Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
"Independent Mon News Agency is formed by former Mon students,
youth and democratic activists based in Mon State, Union of Burma
in 1999. Members of the agency are not affiliated to any political organizations.
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA) is based in Thailand and Burma that founded by youth of Mon ethnic nationality in Southeast Asia. IMNA is a non-profitable news agency and covering news a bout Mon Community in Thailand, Mon Community in Burma and about Burma. IMNA is an independent Mon news agency producing fair and balance news through Internet, Mon newspaper, radio and community radio.
Every month, IMNA is publishing Mon language newspaper called Guiding Star, be targeted Mon audience in Thailand and Burma. IMNA also have Mon DVB radio program, part of the Democratic Voice of Burma that broadcasting from Norway and IMNA also producing news through via and Monnet mail list which is run by Mon community in United State of America.
IMNA also started a community FM radio in Hlockhani Mon refugee camp in Thai-Burma border. IMNA is trying to extend in Mon state, southern Burma..."
... Archive from October 2002.
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"Mon splinter group, Hongsarwatoi Restoration Party (HRP) refused to meet with the Burmese government representative for it today appointment to talk for cease-fire process after Burmese government changed place from Thai Side, Ranaung to Burma Side Kawthoung said HRP Chair Person, Colonel Nai Pan Nyunt.
Nai Pan Nyunt said ?it is impossible to meet in Burma side.”"
For more information read the attached file in Burmese.
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Dear Reader,
After 5 days Mon State Constitution and Mon National Affair Seminar, the Mon representatives demands for Tripatite Dialogue for the political solution in Burma and for the political freedom.
Read the News in Burmese
Regards,
Editor, IMNA
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2004-03-18
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"Nai Yekha who included with other nine democracy activists those were sentenced to death by the Burmese government, he is suffering stomach diseas in Insein Prison, Rangoon."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese.
Contact to [email protected]
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2004-03-03
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2004-08-12
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April 12, 2004:
"A computer technology and science university in Ragoon has been closed down with no limited time, after more than a hundred of student who dismissed from the exam, protested for allowing them to exam in this year.
The university is in Thar Du Kan, Hlaw Kar, it closed on March 20, after the government education minister met the protester who did not attend 75% school time at the school and dismissed from the exam for this year by the university teacher..."
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2004-04-12
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2004-08-12
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"ICRC held the New Mon State Party leader met two New Mon State party member who were sentence by the Burmese government, the Mon leader got a chance to happen and they know real happening, and then New Mon State party sent appeal letter to SPDC."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese.
Contact to [email protected]
Date of publication:
2004-03-09
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2004-08-12
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April 6, 2004
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"In this year, the small four wheels car in Three Pagoda-Thanpyuzayart route stop transporting oil to Burma because the oil price getting down and the tax also getting increased..."
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2004-04-06
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2004-08-12
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"The HRP (Hongzarwati Restoration Party) president said yesterday that the truce talks with the military regime were almost cancelled because they were to take place in Burmese territory in Kawthaung Township. In accordance with the regime, the talks have now been moved to Rannoong, on Thai territory..."
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2004-02-29
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2004-08-12
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"Polices from the new town in Southern Mon State, makes their pocket money by fined on the cows that ate their jackfruit stalk.
Lamaing twon polices throwing the jack fruit stalk that have good smell around it station for attracting the cow to eat it. Everyday the police caught three or two cows while the cow eating the jackfruit stalk and the police made money more then 10,000 kyat in a day..."
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2004-04-04
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2004-08-12
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April 19, 2004:
:One Mon,who parents joined UN and he also come from Pegu, in east of Rangoon, left his family to free from arrest of the Burmese government authority and arrived in Thai-Burma border after have interrogated.
Nai Mraok Done is a friend of Shwe Marn and Min Kyi who contacted with ILO and have been sentenced to death by the military government .Because of being friend with them Mraok also been interrogated and checked by the government Military Intelligent (MI) many time..."
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2004-04-19
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2004-08-12
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"The strongest Mon Buddhist monk association, Ya Ma Nya Nicarya held it annual examination for graduate the Mon monk finished today in Mon State city and 262 monks passed the examination with their level.
The examination started on February 19 hold for 4 days for the 912 monks at the Buddha Year 2500 temple."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese or contact to Independent Mon News Agency. [email protected]
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Date of publication:
2004-02-23
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2004-08-12
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"Burmese Government is starting it advance basic militia training for the trainee who finished last year basic militia training in Mon State southern Burma at the same time.
The training started on March 25 and 30 trainees attend in each training camp where the government local based battalion arranged."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese.
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2004-03-30
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2004-08-12
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May 10, 2004:
"(Sa Tone Lone) police intelligent group from Karen State Peace and Development Council arrested twenty of illegal car traders, from Three Pagoda..."
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2004-05-10
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2004-08-12
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April 24, 2004:
"Two non-politician leaders were invited to national convention as the Mon national delegates by the government according to the source who live close with these leaders.
Nai Sike, Chair Person of Mon National Literature and Culture of Mawlamyine and Nai Kyin Phay, former Mon State Peace and Development Council Chair person and also the leader and the founder of Yar Ma Nya Newspaper, currently has been publishing in Mon State in Burmese,were invited after the Military Southeast Command Commander met with them..."
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2004-04-24
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2004-08-12
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April 10, 2004:
"Yesterday night, in Mudon township, the local Mon community celebrated closing ceremony of the Summer time Mon literature school which are under leading of a famous monk,Talagoon on Aiarr Par li Tha in Kamawet village.
In the celebration, the community leader, schoolteacher, students and thousands of communities, from different circles in Mudon Township, attended..."
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2004-04-10
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2004-08-12
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"The biggest Mon traditional funeral ceremony for the head of monastic association in Northern Ye township, that was honored by local villagers with a Traditional Mon Celebration, finished today..."
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Date of publication:
2004-02-17
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2004-02-24
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"Local Burmese Government authorities in Southern Burma are making the Lamine village main road bigger with it plans to develop the village to be a town after they decided in a meeting that hold for extend town in Mon state.
The Mon State Peace and Development Council held in last year November decided to develop ten biggest villages to be a town and now they are going to develop these villages..."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese or contact to IMNA [email protected]
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Date of publication:
2004-02-18
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2004-02-24
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"Mi Aye Lwin who has 8 months old pregnant also gave a birth in first week of January 2004 after she caught and gang raped by the soldier from Military Operation Strategies No.3 under the command of military Southeast Command, that lunching offensive against the Mon Splinter Group.
Mi Aye Lwin, age 20 years who caught by military battalion No.586 with accusation of her husband joined the Mon Splinter Group that moving in Southern Burma, gave a birth in Yin Ye village, Southern Ye township while this battalion took her to front line..."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese or contact to IMNA
[email protected]
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Date of publication:
2004-02-19
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2004-02-24
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Dear Monnet Reader
Now our Independent Mon News Agency wanted to write new in English. Although we want to write it we are very poor in English and we wanted an native English Speaker volunteer for editing our Agency news that we wrote in English drafty . We wanted Sir/ Madam to edit or rewrite our news to be published every day.
So all Monnet reader please looking for a volunteer and if sir or madam want to be our volunteer please contact us.
Editor
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"A biggest Mon traditional funeral ceremony for the head of monastic association monk in Northern Ye township celebrated by local villager with Mon Traditional Celebration finished today.
For the head of monastic association monk, Thilawonhta, 84 years, funeral ceremony celebration local Mon Buddhism celebrated 7 days for local Buddhism to join and worship the passed away monk.
For the celebration local Buddhism built a tiered roof building, high 127 foots to put the dead body for the worshiper and they also built a funeral pyre building for a dead monk with had high 45 foots.
Last night after 12 PM, the local Buddhism burned the dead body of the monk and many of local Buddhism who respected the monk passed away felt sad and crying at the funeral."
For More information read the attached file in Burmese or contact to
[email protected]
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2004-02-17
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"Recently, in southern part Burma, the Burmese military army that launching military offensive against to the Mon Splinter groups ordered to all the villager age older 12 years and under 60 years to wear White Color Clothe and Red Color Lonekyi..."
Burmese military battalions No.282 and 586 officers ordered to Your Htit, Kyone Kanya, Mi Htaw Hlar and the villages around these villages to wear this color uniform for checking villager traveling and stranger entering in to the area.
For more information read the attached file in Burmese
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Date of publication:
2004-02-05
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2004-02-17
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"The civil war in the Mon areas has remained shocking. The Mon splinter group has been attacking the Burmese troops since Dec 15.
Recently, six people were arrested and beaten badly by LIB 586 because they were accused of supporting the rebels. They were hanged on trees, burnt and had their faces cut.
There are Mon splinter group bases in this area and they have often launched military offensives on the Burmese troops..."
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2004-02-12
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2004-02-17
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February 16, 2004
"Five members of Village Peace and Development Council from Southern Burma, Ye township fled their village after they were tortured near to death by the army said Nai Su, the general secretary of Khaw Zar circle and who fled to Thai-Burmese border."
For the Photo contact to IMNA:
For More information read the attached file in Burmese.
[email protected]
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2004-02-16
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Dear Reader,
The Mon civilians, including women, in Southern Ye Township who are suspected as ? Mon rebel-supporters” are inhumanely tortured by LIB No.586.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regard,
Editor, IMNA
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2004-02-10
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2004-02-17
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A Mon veteran revolutionary leader Nai Dhama Nay, who has involved since the beginning of Mon armed struggle passed away in his native home in Mon State and New Mon State Party honored to his funeral ceremony.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regard,
Editor, IMNA
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Date of publication:
2004-02-11
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2004-02-17
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"A Mon veteran revolutionary leader Nai Dhama Nay, who had involved in since the beginning of Mon armed struggle against the Burmese military government, passed away in his native home, Mon State. New Mon State Party (NMSP) leaders will attend to honour his funeral ceremony today..."
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2004-02-11
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2004-02-17
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"A Mon woman from Kaw-hlaing village, Ye Township has been gang-raped by soldiers from LIB No.586."
Read the news in Burmese.
Regard,
Editor, IMNA
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2004-02-07
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2004-02-17
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"Two innocent villagers from a southern Ye township village took to the jungle and killed by the soldier under the control of Burmese military government Battalion No. 586 that lunching military offensive to the Mon Splinter group.
One Village Peace and Development Council Secretary, the two villagers fromm Coak Hline village were caught on January 24, last month..."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese language.
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-02-04
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2004-02-17
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"Today New Mon State Party stated a statement on 57th of Mon National Day Celebration about they feel sad that continue detaining political prisoner and it is banning basic democracy movement in Burma..."
For more information read the attached file in Burmese.
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-02-06
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2004-02-17
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"Two Mon trader, Tahputa and Bumleca receiving hair of Buddha picture signalized as Mon national day Signal on the Main road in Mon State city and other town in Southern Burma.
It is a Mon people signal because of that picture shown how Mon people receiving Buddha dispensation said by a Central Mon National Celebrating Committee..."
For More information read it in the attached file.
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Date of publication:
2004-02-03
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2004-02-17
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Recently six police deserters, who do not want to serve the people cruelly, were sentenced one year in prison after they arrested in Mon State city, Mawlamyine
One police chief from Kayah state, two police sergeants and three policemen from Mawlamyine ran away from their police station more than one month.
For More information read the attached file in Burmese.
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
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2004-02-01
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2004-02-01
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Mon State SPDC authorities planned to hold a bridge opening ceremony in Ye Township and now the local authorities forced 15000 people from the whole Township area to welcome Maj. Gen. Maung Bo, who will lead the ceremony.
Read the news in Burmese. www.geocities.com/imnanews/
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Date of publication:
2003-11-20
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2004-02-01
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January 29, 2004:
No. 3 Strategy commanders from Burmese military Southeast Command frightens and makes lie to the villager to works in their road construction that located in Ye township, Southern Burma.
No.282 and No. 586 battalion commanders that are lunching offensive against to the Mon splinter group in Southern Ye Township, frightened and made lie to local villager as a forcing villager to work in Khawzar-Mumkyi road construction.
For More information read it in the attached file.
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Date of publication:
2004-01-29
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2004-02-01
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A disasterous flame burnt down about 280 households in a Mon village, southern part of Ye township. No relief program was arranged by the gegime, but the atuthorities also tried to arrest the people with accusation of carelessness.
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Date of publication:
2003-11-21
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2004-02-01
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January 30, 2004:
Today at about 1:30 PM Mawlamyine University Students celebrated a match that making Traditional Mon food called Yarhu (Thaminae) in Mon State City, Mawlamyine.
Students from 14 Major Subject joined in it and the teacher took respon for the match celebration.
For more information read in the attached file in Burmese
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2004-01-30
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2004-02-01
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January 31, 2004:
Mon State City police makes money with anti-drug user law, section No. 47 every day. They caught and fine on the people who stay at dark place and the people who drunk after 9:00 PM.
For more information read the attached file in Burmese.
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2004-01-31
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2004-02-01
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SPDC is currently inviting the ethnic representatives to attend the National Convention. Some cease-fire groups Keep quite.
Read the news in Burmese.
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ndependent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-20
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2004-02-01
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Although the regime declared they would not buy paddy from farmers, as low price for this year, but now they from a new marchant association instead to buy paddy from farmers at low price.
Read the news in Burmese in the attached file.
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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2003-11-20
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2004-02-01
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Dear reader,
Among 9 political prisoners, who are in trial for death sentence for attempt of assassination of military, one prison
is totally free.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regards,
Editor, IMNA
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Date of publication:
2003-12-17
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2004-01-29
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November 30, 2003:
Arrow Myanmar Motorbike company gave 20 million kyats to Military Southeast Command to have a contract making licence for unlicenced motorbikes that import from Thailand and China.
Now the company has already issued temporarily document to the unlicenced motorbikes owners in Mawlamyine, Mon State city.
For More information read in Burmese in the attached file.
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-30
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2004-01-29
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December 9, 2003:
Today two main banks, Mayflower bank and Asiawealth bank are totally closed down said by Mon business community.
Continue read in Burmese in the attached picture file.
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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Date of publication:
2003-12-09
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2004-01-29
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Dear all,
Forcet tickets for beauty competition and fashion show in Mon State capital, Mouelmein was sold forcefully by authority.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regards,
Editor,IMNA
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-24
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Dear all Mon people,
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA) would like to receive your opinion on the current SPDC's National Convention, that has tried to organize all ceasefire groups including New Mon State Party, to attend.
Look the attached file and give YOUR SHORT OPINION. YES OR NO answer ONLY for each question.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Editor, IMNA
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Date of publication:
2003-11-25
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Dear all readers,
Ye Township SPDC authorithies restricted the Kaw-hlaing village headmen to not tell about the exact cost of flame loss to Maj. Gen Maung Bo from ministry of Refense.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regards,
Editor, IMNA
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2003-11-25
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December 22, 2003:
Military government brigade No-22 from Karen state is killing and using villager as human shield while they are lunching an offensive to Mon splinter group moving in Southern Ye township, Mon State.
Brigade commander Colonel Nyi Nyi Swe killed 3 people and caught 14 people. And then while they are lcunching an offensive to Mon splinter group, they are using many villager as human shield in each time.
For More information read in the attached file in Burmese.
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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2003-12-22
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Dear all,
After confiscating many thousands acre of lands now, the local battalions just pay 4000 Kyats ( 4 US Dollar) per acre of land as compensation.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regards,
Editor, IMNA
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2003-11-26
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December 3, 2003:
In Mon State, the villages that have 1000 more houses are planned to build as the model standard villages by the junta. Because of it plan many poor are having problem to rebuild and move their house.
For more detail read in the attached file or see www.geocities.com/imnanews
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2003-12-03
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12. 1. 2003
Recently a military government said that the government organized the militia group, named Sonn Are Shin armed group is for fighting against the ethnic armed group in the meeting with township State Peace and Development Council.
For more information read in Burmese in the attached file.
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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2003-12-01
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2004-01-29
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December 8, 2003:
New Mon State Party (NMSP) asked military government to free it?s members, Nai Yekha and Nai Cheem Cakoa from death sentence after NMSP hold a meeting.
For More information read in the attached Picture file in Burmese.
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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2003-12-08
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December 8, 2003:
New Mon State Party (NMSP) gave name list of representative from it party to military government for National Convention after hold a central member meeting.
For More information read in the attached Picture file in Burmese
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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2003-12-08
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December 19, 2003:
In Mon state city, Mawlamyine the people who were forced to move their house because of new railway and station, now they are destroying their house and they are moving to the resettlement area after military government promised for compensation.
Military authorities told us they will give compensation 70% of total amount...
For more information and read in the attahced file in Burmese.
See www.geocities.com/imnanews
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Date of publication:
2003-12-19
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2004-01-29
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Dear all,
Media and computer training for high school in Mudon Township, Mon State was held today. Private computers have been brought to the school for training. There is unsufficient computer in school.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regards,
Editor,IMNA
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2003-11-24
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December 21, 2003:
In Mon State and Karen State, rice price downs 50,000 kyats more in three week because of no trader dare to buy rice.
For more detail read in the attached file in Burmese.
See.www.geocities.com/imnanews
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Date of publication:
2003-12-21
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2004-01-29
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Dear all,
SPDC is currently inviting the ethnic representatives to attend the National Convention. Some cease-fire groups Keep quite.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regards,
Editor,IMNA
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2003-11-21
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Dear readers,
After close of two main banks in the country, SPDC has attempted for money laundry to have illgal money for its government departments.
Read the news in Burmese.
Regards,
Editor, IMNA
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2003-12-16
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A 17 young Mon woman, Mi Mya Htay from Kyone Khadike village near Thanphyuzayart town, southern Burma raped by military government corporal on yesterday night.
For more information read in Burmese in the attached file. (Jan3.jpeg)
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2004-01-03
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2004-01-28
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January 9, 2004
Within a month about 200 peoples from Ye town ship and Yephu township in Southern Burma fled from their native and they arrived in Mon Hlockhanee refugee camp because of government is lunching military offensive to the Mon splinter group strongly.
For more detail read in the attached file.
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2004-01-09
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2004-01-28
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January 20, 2004:
Military authorities in Thanpyuzayart township, Mon State stopped it Basic Militia Training in this months local villager said.
In the past year, this Township Peace and Development Council TPDC took villager to attend it militia training by forced in rotation, however TPDC stops taking villager now.
For more information read it in the attached file in Burmese.
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2004-01-20
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January 8, 2004.
Now the monks in two villages in southern Burma have faced with food shortage because of no villager in the village after military government army forcefully moved the two villages recently.
For more information read in Burmese in the attached file.
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2004-01-08
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2004-01-28
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Military soldier under Brigade No.22 are torturing on two monks and 17 villager with accusation of supporting to Mon splinter groups while they launch military operation in southern Ye town ship, Mon State.
For more information read in the attached file in Burmese (JPEG)
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2003-12-29
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2004-01-28
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A deserter shot death a military police officer after he robbed M-16 gun from a militia man while they attempt to catch him in a village of Thanpyuzayart township, Southern Burma.
For more information read it in the attached file in Burmese.
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2004-01-01
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January 15, 2004:
Today, the local human rights group that watching human rights situation in southern Burma, Human Rights Foundation of Monland made press release about killing, rape, forced relocations and torture that happening in Ye township, Mon State, Burma.
For more information read in the attached file in Burmese.
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2004-01-15
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January 13, 2004:
At 10:00 PM a tornado from Andaman Sea crossed the villages and destroyed many houses in Thanpyuzayart Township and Mudon Township in Mon state, Southern Burma Yesterday.
For more information read it in the attached file in Burmese.
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2004-01-13
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January 9, 2004:
On January 5, military raid a Mon temple in Yangon, Pasountoung, they arrested three peoples included two university students and seized Mon newspaper that published from outside Burma.
For more information read in the attached a file in Burmese.
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2004-01-09
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Mon State Farmer Organization MSFO sent a letter with six points of asking to the Burmese military top leaders and other military departments to give the farmer free growing, trading, belonging, and stop buying paddy with low price from the farmer.
The letter sent to the Burmese to the Senior General Than Shew, General Khin Nyaut and Mon State PDC, Mawlamyine district PDC and Mawlamyine PDC said a Farmer organization leader.
For more information read it in the attached file in Burmese.
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2004-01-24
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January 16, 2004:
More traffic accident happening in Mon State, an accident killed two young on January 14, and it is happening after local government authorities gave licence to illegal mortorcycle imported from Thailand and China.
For more information read in Burmese in the attached file.
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2004-01-16
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January 12, 2004:
Three women from the villages around the Kawzar village, in southern Ye township, southern Burma, who forced to works in SPDC military battalion No.299 camp were raped by military soldiers said a raped woman.
Ma Khin Hlaing, age 23 who raped in this battalion camp said three women from the village forced to cook and clean in the camp and most of the women raped by the camp soldier every day.
She said ?if you married the soldier will beat you, they don?t not allow for the married woman to come to work in the camp.”
For more information read it in the attached file in Burmese
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2004-01-12
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Three women whose raped by SPDC battalion No.586 on January 19, 17 and 14, feel ashamed with the villager and they are staying away from the native village in Ye township, Southern Burma.
Mi Myat Htay, 21 years, who raped by No. 586 battalion?s captain Hla Khine, Mi Soe Win, 25 years raped by unknown soldier, and Mi Sadike 17 years attempted by unknown soldier from this battalion stay away from their village in Southern Ye township and now they are staying in Ye, and northern Ye township with their relative.
For more details see in Burmese in the attached file.
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2004-01-28
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Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) members and irrigation officials of Mudon township, Mon State forced the local villagers to uproot the maize plants in the farm land near Sat-Thwe village grown by local villagers due to not being their liking.
For more detail read in the attached file.
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2004-01-07
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"Now the monks in two villages in southern Burma have faced with food shortage because of no villager in the village after military government army forcefully moved the two villages recently.
Intended to ?mop up” the Mon separation armed group, a tactical command with 1000 military personals, operating in the area droved out the villagers from two villages namely Win Bout and Win Kyan to Ko-Mile and Han Gan villages where only the monks remain left in their monasteries..."
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2004-01-08
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"Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) members and irrigation officials of Mudon township, Mon State forced the local villagers to uproot the maize plants in the farm land near Sat-Thwe village grown by a group of local villagers due to not being their liking.
These TPDC members and irrigation officials blamed the village head man and farmers for using irrigated water in growing maize instead of rice on their trip to Sat-Thwe village on January 3..."
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2004-01-07
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"Than Tun, a prisoner among nine who were sentenced to death penalty with accusation of their attempts to kill military leaders, was released recently said a Mon politician in Rangoon.
He also confirmed the families of other prisoners, Nai Yetkha, Nai Shwe Mun and Nai Min Kyi, could also meet their fathers or husbands in the last Sunday..."
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2003-12-17
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"After closure of two main banks: May Flower and Asia Wealth, in Burma, the people who belong black money? in these banks can withdraw their money by cooperating with a registered business companies and bribing money to the (military) government departments, said by a local Mon transport business community..."
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2003-12-16
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"The military regime, SPDC, closed down two main banks in the country: May Flower Bank and Asia Wealth Bank, totally without limited dates, said the source of Mon business communities..."
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2003-12-09
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2003-12-17
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"Chairperson of Mon National Democratic Front (MNDF), Nai Tun Thein, commented that if the military government wishes to decide for new general free and fair elections, all political parties in the country must discuss and decided about it in the coming National Convention..."
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2003-12-07
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2003-12-17
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"The SPDC Mon State authorities have implemented the model village/ city ward project and they force the civilians to recreate their houses and gardens accordingly the set model and so that thousands of poor who have no available money get serious trouble.
The project has been implemented since last years and the village with over 1000 houses is included in the program to create model? village with the same type of clean and beautiful house..."
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2003-12-05
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2003-12-06
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"SPDC top commander from Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. Maung Bo confirmed in Ye Township meeting that the paramilitary People Vigorous Association? (PVA) which are formed to fight foreign invasion must be currently used for fighting against the rebel forces which had activities in the areas. In a meeting with the local SPDC Ye Township authorities and headmen from various villages on November 25, the Commander blamed them for the activities of rebel activities in the area and confirmed the above statement..."
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2003-12-01
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2003-12-06
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"Artillery Regiment No. 318 that deploys in Mudon Township of Mon State has forced the local village headmen in surrounding area near their base to involve in battalion?s fund raising to sell tickets for a concert.
Under the SPDC?s self-reliance policy, AR No. 318 was instructed to do any fund raising to cover all food expenses for soldiers in the battalion. AR No. 318 was deployed by the Burmese Army?s Southeast Command last year and confiscated a lot of Mon civilians? lands near Abit village, Mudon Township..."
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2003-10-27
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2003-11-28
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"Local military battalions of Burmese Army in Mon State have seriously involved in setting gambling dens in several villages together with staging the local entertainment shows, then collect tax from these dens..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
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2003-11-19
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2003-11-28
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"In order to prevent the possible the riot between the Buddhist monks and Muslim communities, Mon State?s regime authorities beef up the security in the capital of Mon State, Moulmein, and set a curfew law and bar the civilians? movement at night.
The authorities ordered the vendors in the capital to shut down all their shops at 9 o?clock at night. All SPDC authorities, polices, firemen and members of USDA (Union Solidarity and Development Association ? the regime?s hand-picked organization) are patrolling in all streets the whole night..."
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2003-11-10
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2003-11-28
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"President Nai Htin was elected to the top Post of New Mon State Party in 2003 after the late President Nai Shwe Kyin passed away in March. He is now at his 90s with good health. He resides at northern Ye River in southern Burma in a thick forest with his beloved comrades. President Htin granted an interview to Mon journalist of Independent Mon News Agency in on 13 September 2003. The first text is published at Guiding Star, Independent Mon Newspaper in September 2003. This interview is the first ever face to face interview of President Htin to the Independent Mon News Agency..."
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2003-11-15
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2003-11-28
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"SPDC local authorities promised they would compensate for the confiscated lands in Mon areas in a meeting hold in Ye Township, Mon State.
The battalion concerned under the command of Military Operational Management Command (MOMC) No. 19 called a meeting with landowners who lost their lands after the military deployment recently..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
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2003-11-02
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2003-11-28
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"SPDC authorities and USDA members hold 10 days long beauty contest and fashion show in the city hall of Moulmein, the capital of Mon State, by forcibly selling the tickets to civilians under the name of help disabled children?..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
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2003-11-24
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2003-11-28
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"Farmers refuses to sign promising that they are giving their lands to the military government
Although the Burmese Army last month promised to pay compensation cost to numbers of fruit and rubber trees to the landowners for their confiscated lands in Mon State, but now the army makes further reduction of compensated cost and will pay only Kyat 4000.00 (4 US Dollar) per acre of land..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-26
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2003-11-28
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"A Comprehensive Report on Land, Real Estates and Properties Confiscation in Mon?s Area, Burma (1998-2002)
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (Burma) has released the latest report on human rights violation in Mon State and Southern Burma. The report mainly is focused on the issue of land confiscation, Burmese military deployment, suffering of landowners for over six years after the cease-fire agreement reached between Mon National Liberation Army and Burmese Army..."
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Date of publication:
2003-10-23
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"The local Mon farmers and gardeners in Ye Township, Mon State, are forced to provide 33% of lumbering tax to the local Burmese Army?s battalions even they cut trees in their own plantations or farms..."
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Date of publication:
2003-11-12
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2003-11-28
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"A local Mon relief organization, Mon Relief and Development Committee (MRDC) released in its monthly October report that the displaced Mon communities in three resettlement areas could not produce sufficient paddy crops.
The repatriated Mon refugees from Thailand after 1995 NMSP-SPDC ceasefire were resettled along the border have not really returned back to their homes but have remained along Thailand-Burma border. As they are not recognized refugees accordingly to international principles, those displaced Mon returnees involve self help? programs and have tried to grow paddy in mountainous area to gain sufficient foods for their survival..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-07
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2003-11-28
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"The family of a New Mon State Party member Nai Yetkha, who is currently in SPDC?s detention with accusation of assassination attempt to military leaders, is again demanding ICRC to approach the regime leaders to ask for a meeting with detainee.
After over 100 days in detention, the regime in Rangoon did not allow NMSP leaders and his family to meet him..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-13
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2003-11-28
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"The computers in Kamawet village, Mudong Township (in Mon State) belonged to the private business are asked by the local authorities to equip in village?s school for media and computer training due to computer shortage in school.
Demand of private computers occurs when the senior military leaders, Maj. Gen. Maung Bo from Ministry of Defense and Maj. Gen. Thura Myint Aung come to this village and school to hold a ceremony of opening computer training..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-24
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2003-11-28
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"Although the regime declared that it would no longer buy paddy from farmers as previous years, however, it adopts a new plan to buy paddy from farmers.
The regime SPDC?s Myanmar Agriculture Products Trading (MAPT) even does not directly involve in buying paddy from farmers at low price as previous years, but it has used Merchant Association? to buy instead of the department..."
Although the regime declared that it would no longer buy paddy from farmers as previous years, however, it adopts a new plan to buy paddy from farmers.
The regime SPDC?s Myanmar Agriculture Products Trading (MAPT) even does not directly involve in buying paddy from farmers at low price as previous years, but it has used Merchant Association? to buy instead of the department.
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-20
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2003-11-28
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"A Yatana gas pipeline? guarded battalion LIB No. 273 demands fishes from local fishermen in Kanbauk area in Yebyu Township, Tenasserom Division in this fishing season.
LIB No. 273 asks small fishes from the local fishermen from Paungtaw and Daminseik villages to make chicken foods and sell them to livestock business for their battalion income. This demand of small fishes from fishermen stopped for three years, but now the battalion starts demanding again..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-13
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2003-11-28
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"After attending the Ye Township?s Chaung-taung bridge opening ceremony, Maj. Maung Bo from the Ministry of Defense plans to meet with village headmen from a fire-burnt Kaw-hlaing village. But they are barred by the Township authorities to not talk the truth about the loss in the fire disaster, that burned down 280 houses..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-11-25
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2003-11-28
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"With a plan to construct a railway and serial stations in the middle of Moulmein, the capital of Mon State, the SPDC authorities ordered 1400 families along the planned route to destroy their houses and relocated in October, said by a 40 years old trader from the city..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2003-09-24
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2003-11-12
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"An SPDC-supported Karen armed group, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) has cut thousands tons of trees in forests located in the southern part of Burma and even in civilians? house gardens...
DKBA entered into forestry area in the northeastern part of Ye Township and cut thousands tons of trees in their logging business, said by a local New Mon State Party official..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2003-09-23
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2003-11-12
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"A part of Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas pipeline, which transports gas from Yatana on-shore gas station to a new cement factory in Myaingkalay village in Karen State, exploded near Kwan-hlar village of Mudon Township in Mon State after mid-night.
The loud explosion occurred near a railway at western part of the village and it made the villagers in the area frighten..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-10-17
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2003-11-12
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[N.B. OBL has modified the title of this article to incorporate the correction (enclosed) made on 3 September]
On August 28, in a fighting between the Burmese Army and a Mon splinter group which named themselves as Mon National Warrior Army (MNWA) in southern part of Ye Township, Mon State, the rebel leader Nai Hlein was killed [CORRECTION: he was injured but not killed] after the Burmese Army rounded his troops up.
MNWA has fought the central Rangoon government and Burmese Army as a small local militia force in the area since 1998 and the leader Nai Hlein, his wife and two soldiers were killed in Mi-htaw-hla village, where is the conflict zone in the southern part of Ye Township.
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2003-08-30
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2003-11-12
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"Over 50 Mon families have fled to the border with Thailand to escape from the systematic persecution in conflict areas and poverty during in the month of August, said a relief worker in Halockhani Mon refugee resettlement area.
The source said most new arrival families fled from the areas from southern part of Ye Township and some came from Yebyu Township area. A few families came from the middle part of Mon State, especially from Kyaikmayaw and Mudon Townships..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-09-03
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2003-11-12
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"The SPDC authorities in Mudon Township of Mon State ordered to village headmen and police officers to bar any grouping and talking at nighttime with objectives to stop people are contacting opposition groups and for security.
The Township ordered just instructed to the village headmen to bar all tradition grouping and talking among all ages of village..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-08-23
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2003-11-12
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"The Mon politicians analyzed that the political negotiation in Burma could be slow down after the SPDC?s declaration of position reshuffle and changes in its ruling administrative body.
After Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt was kicked out as a top leader of SPDC and reshuffled as Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and so he could no longer have power among hard-liners to convince them for political negotiation and transition, said by the Mon politicians.
The reshuffle is just cosmetic change and no real administrative change, because only the army top brass holds the political power as before, said by the Mon Unity League?s General Secretary and a Mon youth leader in the border..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-08-27
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2003-11-12
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"The SPDC?s censorship board still bar the printing of Mon books even the contents are translation from magazines produced in Burmese language said by Mon monk community in Rangoon..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-10-10
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2003-11-12
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"Because of smooth information flow to the democratic oppositions by phone communication, the regime SPDC authorities have seized Satellite and Cordless phones in various areas of southern Burma.
The regime is often attacked with accurate information by the opposition media by broadcasting with the recorded voices of the civilians, therefore, the authorities have made more seizure of these phones in Mon State and Karen State..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2003-10-08
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2003-11-12
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