Friday, 30 September 2011 22:15 Te Te
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A scheduled speech to the Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) by cartoonist Aw P Kyel has been suspended by authorities. Three days before the order, the MFF requested him not to talk about matters regarding Myitsone Dam, he told Mizzima.
“As soon as I heard that [the government] decided to halt the Myitsone project, the fisheries federation called me. They said the authorities ordered them to suspend the literary talk,” said Aw P Kyel.
He said, “The MFF has organized literary talks...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Activist group calls for cancellation of seven dams on Irrawaddy River
Friday, 30 September 2011 21:49 Mizzima News
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma Rivers Network (BRN) released a press statement on Friday saying that China Power Investment must cancel not only the Myitsone Dam project, but all seven dam projects on the Irrawaddy River.
The statement said that it was encouraged by Burmese President Thein Sein's decision on Friday to halt the construction of the Myitsone...
Seven suspects arrested in connection with kidnappers’ group
Friday, 30 September 2011 21:23 Mizzima News
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Authorities have arrested seven suspects in connection with an armed group that has staged a series of kidnappings in the Three Pagoda Pass area in Karen State, Burma.
Troops of the Three Pagoda-based Burmese Infantry Unit No. 32 arrested seven people last week including the owner of a rubber plantation and turned them over to police, according to a source close to the issue.
“Some suspects had weapons and some of them had to be released because of a lack of evidence,” said...
Reactions to the halt of the Myitsone Dam project
Friday, 30 September 2011 19:38 Tun Tun
New Delhi (Mizzima) – President Thein Sein sent a letter to both houses of the Burmese Parliament on Friday: “Our government is elected by the people so we must pay attention to the will of the people. We are obliged to focus on resolving the worries and anxieties of the people. Thus the Myitsone Dam project will be suspended during the term of our government.”
His message said that the dam project could be “damaging the natural beauty of Myitsone, damaging the livelihood of the local people, damaging the...
Suu Kyi and gov’t minister discuss amnesty and establishing peace
Friday, 30 September 2011 18:20 Mizzima News
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and government Labour Minister Aung Kyi discussed granting amnesty and establishing peace with ethnic armed groups on Friday.
At a joint press conference after their 77-minute meeting in Rangoon, they also said they discussed cooperating in conservation efforts to protect the Irrawaddy River...
Bauk Ja to sue Chinese company building Myitsone Dam project
Friday, 30 September 2011 19:52 Phanida
(Interview) – Despite President Thein Sein’s decision to halt the Myitsone dam project, National Democratic Force member Bauk Ja said that she would sue China Power Investment Corporation for losses and damages on the project.
Bauk Ja has collected signatures from states and regions located along the Irrawaddy River for a signature campaign against the dam project.
Mizzima correspondent Phanida talked with Bauk Ja about her opinion of President Thein Sein’s decision to halt the project during his tenure...
Photo News - September 2011
After their third meeting under the new government led by President Thein Sein, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and government representative Labour Minister Aung Kyi spoke with the press on Friday September 30, 2011. Their talks included the Burmese government's planned amnesty, protecting the Irrawaddy River, peace talks with ethnic armed groups and stability and law and order in the country....
Burma to halt Myitsone Dam project: media reports
Friday, 30 September 2011 14:15 Mizzima News
(Mizzima) – Burma’s President Thein Sein informed both houses of the Burmese Parliament by letter on Friday that the controversial Myitsone Dam project on the Irrawaddy River would be halted during his government’s term.
thei-sein-speakAccording to Rangoon media reports, he cited general public concern about the environmental destruction that the project...
Thursday, September 29, 2011
NLD considers registering as official political party
Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:35 Tun Tun
New Delhi (Mizzima) – If the government continues to make progressive political changes, the National League for Democracy (NLD) will consider registering as an official political party, according to NLD lawyer Nyan Win.
“We are awaiting the government’s changes,” he said. “We will not decide in advance whether we will register or not. As the conditions...
AAPP: rechecking number of political prisoners in Burma
Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:12 Ko Wild
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – How many political prisoners are in Burmese jails? The Thai-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP-B) joint secretary Bo Kyi says his group is updating its records to try to determine an exact number.
“We are making sure of the accuracy of our numbers and updating our list,” he said. “Our list might be incomplete....
Japanese female tourist raped, murdered in Burma
Thursday, 29 September 2011 22:06 Zwe Khant
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A motorcycle taxi driver has been arrested and charged following the rape and murder of a Japanese tourist near Kyaukpadaung Township in Magway Region.
A police official told Mizzima the woman hired the taxi driver on Wednesday to go sightseeing in Nyaung-U and the driver attacked her in the area between Nyaung-U and Kyaukpadaung.
Innma villagers caught the suspect, roped him, and informed the police, said a resident.
“Then police came, and he was taken to the police station...
Bauk Ja, a Kachin activist, evades police capture
Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:49 Phanida
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – National Democratic Force (NDF) member Bauk Ja, who is a leader in the signature campaign against the Myitsone Dam project, said that she has evaded arrest by police since she was informed they were searching for her this week.
On Sunday, while traveling from Rangoon to Mandalay, a person close to a Military Affairs Security Unit in...
Political parties hope political prisoners to be released soon
Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:52 Te Te
New Delhi (Mizzima) – After Burma’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin told the UN General Assembly that an unspecified number of prisoners will be released soon, political parties are expressing hope that political prisoners will be included in the release.
At the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly held in New York, Wunna Maung Lwin said that an amnesty...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Parliament debates use of the word ‘Myanmar’
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 22:12 Myo Thant
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A military member of the Burmese Parliament on Wednesday put forward two proposals that the word “Myanmar” should be restricted and not used in certain contexts.
One proposal, debated in the Lower House, was defeated by more than 100 votes, according to Lower House MPs. The other proposal was approved and will be sent to the...
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