INDEPENDENT
MON NEWS AGENCY
WEEKLY
NEWS UPDATE
4th week of September 2002
Development in Danger
Local villaers were forced to search landmine along
Gas construction
Parents are disappointed for undisciplined Burmese
Teachers at School
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Editorial:
During the ceasefire
ceremony with New Mon State Party, SPDC’s the most powerful man, Lt. Gen. Khin
Nyunt, declared that
Hence, for the
purpose of development in
Again, when the regime
planned to build a bridge across
There are many other
development projects in
The habit of collecting
money or tax from the civilians for the development is taken root for many years
in
Experience among the
Mon people is the more development project, the more they would suffer. In the
case of development aid for some foreign governments, it needs to think twice or
three times or more.
News:
Two
Villagers from part of south
Local
villagers those who live neat the construction site were forced to pay security
fee, care taker duty, ban for work at the garden and ask for laying fence
without pay for the sites.
'If
Karen place the bombs, we were killed' an old man age 52 from Chock Pa Ling
village said. He added,
the Burmese also fear of get kill so they took us for cover.
According
the old man, he paid Kyat 500.00 every month and now is up to seventy thousands
had been paid for the army during the years.
The money was used for road construction between Krok Pi and Kuen Pri as
well as developing road in the village.
Burmese
local authority at
Thirty
headmen from the surrounding villages were called to attend the meeting in
terms of protecting any potential attaches of the gas construction site, local
source added.
Major
Lu Aye said in the meeting 'you guy have to engage and communicate with local
gardeners those who work up to the bush.
So when they saw the insurgent groups they then can report to you and
you must report us immediately of the sources.
'The
cost of leaking of the gas pipeline is worth than any other business's yearly
incomes. So we must protect it and you
must inform us any sources of information about the insurgent groups, Maj Aye
added.
If
the income of the gas pipeline is over than other business's yearly income, the
army itself ought to guard it. Now we
have to collect money again from local villagers for the security fee. Local people blame us for collecting fee from
them. The announcement of No 1/99 that
said 'no further forced labor is allowed to practice is useless, a local
headman said.
The
quality of production of the pine is low and when it leak by itself, the army
blamed insurgent groups for any explosion.
Parents
are disappointed for undisciplined Burmese Teachers at School
Parents
at Kyae Ta Lin village of Ye Phyu Township are disappointed with lack of
undisciplined Burmese Teachers at Co-school that teach Mon and Burmese
languages, local source said.
Three
Burmese teachers and two Mon teachers are teaching at the school but only for
two hours are allowed to teach Mon language class. Despite the school only has 80 students,
Burmese teachers could not come to the school regularly, the source added.
The
school fee is so high but Burmese teachers did not appear to school sometimes
once in a month, local parents expressed with unhappy.
According
a Burmese female teacher, school salary is only ten thousands Kyat. It is impossible to survive at the current
consuming rate. Therefore, we have to
find extra works for income for survival.
Burmese
teachers have ten thousands Kyat per month and they do have to pay any tax or
collections to the government but Mon teachers only earn 3500.00 Kyat by the
New Mon State Party. The Mon teachers
come to school daily with less salary but great motivation, local people said.
By
kun Bop Htaw / September /
Power
and gun is a key political concept that had taken place in Burmese politics as
well as in ethnic minority armed forces in
Justice
of local population currently is under chaos without legal procedures in Mon
and
There
are three evidences that this column shall be provided to the world community
for better understanding the nature of the DKBA and its power sharing with
Burmese regime in recent years. On
The
second evidence of legal concern of the local population is that an accidence
that took place in
The
third event of legal concern that links with the DKBA members is beating to
local Mon man in Pran Dai village in
These
three current evidences have insert a serious concerns
both local Mon population and others in the areas whether the act of violation
is recorded by Burmese regime for legal trial.
As far as local Mon population has learned that there is no legal action
sufficiently reacted to the criminals. Cease-fire is indeed the best solution to
find a solution between
U
Thuzana, as known Myaing Kyi Ngu Sayadaw is head of
the DKBA and its supporter. There is a
question to be asked here is what role Thangha Mahanayaka [Supreme Board] of
Monk's association of the state could intervene in this social and national conflict.
Human
Rights Foundation of Monland has documented various sources of reports that
have complained by local Mon villagers of human rights violation have committed
by DKBA's members. The only armed body
of the area has enjoy human rights and any rights that benefit for them and their
family while un-armed local citizen have suffered by all means of
violation.
Overall,
there are dozens of conflicts on interests behind cease-fire agreements between
DKBA and Burmese military regime. A
clear political mandate is seriously needed to define under this circumstance
for a fairness and justice of all citizens of Union of Burma regardless his /
her race and religion.
The
only people diplomacy and people politics can solve people's social and
political problems under freedom and expression and democratic institution in
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