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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Burma orders halt to military offensives in Kachin State

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Monday, 12 December 2011 22:05 Phanida

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burmese President Thein Sein on Saturday gave written instructions to the commander-in-chief of the Defence Services to stop military offensives in Kachin State.

On Monday, at a press conference on MP donations to Kachin war refugees, Kachin State Chief Minister La John Ngan Sai read the president’s letter instructing General Min Aung Hlaing to halt offensives. MPs donated clothes and 70 million kyat (US$88,000) to Kachin war refugees.

Burmese President Thein Sein in traditional Burmese dress. Photo: Mizzima

The letter ordered the commander not to launch military offensives “except for resisting [offensives] if required,” a source close to the Kachin State chief minister told  Mizzima.

The ceremony and press conference was held in Myitkyina City Hall in Kachin State. More than 600 people including Kachin State ministers, government officials, political parties, religious leaders, community leaders and journalists attended the ceremony and press conference.

The letter said that leaders on both sides are working to establish peace in Kachin State and to clear up misunderstandings, according to people who attended the ceremony.

On the other hand, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) said that it has not been officially informed about the instructions and the government is still launching military offensives and fighting continues.

“They seem to have a plan to reinforce their troops. We need to monitor their actions. If the government troops enter into our areas, we must do what we should do,” KIA spokesman La Nang told Mizzima.

According to sources close to the KIA, fighting continued between the KIA and government troops on Monday in the area controlled by KIA Battalion No. 15 under Brigade No. 3.

Over the weekend, the government sent troop reinforcements to Kutkai Township in northern Shan State near the area controlled by KIA Battalion No. 9, KIA sources said.

“A few days ago, more than 100 armed soldiers and mules entered Huphyat in Kutkai Township near the area controlled by KIA Battalion No. 9. If the president gave the written instruction [to the commander-in-chief], their military activity has not stopped. The government troops have not withdrawn from our areas. The government is always cheating. Its words and actions are different,” Colonel Zau Yaw, the officer in charge of KIA Brigade No. 4, told Mizzima.

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