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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After agreement, Bauk Ja drops her lawsuit against Burmese minister

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Thursday, 02 June 2011 20:05 Myo Thant

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Bauk Ja of the National Democratic Force (NDF) said she has dropped a lawsuit against former Burmese Lower House MP Ohn Myint of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) after he promised to support development work in Hpakant Township.

Farmers advocate Bauk Ja, who has dropped her
lawsuit against a Burmese government minister.
Photo: Mizzima
Bauk Ja filed a lawsuit alleging electoral fraud in the Hpakant Township constituency with the Election Commission Tribunal in Naypyitaw. The first hearing was held in February. Later, an agreement was reached between the two sides, and Bauk Ja dropped the suit on May 30.

She said, ‘My main demands are farmers’ affairs, building schools and better roads. He said that he sympathized with the farmers and the grassroots people. He promised to enhance the quality of their lives. And he told me that I can freely do  development work’, Bauk Ja told Mizzima.

Ohn Myint, the former commander of the Northern Command, resigned as Lower House MP after President Thein Sein appointed him Union Cooperatives Minister. His parliamentary seat has has been vacant.  A by-election will be held in October, and Bauk Ja said she would contest for the parliamentary seat in the Hpakant constituency.

She said that she worried that if she did not drop the lawsuit, her plan to contest the by-election would be less effective .

‘I didn’t know how long a full trial would last. If I continued the suit, I didn’t know if they would have prolonged the trial or not’, she said.

Bauk Ja is a well-known advocate for farmers in the Hpakant area. She has helped farmers file lawsuits against the Yuzana Company which seized about 20,000 acres of farm land after giving farmers 80,000 kyat per acre as compensation. The Yuzana Company is owned by former junta business associate Htay Myint.

The the parliamentary election,  Ohn Myint defeated her by more than 4,000 votes.

In a court hearing, Bauk Ja and Ohn Myint shook each hands with each other.

He said promised to help the farmers and aid the Yuzana Company was unfair. And he promised that he would cooperate in improving the education of  students in the schools’, Bauk Ja said.

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