Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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Seized log trucks shifted to Bamo

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by Myo Gyi
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 18:26


Ruili (Mizzima) – Illegal logging trucks seized in the forests of Mansi Township, Kachin State started being moved to Bamo two days ago.

About 200 logging trucks seized in the forests and on the mountain range in Mansi Township were first driven to nearby Gaihteik village. Then it was driven to Bamo along the Mansi-Bamo highway.

"They started moving the trucks over the last two days. Yesterday was market day in Gaihteik. They were driven from the mountains to Gaihteik sans goods. After which the trucks were driven to Bamo," a timber merchant who saw the trucks being transferred told Mizzima.

The trucks were seized during the logging season from January to March this year in the course of combing operations against illegal logging conducted by the authorities. The trucks are Dong Feng long body trucks.

A timber carrier said that all the trucks were from Gaihteik and nearby places, Tonpalway, Sithaw and Sikhangyi.

The vehicles were parked in the complex of the Bamo based No. 21 Military Operation Command after arrival.

"The Burmese Army gave Kyat 10,000 to each driver to bring in all the seized trucks. The same thing is being done in the valley and creek," a timber carrier said.

"Most of the seized trucks are brand new. Earlier they used Dong Feng trucks but now they are using new brands such as 'Phouk Che' 25. The best brand is 'Yan Phaung'. The new trucks were seized but now they are transferring only old Dong Feng trucks," he added.

The logging trucks commonly in use are Phouk Che 25, Yan Phaung (in Chinese). These trucks are fully equipped with logging equipments and cost tens of millions of Kyats each.

It is learnt that the owners of these brand new trucks bought old model Dong Feng long body trucks from Nawn Taung in China (opposite Nam Kham) and Bamo and then replaced them with new vehicles by greasing the palms of army personnel to the tune of Kyat 2 to 3 million.

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