief Office...''
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''DR. WIN MYAT AYE, Union
Minister for Social Welfare, Relief
and Resettlement, received
representatives from Asia Philanthropy
Circle – APC at his
ministry yesterday. The APC
is currently working together
with the International Relations
Task Force of the UEHRD.
The two sides discussed
the UEHRD task force’s implementation
of development
in Rakhine State, collaborations
with APC to open a university
in MraukU that meets international
standards, and the progress
of negotiations between
the Ministry of Education, Ministry
of Religious Affairs and
Culture, Rakhine State government,
state Hluttaw, and the
local residents...''
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''Japan’s participation in regional
development and humanitarian
aid in Rakhine State, the government and Tatmadaw’s efforts to
resolve issues in Buthidaung
and Maungtaw townships and
Japan’s support in portraying the
true situation to the international community, the Tatmadaw’s
efforts in implementing political
stability and security throughout
the country, and Japan’s ongoing
plans to invest in factories and
workshops in Myanmar to create
employment opportunities, according to information released
by the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services...''
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''SECURITY forces conducting
appropriate security operations
in Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State clashed with AA/ARSA
insurgents yesterday morning.
A police officer was killed in the
ensuing skirmish and security
forces seized ammunition and
a book printed in Arabic from
the insurgent’s side.
A section of Border Security Force 5 was on security
Security forces clash with AA/ARSA in Maungtaw Tsp
duty at a bridge over Yebaukcha
creek near Kalar Dayvad Village
close to Bandoola-Kamaung
Seik-Kyein Chaung highway
in Maungtaw Township when
they spotted a group of 30 AA/
ARSA insurgents approaching
from the west of the highway at
around 2:30 am. Fighting lasted
between the two sides until Tatmadaw reinforcements arrived
around 4 am, pushing back the
insurgent group to the west.
The Myanmar Police Force
announced that an officer was
killed in the skirmish and they
have confiscated several items
left behind by the insurgents,
including a blood-stained camouflage vest, 3 M-22 cartridges,
29 varying types of ammunition,
2 improvised explosive devices-IEDs, a walkie-talkie, a remote controller, a wire bundle,
and a book printed in Arabic
language. They also announced
that the Tatmadaw reinforcement column is continuing to
pursue the retreating insurgents...''
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''THREE ethnic Daingnet
villagers in their early forties were found murdered in
Maungtaw Township, northern
Rakhine State, on 15 February,
according to a police report.
The corpses of the three
men from Thinbawhla (Daingnet) village in the township
were found buried in the
ground, after a search was
made when they failed to come
back home from crab hunting.
Villagers and security
personnel found a fresh burial mound while searching for
the three men, identified as U
Hla Tun Aung (42), U Chit Tun
(42), and U Maung Tun Sein
(41). The men reportedly went
missing after going to a crab
hunting ground near old Kunthibin village in the morning.
When the search team dug
the ground, they reportedly
found the bodies of U Hla Tun
Aung and U Chit Tun, with
deep cuts on their necks, and
U Maung Tun Sein, with a severe cut on his temple and a
puncture wound on the neck...''
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''At the meeting opening of
reception centres in Taung Pyo
Letwe and Nga Khu Ya to receive
persons from Rakhine State who
were displaced to Bangladesh
due to terrorism, arrangements
made for board and lodging for
the returnees, construction of
houses near the villages where
the displaced persons lived before,
forms for receiving returnees
as agreed in the bilateral
agreement sent by Bangladesh
and reply from Myanmar side,
readiness for receiving returnees
who were already assessed
and the process of receiving
them, arrangements made for
returnees who were issued with
national verification card (NV
Card) to apply for assessment of
citizenship and to hold an appropriate
card, the present status of
issuing NV cards, NV Card being
the first step toward scrutizing
citizenship and follow up steps
toward citizenship, explanations
made to the locals on about NV
Card and its benefit, May Yu FM
Radio broadcast in Maungtaw
and Buthidaung area in Bama,
Rakhine and Bengali languages,
distribution of pamphlets in IDP
camps, Myanmar-Bangladesh
bilateral cooperation on receiving
returnees and the delay in
repatriation work despite having
people who want to return, signing
of MoU between the ministry,
UNDP and UNHCR to succeed
in the work, status of conducting
three step field visit according to
the MoU, assessment of according
to 1982 Myanmar Citizenship
Law, status of humanitarian assistance
and support of UN and
international organisations on
a dignified return of returnees
were discussed frankly and
views exchanged...''
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''AMBASSADOR Rosario Manalo,
Chairperson of the Independent
Commission of Enquiry
(ICOE), Former Deputy Foreign
Minister of the Philippines and
former chair and current Representative
of the Philippines to
CEDAW, landed in Myanmar at
4:40 pm yesterday.
The ICOE Chairperson was
welcomed at Yangon International
Airport by U Zaw Phyo
Win, Deputy Director-General
of the Strategic Studies and
Training Department, U Zaw
Tun Oo, Deputy Director-General
of the Protocol Department,
and other officials.
Similarly, Ambassador
Mr. Kenzo Oshima, member
of the commission, Former
Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and
Emergency Relief Coordinator
and Former Permanent Representative
of Japan to the United
Nations, will arrive in Myanmar
at 4 pm today.
The Independent Commission
of Enquiry was established
as part of Myanmar’s national
initiative to address reconciliation,
peace, stability and development
in Rakhine State...''
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''A GROUP comprised of local and
foreign media personnel from
Tokyo Shinbum, The Mainichi
Newspaper, Sankei Shimbum,
Nippon TV, TBS, AFP, Wall
Street Journal, MI Radio, MITV,
MRTV and MNA, arrived at the
Donethein temporary camp in
Buthidaung Township, Rakhine
State, where they observed the
ground situations.
There are totaling 263 displaced
people, including 43 ethnic
households, at the Donethein
temporary camp, where the
media personnel collected news
from them. They then proceeded
to the Dabyuchaung Village,
where they met with Muslim families In the afternoon, the media
group arrived back to Yangon by
air from Sittway.
The media groups have been
allowed access to Rakhine State
one-time in 2016, eight times in
2017, six times in February, 2018,
15 times in the arrangement of
the Advisory Board for Implementation
of Recommendations
on Rakhine State, making a total
of 30 times media tours. The
Committee for Implementation
of the Recommendations on
Rakhine State has been making
arrangements for conducting two
guided media trips per month
within 2018...''
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''A small police outpost stationed
closed to BP 41 was attacked at
7:44 am from about 200 meters
inside the Bangladesh territory.
Four bombs were launched
by the grenade launchers and
some 200 shots were fired at
the police post, which is taking
security for those who are upgrading
the border fence. Two
policeman and one fence worker
were injured.
It is learnt that the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Union of Myanmar
had invited the Ambassador of
Bangladesh and informed him
of incident in order that Bangladesh,
as a friendly neighbour
which has a zero tolerance
policy on terrorism to prevent
its territory from being used to
attack Myanmar...''
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''A donation ceremony was
held yesterday morning at the
UEHRD Yangon office on 11
Shweli Road, Kamayut Township,
Yangon at 10:00 a.m.
At this ceremony Mr. Billy
Harkin, Chairman of Energize
Myanmar Co. Ltd. donated USD
10,000 for Information and communication
activities of UEHRD
- Union Enterprise for Humanitarian
Assistance, Resettlement
and Development in Rakhine...''
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''A vehicle carrying border
guard police was ambushed
by ARSA terrorists
in Maungtaw, Rakhine
State, on 16 January, and
six police were injured in
the attack.
The car carrying border
guard police from No.2
Border Guard Police Headquarters
was attacked by
some 10 ARSA terrorists
with small arms at about
1.05 pm on 16 January near
a bridge in Watkyein Village
in Maungtaw Township.
The injured were taken
to the Tatmadaw Hospital
in Buthidaung...''
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''The Ministers also exchanged
views on ASEAN’s external
relations and regional and international
issues of common
interest and concern.
At the Working Dinner,
the Union Minister briefed the
ASEAN Foreign Ministers in an
informal setting on the recent
developments in Rakhine State
and had a fruitful discussion
with the ASEAN Foreign Ministers
on ways and means to
enhance cooperation between
Myanmar and ASEAN in facilitating
the repatriation process...''
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''The recent AA attacks will not
affect the upcoming Rakhine
State Investment Forum, said
U Aung Naing Oo, the Director-
General of the Directorate
of Investment and Company Administration
(DICA).
“The attacks occurred in
Buthidaung and Maungtaw in
northern Rakhine State. At present,
those areas have not attracted
investors. Other townships...''
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''JAPAN’S State Minister for
Foreign Affairs Ms. Toshiko
Abe, accompanied by
Deputy Minister for Social
Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
U Soe Aung, visited
Maungtaw yesterday and
viewed houses which are
under construction with the
assistance of Japanese government...''
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''Facing many difficulties, the
new government during the initial
two years period had to solve such
as that of flooding in the country,
that of the world trade war triggering
the hikes of dollar, that of
northern Rakhine issues, that of
the fake news, that of the international
pressures, and that of
maintaining GSP privileges...''
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Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-01-14
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2019-01-13
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''A CEREMONY to provide assistance
to the displaced people
and local residents was held
yesterday at the Rakhine State
government’s office, where
Union Minister for Social Welfare,
Relief and Resettlement
Dr. Win Myat Aye attended and
delivered a speech.
In his opening speech, Union
Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye
said that efforts were being
made to fulfill the requirements
of the local residents who stayed
away from their own places due
to conflicts through the cooperation
of Union Government
and Rakhine State government,
and we understood that there
remained many requirements...''
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-01-12
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2019-01-12
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Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
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2019-01-11
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''Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At the meeting, they cordially
exchanged views on bilateral
relations and development
cooperation between the two
countries, the preparations and
procedures for relocation of UK
Embassy to Nay Pyi Taw, and the
challenges facing Myanmar in its
democratic transition process
including the issue of Rakhine
State...''
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-01-09
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2019-01-09
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''President U Win Myint, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Vice Presidents, Speakers of Hluttaws, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Union ministers attend the
coordination meeting on international relations, national security and Rakhine State and border security issues at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday...''
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-01-08
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2019-01-08
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''As a result of massive coordinated
attacks launched by the
AA insurgent group on four
border police outposts in Buthidaung
township of Rakhine State
yesterday morning, 9 police personnel
were injured and 13 lost
their lives, it is learnt.
The massive coordinated
attacks which occurred at 6:45
a.m., involved the use of small
and heavy firearms. An estimated
100 group of AA insurgents
attacked Ngamyinbaw police
outpost, an estimated 100 group
of AA insurgents attacked the
Kyaungtaung police outpost, an
estimated 50 group of AA insurgents
attacked the Gokepi police
outpost, and an estimated 100
group of AA insurgents attacked
the Khahtihla police outpost..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-01-05
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2019-01-06
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''A group led by Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Tin from
the Office of the State Counsellor will visit Maungtaw region on 6 January, following
recent attacks on four border
police outposts.
The group will include
Permanent Secretary U
Zaw Than Thin, U Myo Myint Maung, Myanmar Police
Force, Chief of Police Lt-Gen
Aung Win Oo and Relief and
Resettlement Department
Director General U Ko Ko
Naing.
The group will inspect
the sites where the attacks
occurred and will provide
support and assistance.
They will be accompanied
by a representative from the
Rakhine State government
and 15 news media personnel...''
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-01-06
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2019-01-06
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