The military council is preparing to file charges against Hkalam Samson, a Kachin leader detained on Dec. 5 at Myitkyina Airport. Samson is an advisor to the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC). “Four executives from our organization went to the minister. We learned that the Sayadaw [Hkalam Samson] would be charged. We will work for his …
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Prominent Kachin leader detained in Mandalay, then again in Myitkyina; Undocumented Burmese arrested in Thailand
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Prominent Kachin leader detained in Mandalay and Myitkyina Hkalam Samson, the chairperson of the Kachin National Consultative Assembly (also known as Wunpawng Amyusha Mungbawng Rapdaw), was detained at Myitkyina Airport on Dec. 5. “We knew he was flying back from Mandalay. His name was on the passenger list. But he wasn’t …
Kachin addiction crisis as clinics suggest majority of men using hard drugs since coup
Three heroin overdoses in Kachin State’s Ngwe Pyaw Sanpya village last week are indicative of wider regional trends, as local clinics claim drug use has become rampant in the absence of drug seizures and arrests. Most concerning, says Ja Kashin Tang Raw, director of the Ram Hkey Shalat rehabilitation center, is an increase in drug …
Amid fears of conflict in Injangyang, Kachin State govt looks to intervene
The Kachin State government intends to begin the process of rescuing hundreds of civilians trapped in Injangyang Township by broader regional conflict, with the Burmese military blockading the road linking it to adjacent Myitkyina Township to the west.
Kachin State minister faces criticism over IDP relief response
Criticism has emerged over remarks by Kachin State’s social affairs minister after he said the state government did not know the location of many people displaced by recent conflict, professing ignorance amid reports of hundreds trapped in the jungles surrounding Tanai Township’s Awng Lawt village.
Military orders Kachin IDPs to leave camps despite ongoing hostilities
Villagers displaced by conflict in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township have been ordered by the Burmese military to evacuate their makeshift camps and find lodgings with friends or relatives.