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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Seven suspects arrested in connection with kidnappers’ group

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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 a source who asked not to be identified.

One of those arrested, Nai Balai, 56, a member of the Mon Literature and Culture Association in Three Pagoda Pass Township, was released on bail that was guaranteed by a monk and community leaders on Thursday. The remaining six suspects have been detained in the police station, according to sources, who said a kidnapping group has been active in the area since early August.

In the name of the “Mon State Rehabilitation Force,” unidentified members extorted money by letters sent to 28 businessmen including owners of rubber plantations and gold shops, sources said.

On August 7, a group kidnapped a rubber plantation owner and his two employees in Ward No. 4 in Three Pagoda Pass and received a ransom of 50,000 baht (about US$ 1,600), sources said. At least four similar kidnappings were committed around Three Pagoda Pass. All the victims were rubber plantation owners.

On August 10, Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Saw Yan Naing of Infantry Unit No. 284, the township Administrative Office chief Thein Tun and 60 owners of rubber plantations held a meeting to try to solve the problem. They formed a “Three Pagoda Pass People’s Militant Group,” but its members could not protect residents from kidnappings.

“I’m afraid of being kidnapped. I’m afraid to go to my plantation,” said an owner of a rubber plantation.

On June 14, a group of unknown gunmen fired on the Aung Tin Win gold shop-cum-home in downtown Three Pagoda Pass, where the Karen National Union, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army and the New Mon State Party are active.

On June 5, four masked gunmen fired into the government’s Military Affairs Security office and a religious hall.

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