Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
"Independent Mon News Agency is formed by former Mon students,
youth and democratic activists based in Mon State, Union of Burma
in 1999. Members of the agency are not affiliated to any political organizations.
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA) is based in Thailand and Burma that founded by youth of Mon ethnic nationality in Southeast Asia. IMNA is a non-profitable news agency and covering news a bout Mon Community in Thailand, Mon Community in Burma and about Burma. IMNA is an independent Mon news agency producing fair and balance news through Internet, Mon newspaper, radio and community radio.
Every month, IMNA is publishing Mon language newspaper called Guiding Star, be targeted Mon audience in Thailand and Burma. IMNA also have Mon DVB radio program, part of the Democratic Voice of Burma that broadcasting from Norway and IMNA also producing news through via and Monnet mail list which is run by Mon community in United State of America.
IMNA also started a community FM radio in Hlockhani Mon refugee camp in Thai-Burma border. IMNA is trying to extend in Mon state, southern Burma..."
... Archive from October 2002.
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Archive from January 2010.
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"In order to avoid the bad image of land confiscation?, the Burmese Army?s battalions based in Mon State forced the local Mon farmers to accept 100 Kyat payment for one acre of land and let them sign in selling documents, accordingly to the civilians from Ye Township.
Burmese Army?s LIB No. 583 that bases in Kyaung-ywa village, eastern of Ye Town, confiscated about 100 acres of lands and forced the farmers to take money for 100 Kyat per acre, said Mr. Nai Blai, whose lands were also confiscated..."
Nae Non
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-04
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2005-07-11
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"Unlicensed car are banned from using the public road by the Township authorities in Three-Pagoda Pass (TPP) border town, according to unlicensed car owners who are using his car in town.
Nai Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-04
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2005-07-11
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"Duya village headman is forcing the younger sister of Aung Soe Naing to fingerprint on an agreement to finalize on the case of the death of her brother, said Aung Soe Naing family (who is in Thailand).
Aung Soe Naing who was seriously beaten to death on June 5 because of torture by an official of Duya village and members of fire brigade..."
Joi Htaw
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-06-30
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2005-07-11
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"Hundreds of families from three villages in the north-western part of Ye township have been forced to carry and locate army bricks for a week.
By the order of Light Infantry Battalion No. 586, about 100 families from, Sein-kyi village, about 200 families from Kyone-por village and about 150 families from Thuu-myaung village have been forced to carry bricks for a furlong from brick making mills to a place where they gathered bricks for sale..."
Nai Lawi
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-10
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2005-07-11
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"Funeral of a man who was killed by lightning was held by his family and relatives in Pegu today, said by a local Town resident.
Nai Htoo, 60 years old farmer, was hit by lightning while he was transplanting the paddy with his grandsons and sons in his farm, east of Pegu after lightning hit open rice field on July 8?s morning..."
Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-08
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2005-07-11
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"About 133 Mon and other ethnic migrant workers from southern Burma lose their employments in Kanchanaburi Province of Thailand after a land dispute happen in Thai landlord, Seal Hook?s rubber plantation.
Thai government?s Forestry Department is planning to confiscate all of these lands belonged to the landlord, as the officials found the lands have no legal document, the landlord himself took the lands from ordinary farmers in the area and it is also against the law if a Thai citicen belong a plot of lands which is over 500 Rais (or 333 acres), said a local source..."
Nae Non
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-08
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2005-07-11
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"Recently 9 "persons of concerns (POC)" refugees from Ban Don Yang camp escaped from the camp after they are unable to tolerate with insufficient food supplies distributed by UNHCR and Aid agencies, according to POCs in the camp.
"If they come and persuade us to go back, we will refuse to return. Even though they point us with guns, we wouldn?t go. We cannot tolerate anymore," said a POC who left the camp on June 25..."
Nai Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-06-29
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2005-07-11
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"News Mon State Party (NMSP), a Mon ethnic armed cease-fire group and Burmese military Southeast Region Commander held 10th anniversary of June 29, 1995 cease-fire agreement in well known hotel, Ngwe Moe Hotel, which is in the capital of Mon State, Moulmein, Southern Burma.
Both sides presented what were their plans and what their political agendas, but no decision was made and the ceremony just finished with no sense, NMSP senior leader in Moulmein exposed his unsatisfied feeling..."
Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-06-30
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2005-07-11
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"New Mon State Party?s leaders and Commanders of South-East Command held a ceremony for 10th years cease-fire agreement in Ngwe Moe hotel of Moulmein, the capital of Mon State, today?s morning.
About a hundred people attended the ceremony and NMSP Vice-President, Nai Rot Sa and other NMSP senior member, and Deputy South-East Commander, Col. Myo Hla and other Burmese senior military commander led the ceremony..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-06-29
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2005-07-11
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"In the beginning of this rainy season, when the poor people from several villages in Three Pagoda Pass Township suffer from various type of diseases, they just take medical care in Palaing-Japan (literally Japanese Well) village hospital, which is operated by New Mon State Party?s Health Department and supplied by Medicins Sans Frontier (MSF), said the local villagers..."
Chan Ai
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-08
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2005-07-11
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"Rubber plants cultivation in lower part of Burma has grown up and it created the selling of rubber seedling become a main business and huge amount of rubber seeds are on sale in southern Mon State.
More local people cleaned up uncultivated or wild land and are interested to plant rubber plants. The Mon State PDC?s Agriculture and Long-term crop planning department also planned to grow rubber in 30, 000 acres in this year in Mon State, according to a retired manager..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-06-28
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2005-07-11
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"A mother took to Palaing Japan hospital at about 5: 30 P. M. (Thai time) to have treatment for her wounds and her seven months old baby is also killed after motor shells drop in her home yesterday..."
Joi Htaw/ Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-08
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2005-07-11
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"A three children?s mother claimed she was raped by a Burmese Army Captain after her husband and children were taken away by other soldiers at her home in a small village in Thanpyuzayat Township.
Mi Cho claimed she was raped and was threatened to be killed by Cap. Lin Oo from Military Tactical Command No.1 under the command of Light Infantry Battalion No.308 on July 2, 2005..."
Nai Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-04
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2005-07-11
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"Cooking oil and Thai goods? trade have decreased in Myawadi, Thailand-Burma border town, after the Burmese government seizing illegal oil, that importing from Thailand a long way up to Rangoon, according to traders..."
Chan Mon
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Date of publication:
2005-07-11
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2005-07-11
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"A comedy Nai Pauk Chun said there will be two more Mon dance performance groups in the coming performance season which started in September 2005 and the price will increase.
Two performance groups: Mon Chit Soe (or Seik Non Chan) will create one Mon performance group and Ong Seik Kyae? will also create another group. But he does not know very well what are the exact plans..."
Nae Non
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-07-06
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2005-07-11
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"In a traditional bull buttering in Southern Burma, the 20% double betted challenging side lost after their bullhorn broken yesterday.
"Our bull had butted till falling down on the ground after it's second horn again broken down, couldn't run and the referees pulled out the winner bull and decided who is the winner," said Mi Hla who watched and lost betting in the bull buttering..."
Mi Joi Htaw
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IMNA
Date of publication:
2005-06-16
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2005-07-09
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"Burmese army set up free trading for bamboo-shoot with Thailand yesterday, replacing pro-Rangoon Karen group's monopoly at Three Pagoda Pass.
Lt.Col Soe Htat, the commander of IB 38, called the regional commanders of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) yesterday morning at 9:00 am after receiving complaints from the traders that the DKBA is monopolizing bamboo-shoot trade. Armed pro-Rangoon DKBA control the bamboo-shoot trade and barred other traders from buying the shoots..."
Mrot Chair
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IMNA
Date of publication:
2005-06-17
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2005-07-09
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"Farmers in Pegu are discordant to rebuild their huts in the farm because local military stated martial law and announced all the huts to be destroyed after Rangoon May 17 bomb explosions, according to resident farmer..."
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IMNA
Date of publication:
2005-06-26
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2005-07-09
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"Mon community, led by two prominent leading Mon monks, yesterday organized a prayer meeting for the first time in 948 years for Mon King Manu Haw, the first King of Mon who was attacked and captured by Burmese King Anawratha..."
Chan Mon
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IMNA
Date of publication:
2005-06-18
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2005-07-09
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"The event of MYC's 30th anniversary celebration was successfully held with presentation and entertainment completed at 8.30 pm last night. It was held at the National Theatre Hall, Bangkok Thailand and attended about 1500 people..."
Suthorn
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IMNA
Date of publication:
2005-06-22
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2005-07-09
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"Three Pagoda Pass border would be opened soon after the visit of Thai Deputy Prime Minister visit, said a Thai-Raman businessman who accompanied the Deputy Prime Minister.
Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Chaturon Chaisang together with Kanchanaburi Province Administrator, and officials from other five departments, visited furniture and timber production factories in Three Pagoda Pass, Burma side to make sure that wood products are legally processed..."
Chan Mon
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IMNA
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2005-06-20
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2005-07-09
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"Town residents in Pegu town, situates in eastern of Burma?s capital, Rangoon, have been forced to launch the patrol for security of the town instead of soldiers and militias, according to the residents.
?(The SPDC Township authorities force) at least one time per month. In some times, we were forced three or four times to patrol in the town quarter”, a resident said..."
Nai Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-06-27
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2005-07-09
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"The political refugees from Tham Hin and Ban Don Yang camps claimed they have not enough support and they are facing food shortage.
Refugees received 15 Kgs of rice, 1.5 Kgs bean, 1 Kg of fish-pate and one liter of oil a month per head. They were given 5 Kgs of charcoal and some wood for cooking.
"We cannot complain to anybody. They just give us such amount. What should we do," a Tham Hin refugee said.."
Nai Chan Mon
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IMNA
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2005-06-17
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2005-07-09
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"A Thai high-level politician team led by a Senate
representing Border Affairs Committee paid a visit to
small furniture and lacquer factory in Burmese
territory of Three Pagoda Pass border town and Thai
customers have hoped that the border will be re-opened
next month, according the Burmese furniture traders..."
Nai Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-06-27
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2005-07-09
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"Agricultural farms in Southern Burma face lack of human resources after thousands of local people seek job in Thailand and others neighbor countries..."
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IMNA
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2005-06-26
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2005-07-09
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"An accident grenade explosion killed three Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) soldiers in Three Pagoda Pass, a Thai-Burma border town, opposite of the Kanchanaburi Province yesterday..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-05-13
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2005-06-12
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"After the Thai Army closed down the border point due to UNHCR?s POC (Persons of Concern) in Ban Tong Yang border camp presenting to the Thai authority that they are not secured, the refugees who live in Ban Tong Yang and Halockani camps have faced problems with trading and purchasing supplementary foods.
The border was shut down since on 1st May, after the Thai authority has deployed many security soldiers (or guards) in the border point..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-09
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2005-06-12
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"The closure of Thai-Burma border affected to about one thousand furniture and lacquer workers in Three Pagoda Pass on Burma side according to the members of a furniture association.
Thirty five registered and around 40 unregistered furniture and lacquer factories workers in town became jobless after the banning of exporting timber, furniture and lacquer to Thailand, according to a member of the association..."
Chan Aie
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-06-03
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2005-06-12
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"As Burmese migrant workers crowd along the Thai-Burma border, the value of Burmese currency (Kyat) decreases further. The purchasing rate for one Thai baht is 25 kyat and 20 coins, and the selling rate is 24 kyat and 50 coins, say foreign exchanges in Myawaddy, Kaw-Thaung and Three Pagoda Pass along the border.
?24 kyat and 50 coins by cheque transfer is the highest rate so far this year,” said Mr. Lun, a foreign exchange owner based in Three Pagoda Pass.
?Migrants who came back last month, all brought kyat. The selling price was one baht to 22 kyat and 50 coins or 23 kyat and 20 coins. Today, all those who have returned to Thailand have brought a lot of kyat. Because of this, the Burmese kyat is of less value,” claimed Nai Lun..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-05
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2005-06-12
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"Even the Burmese military regime and some political groups did not support the declaration of Shan State Independence, but some Karen, Mon and Karenni organizations have upheld with Shan leaders.
?If the people respect on Panglong Agreement in 1947, there is no problem with Shan declaration of independence,” said Khu Remin Htoo, General Secretary of Karenni National Progressive Party..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-04-27
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2005-06-12
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"The 50 houses are ordered to forcibly relocate after the local SPDC Township authorities decide to the Thai businessmen?s investment to build Casino gambling business and a road, accordingly to the local residence from Three Pagoda Pass border town opposite of Thailand?s Kanchanaburi Province..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-11
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2005-06-12
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"The local Mon villagers, who were robbed during a well known pagoda festival ?Meang-ma-lort” in southern part of Ye Township in Mon State accused of Nai Chan Done? and his troops involved in robbing gold wares from villagers and killing some civilians, but the accusation is denied by the Mon splinter commander today..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-10
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2005-06-12
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"An officer of Thai Education Ministry and a group of Thai-Raman people held official meeting with government officials from Bang Kun Thieng District Informal Education Department and discussed for legal cooperation process for education of Mon migrant workers from Burma.
Thai Education Ministry officer, Mrs. Bussaba led the 4 Thai-Raman people as a group, representing the migrant workers? school in Bangkadee Mon village, met 4 officials from Bang Kun Thieng District Informal Education Department led by the Departmental Director Mr. Nai Komkrit and discussed about creating textbooks, that need to translate from Thai Informal School textbooks to Mon language and the printing cost will be funded by the Thai Government..."
Nai Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-29
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2005-06-12
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"Immigrants working in Thailand from neighboring countries are having chance to renew work permits for one more year this month, according to the workers.
The work permits are being renewed between June 1 to 30.
?Getting work permit one year is better than without having a chance to do anything. The rights of the worker in this time is not different from last year,” said U Myint Wei, a member of the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (TACDB)..."
Nai Dae Nae
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-06-07
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2005-06-12
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"The Chairman of Mon National Democratic Front (MNDF), Nai Tun Thein, asked the regime State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to implement forming of genuine Federal Union of Burma, if not he argued that many other ethnic nationalities will follow as ethnic Shan? suit of declaring their Independence..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-06
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2005-06-12
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"A Mon National Revoulation Army founder, Nai Pan Htar, passed away June 4 in Rangoon capital of Burma in his son house.
Nai Pan Htar 84, who involved in founding of Mon National Revolutionary
Army since 1947 with Bo Thein who led and started founding Mon National Army..."
Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-06-07
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2005-06-12
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"After a senior Mon leader, Nai Tun Thein (the Chairman of Mon National Democratic Front - MNDF), was not allowed to give speech in the remembrance and respecting ceremony of Mon leader Nai Aung Htun, some participants did not satisfy, said Mr. Nai Lyi Mon, who attended the ceremony..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-03
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2005-06-12
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"Rumors on returning of un-licensed cars were not true, said a senior member of New Mon State Party in Moulmein.
Rumors broke out that the government is giving back the cars inside Burma.
"It is a rumor. Not true. If they give back the cars, we must get first. We are in town," the NMSP senior member said. "They said to us they will give back our cars because we are cease-fire group. But it has been for two months, we still do not receive any car."..."
Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-06-06
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2005-06-12
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"A Burmese Army?s battalion has been collecting rice from local farmers in Ye township, Mon State, Southern Burma for their food supplies to stock-pile in coming rainy season.
Burmese Army?s Infantry Battalion No.61, which is under the command of Military Operation Command No.19 that bases in Ye, is taking rice from the local farmers in northern Ye township, in Duya village-tract and Ain-Din village tract respectively..."
Chan Mon
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-05-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-06-12
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"A leader of Mon music association and famous Mon singer ?Pamaukha Chan” said the Burmese song producers bought two Mon songs and so that composing style of the songs will separate into Burmese artist?s entertainment community.
These two songs: ?Ask Permission for Love” (Kor Akhoung Chan Nyeed) and ?Friends! Help Me” (Roi Tor Ream) in Mon language are the famous songs, which are sung by a Mon singer ?Anat Ghae” in CDs and tapes, and most listeners like these songs. The first song was written by ?Wunna Thukha” and composed by ?Thaya (Eco)” while the second song was written by ?Blai Mon Lawi Rot” and composed by ?Pamaukha Chan”..."
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2005-05-05
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"Burmese Army Southeast Command based in Moulmein (Mawlamyaine), the capital of Mon State decided to re-equipped arms to the army personals of veteran soldiers after holding a meeting with a Township Burma (Army) Veteran Association (BVA), according a source close to an army veteran..."
Chan Mon
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2005-05-24
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2005-06-12
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"The military government recently denied a township Mon Literature and Culture Committee?s (MLCC) registration to be a legal organization, said by its central executive committee (CEC) members.
In Mon State of southern Burma, the Thanbyuzayat Township MLCC applied last October 2004 to the Township Peace and Development Council to register MLCC as an official organization working for the Mon community in the area especially for the promotion of Mon literature and culture..."
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2005-05-13
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2005-06-12
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"After the military regime SPDC seized the unlicensed cars, it?s Ministry of Transport also doubled the tax payment for ordinary licensed cars countrywide, said car owners..."
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2005-05-13
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2005-06-12
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"Thai fake money 1000 Baht bank notes are found in a Thai-Burma border town, Three Pagoda Pass Town, opposite of Thailand?s Kanchanaburi province.
?Our town resident found the fake Thai bank not since a week ago and now my shop found one of 1000 Baht bank note,” Win Mar Exchange Shop owner, Mr. Nai Lorn said..."
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2005-05-18
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2005-06-12
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"Patanarak Foundation, a local Thai NGOs for community development and HIV/AIDS protection hold a cerebration of handing-over of HIV/AIDS Care Center to Mon medical workers and villagers to take care the people living with HIV in Paling-Japan village, in Three Pagoda Pass area of Thai-Burma border..."
Loa Htaw
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2005-05-24
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2005-06-12
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"Three Pagoda Pass border closes with unlimited time agreed by both countries? authorities and the border close makes big impact to border trading, according to border based traders.
?Because our Thai customers informed us that the Thai authorities plan to close the border for one year period and so that we prepared to carry our furniture products to Thai territory?s markets. But while we were preparing to carry them, the Thai authorities closed the border at about 4:00 PM,” said Mr. U Soe Than, a furniture factory owner in Burmese side..."
Chan Mon
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2005-05-20
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2005-06-12
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"Military in a township of Tenasserim Division ordered villagers to attend basic military training. The villagers had to pay one hundred thousand Kyats each to army if they could not join the training, according to villagers.
After the bomb explosions in Rangoon, Burmese government put tight security along the routes entering Rangoon. They also rearmed retired military members in Mon state and drilled with some military training, where they believed the suspects would flee after the explosion. In Tenassrim, the military government ordered villagers to attend the training..."
Mi Mrae Moo Chai
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2005-06-07
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2005-06-12
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"As a significant recognition to the founders of Karen Women?s Organization and the heroic women in fighting for the rights of Women and Karen revolution, today 20th Anniversary of KWO Day offers 17 elder Karen women with silver medals and clothes, said by a Central Committee of KWO, Ms. Naw Khaing Mar Kyaw Zaw..."
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2005-04-05
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2005-04-24
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"There is a bomb explosion in car park near the Township Peace and Development Council Office in Three Pagoda Pass border town about 7: 20 a.m. in early morning, but it does not hurt anyone.
According to the source, a cleaner, who was cleaning in the Township PDC office, found the bomb in milk can. Then she informed to the military officers of Infantry No. 36 in the town. While the bomb experts were testing for the bomb from a distance, it exploded up..."
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2005-04-01
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2005-04-24
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"A closing ceremony of 13th Anniversary of dry season Mon literacy training led by a senior Mon monk, Rev. Palita, was held in the evening of April 10 in Mudon town for more than 10, 000 students and about five thousands of people from various Mon villages attended the ceremony..."
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2005-04-11
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2005-04-24
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"Despite the international pressure and campaign by Burmese pro-democracy activists to block for the Burma?s Chairmanship in ASEAN in 2006, the SPDC leadership has not much seriously worried for the position, but just try to have completing the draft of the army monopolized constitution from the current National Convention, said a NC?s Peasant Delegate, who would not like to identify his name..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-03-30
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2005-04-24
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"Mon migrant workers who work in Thailand and various Thai-Mon communities in Thailand cooperate and celebrate Mon Songkaran? New Year Festival in Phra Padaen District in Bangkok today, said Mr. Nai Oung Murn, a leader of Mon workers? education program.
New Year festival in Mon tradition is led by Thai-Raman (Thai-Mon) Community, Bangkok, and the organization receives fund from a department of local Thai government authority for maintaining of Mon culture, added by Mr. Murn..."
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2005-04-13
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2005-04-24
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"Hundreds of overseas Mon students and their families
who base Thailand and have status of Person of
Concern? by UN High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR)
Bangkok have moved into two refugee camps Htam Hin
and Ban Ton Yang, which are in the border areas of
Ratchburi Province and Kanchanaburi Province,
respectively..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-03-31
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2005-04-24
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"After the SPDC authorities announced that they would seize public cars, which have no licenses at the end of March and therefore the price of the cars currently cheaper than motorbikes in the border area of Burma..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-03-24
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2005-04-24
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"After Burma?s military regime SPDC banned rubber export to China, the rubber price has decreased down and thousands of rubber compound sheets have left in the traders? stores, according to Mr. Nai Plai, a Mon State local rubber exporter to China.
The rubber price has decreased since last September (in 2004) and the current a drought compound rubber sheet price is 430 Kyat per pound (~ 0.5 US Dollar). It was 540 Kyat per pound in mid-2004, he added..."
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2005-04-07
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2005-04-24
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Licensed Cars in Three Pagoda Pass are ordered to give authority
[SPDC authorities order licensed cars to be given to them]...
"SPDC authority in Three Pagoda Pass Township in Thai-Burma border ordered car owners with local Township licenses to offer their cars to Township authority following a serial confiscation of unlicensed cars.
On April 3, 2005, SPDC authorities led by Deputy Police Chief U Yan Naing and other vehicle and transport authorities U Tin Min Nyo and U Than U, U Pan Ngwe and U Soe Kyaw called a meeting with 40 car owners and instructed them to offer their cars on April 8, 2005, as a deadline..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2005-04-09
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2005-04-24
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"Three Pagoda Pass Township authorities today take all seized unlicensed cars with arrangement of beef security to the South-East Command based in Moulmein (Mawlamyaine) along a main road to Thanbyuzayat.
These unlicensed cars were seized or the owners were forced to offer in the end of March 2005, after military government SPDC ordered to turn up unlicensed cars and offer to the government country-wide..."
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2005-04-18
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2005-04-24
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"After hundreds of unlicensed cars in Three Pagoda Pass border town, which the local car owners used as ferries? along Three Pagoda Pass ? Thanbyuzayat motor road, were taken by the SPDC authorities at the end of March, the ferry fares have suddenly increased, said the passengers who travel on that road..."
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2005-04-04
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2005-04-24
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"In every dry season in Burma, the people in the country usually face a bit water shortage problem, but this year, people in Mon State face a more serious water shortage problem the residents in Mon State said.
Director of Earth Rights International an environmental NGO based in Chiang Mai, Mr. Chana Maung said that water shortage is much relating to environmental impacts of enormous deforestation and massive mining.
?The people in Burma have more faced water shortage problems since 1990” concluded by Mr. Chana Maung..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-04-22
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2005-04-24
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March 7, 2005:
"Thirty-seven trucks were forcedly used in order to transport the officials of immigration and police officers who were in the rotation of their government duties in Three Pagoda Pass border town (with Thailand), a member of car association said..."
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2005-03-07
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2005-03-23
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(1) Village Headman Demands Money from Villagers;
(2) Traditional Mon Musicians Found A Musical Instrument Maintaining Committee.
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2005-03-04
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2005-03-23
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March 8, 2005:
"Military government SPDC dismissed 9600 employees of Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MAI) after the government degrading of management and some dismissed employees dissatisfied to the possess, according to a manager of Township Myanmar Agricultural Service (MAS)..."
Mi Mon Kyae
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Date of publication:
2005-03-08
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2005-03-23
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March 14, 2005"
"Mr. Nai Htin, President of NMSP (New Mon State Party),
passed away at 6:50 a.m. (Burma time) early morning at
the New Mon State Party?s Central Office in Moulmein
(Mawlamyaing), the capital of Mon State, according to
In-charge of NMSP Liaison Office Nai Ba Khaing..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-03-14
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2005-03-23
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March 15, 2005:
"The military government has issued an order to send
all illegal cars without license - to the nearest
police stations late this month, according to a
government servant..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-03-15
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2005-03-23
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March 10, 2005"
"The village headmen in Yepu Township, Tenasserim Division has demanded illegal tax from villagers with a reason of village security, but they forced villagers to guard their villages for security at night time.
Tax demands are depending on the property of each family that who have gardens and large houses have to pay 4500-5000 Kyat per month, while the slightly poor family has to pay 1500 Kyat per month to heads of the village in the area..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-03-10
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2005-03-23
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Tue Mar 8, 2005:
Dear IMNA readers,
You can read IMNA daily news in Mon
In IMNA website, www.monnews-imna.com/mon
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2005-03-08
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"The Burmese troops, which is based in a check-point on
Ye river near Andaman Sea have demanded fuel and tax
from fishing boats that are crossing into the sea for
fishing, according to a leader of Ye-chaungwa village.
The troops from Infantry Battalion No. 61 which is
under the command of Military Operation Management
Comment No. (19), that operates or takes
responsibility in that area, stop every boat which
crosses into sea and have demanded two fuel gallon per
boat..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-03-02
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2005-03-03
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"Burmese Army's a Tactical Command based in Nan-kwin
village, Thanbyuzayat Township, is arresting 10 wheels
trucks which are routing in Thanpyuzayat-Three Pagoda
Pass motor road to use them for carrying army's
logistics for military operations in the area.
?Seven 10 wheels trucks were arrested and kept in
Nan-Kwin village,” Nai Than Shwe, a four wheels car
driver who came from there said..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-02-02
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2005-02-14
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"More than three hundred villagers in Kyait Roi village
in Mudon Township of Mon State were force to clean up
the bush along the roadsides by local authorities on
February 2, 2005 as preparation for the visit of
military government leaders.
?Village headmen, Nai Sein ordered us to do so. If we
do not follow the order, he will be fine 5000 Kyat to
a family. That?s why we have to come and clean the
bush,” Nai Chan Ong told IMNA reporter who visiting
their working site..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-02-04
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2005-02-14
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"Burmese Army?s Southeast Command has been collecting
paddy from the 17 Mon villages in Thanpyuzayat
township, Mon state for food supply to their army
without payment ever after Mon State farmers groups
sent a complaint letter to top general recently and
although military government announced they did not
take any paddy from the farmers in 2003..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-02-01
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2005-02-14
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"The Burmese military has dismissed 10,000 Myanmar
Agriculture Produce
Trading (MAPT) department employees, according to an
employee of central department in Rangoon.
The government central MAPT department in Rangoon sent
those dismissed an official letter in the start of
this month, according to that employee. ?Only 3,509
employees were left,” said the employee. An IMNA
source in Rangoon also confirmed it..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-02-14
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2005-02-14
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"Log trading is increasing and more than 100 tons of
logs per day are imported into Three Pagoda according
to a logging businessman.
"About ten 10-wheel trucks carrying logs reach Three
Pagoda every day. Most of our trucks carry logs from
the Tha Byuud area about 80 kilometers northeast of
Three Pagoda which has good logs," said Nai Thin Htwe,
a businessman who logs there..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-02-14
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2005-02-14
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"New Mon State Party (NMSP) replaced the head of its
delegation to National Convention that will resume on
February 17, 2005 said NMSP spokesperson Nai Thein
Win.
"Gen Aung Naing (NMSP's Central Executive Committee)
replaced Nai Chan Toik (Joint-Secretary of NMSP) to
lead the delegation comprised of Nai Tala Mon, Nai Tin
Hla, Nai Januu Mon and Nai Chay Mon for the
forthcoming National Convention", added Nai Thein Win..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
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2005-02-01
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2005-02-14
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"Intent on welcoming Burma's military leaders for the
opening ceremony for the longest bridge in Burma,
police have forced people who live along the main
Rangoon-Ye road in Mon and Karen states to paint their
fences or walls white and clean up the bush along the
roadsides..."
Nai Jorn
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Date of publication:
2005-01-31
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2005-02-14
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"Villagers in southern Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, are forced to
pay about 5 millions Kyat per month for Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas-pipeline
security fee to soldiers and they also forced to fence the gas pipeline
for security reason, according to Villages Peace and Development Council
(VPDC) in the area.
Military officers from Burmese Army?s Infantry Battalion No.62 based in
Thanpyuzayat collected each houses 2000 Kyat per month from 7 villages
in the area, according to VPDC..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-01-25
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2005-01-31
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"Troops of Burmese Army burnt down three villages in southern Ye Township
and in northern part of Yebyu Township house by house basis on each day.
About 100 houses in these villages were burnt down and hundred of
villagers escaped away from the villages.
South-East Command?s No. 3 Tactical Command No.3 has been burning down
the civilians? houses in Wae-kwao (Paukpingwin), Magyi, and Dani-kyar
villages. All of these villages are Mon villages they have from 100 to
300 households in the village..."
Nai Non Htaw
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Date of publication:
2005-01-27
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2005-01-31
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"Mon National Democratic Front chairman Nai Tun Thein
has asked
cease-fire groups at the next National Convention (NC)
to maintain their NC standing and together demand
greater ethnic rights from the Burmese government.
"Even though the Burmese military government has their
seven point
roadmap, it seems they did not plan to really reform
Burma," he said..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-01-24
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2005-01-31
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"Motorbike prices have jumped up after the recent
announcement of a
Burmese military government cleanup of illegal
(unlicensed) cars
imported from neighboring countries, so they cost
almost the same priceas illegal cars did: two million
Kyats for a motorbike made in 2004 that has a Ma La Ma
license, and one.million Kyats for a motorbike made in
2004 that does not have a license..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-01-14
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2005-01-31
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"The Mon ceased-fired group, New Mon State Party (NMSP)
decided yesterday to attend resuming Burmese military
government?s National Convention to involved political
struggle on table with other ethnic ceased-fire group
said NMSP spokesman.
?We decided to attend NC after our NMSP central
committee members held a meeting in our?s party
headquarter in Ye Chaung-pyar area,” said Nai Thein
Win..."
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Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-01-29
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2005-01-31
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"Burmese Army?s Tactical Commander dismissed the
Sub-town authorities in Ye Township, Khaw-zar Sub-Town
Peace and Development Council Chairman from his
chairman? position after he met a senior leader of
the New Mon State Party (NMSP), at the end of December
2004.
Khaw-zar village headman, Mr. Nai Hlike replaced with
a retired soldier of Burmese Army, after he willingly
received the NMSP?s Tavoy district officials and NMSP
Education authorities on December 24..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2005-01-14
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2005-01-31
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"Burmese army has been forcing the villagers in
Khaw-zar Sub-Town and villagers from villages near by
in building the government high school on daily basis
to compete against Mon National School in the southern
part of Ye township, Mon state..."
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2005-01-11
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December 28, 2004:
"12 Burmese migrant workers who working in Puket killed
by the tsunami that drove through the Andaman Sea on
Sunday according to an NGO who searching the death on
migrant said..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-28
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2005-01-10
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January 5, 2005:
"The witnesses from the local villages reported that about 18 Mon women have been raped by Burmese Army?s commanders and soldiers during they lunched military operation against a Mon Splinter group that was active in southern part of Burma ? southern Mon State and northern Tennaserim division.
Most women victims were the family members or relatives of the soldiers in splinter group, as some women were raped at their houses after threats of killing by the soldiers while some were raped during they forced to work in the military camps..."
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Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
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2005-01-05
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2005-01-10
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December 28, 2004:
"For the first time a Burmese military battalion based
in Yebyu Township has collected a areca nut tax from
the people, 1,000 areca nuts from each areca palm
plantation owner. "The military Infantry battalion
No.282 ordered the village headmen in Yebyu Township
by letter to collect the tax," a village headman said..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
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2004-12-28
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2005-01-10
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January 5, 2005:
"Burmese military regime SPDC?s armed force, Burmese
Army, has confiscated over 3300 acres of land belonged
to the local farmers for their army businesses and
troop deployment in southern part of Burma and they
did not pay any compensation in 2004.
Burmese Army confiscated about 2000 acres of lands in
Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon state for their new bases
of army battalions and about 700 acres of land for
their dam construction in Ye Township in mid-2004..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
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2005-01-05
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2005-01-10
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January 7, 2005:
"Burmese Military regime has delayed the opening of the
longest bridge in Burma, Moulmein (Mawlamyine)-Mattama
(Salween Bridge) due to security reason according to
authorities.
The government planned to open the bridge, which is
long 11575 feets on Burma?s Independent Day, on
January 4, 2005..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2005-01-07
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2005-01-10
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December 23, 2004:
"Troops of Burma?s military regime, who are taking
responsibility for the security of well-known Yadana
gas pipeline to Thailand border, have constantly used
villagers as unpaid porters during they lunch military
offensives against the Mon Splinter group, which is
previously a faction of Hongsawatoi Restoration Party
(HRP) in Yebyu Township in the northern of Tenasserim
Division, southern Burma..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-23
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2005-01-10
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December 22, 2004:
"A Burmese Army?s military battalion based in Three Pagoda Pass Town (a
southern Thai-Burma border town) put signboard written Armed Force?s
Land? in Ywa-Thit village which about three kilometers west of the town
in order to deploy a new army base for firm control in border area.
?Some soldiers recently came to village and they seized the lands in
November without paying compensation to land owners from the village,”
reported Min Thit Swe..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-22
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2005-01-10
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December 24, 2004:
"Burmese military regime has implemented it new
technology projects of telephone and telecommunication
project, that provide communication from the capital
Rangoon to Tavoy, southern town in Tenasserim
Division, accordingly to telecommunication officers..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-24
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2005-01-10
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December 24, 2004:
"SPDC?s patronized Mon State Union Soliderity and
Development Association (USDA) is gathering a USDA
leader from each village in Mon State for a training
with objective of providing tactics how to recruit new
members for the organization.
?Township USDA leaders are gathering the USDA members
list from the villages for the registeration of the
training which will start on December 29,” Nai Jorn
reported..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-24
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2005-01-10
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"Mudon Township agriculture authorities forced farmers to grow subsidiary crops on farms irrigated by the Win-Pha-None Dam, according to villagers in the area.
?A group of township agriculture authorities came to the villages and gathered villagers to grow subsidiary crops such as rice and beans,” a villager said.
According to Nai Jorn, a reporter, villagers are dissatisfied with authorities because they were forced to grow crops in previous years and received no benefits for growing them..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (Mon State)
Date of publication:
2004-11-20
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2004-12-24
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"Vehicles without licenses imported from Thailand and Japan, which were seized by the Burmese military government army in the November crackdown, are being resold again by the army, according to a monk.
?The middle level army authorities in the Military Southeast Command (MSC) changed the color of some seized vehicles and resold these vehicles only to a monk for a low price,” said a monk who tried to buy a car..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-15
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2004-12-24
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"The price of fuel is slowly jumping up in Southern
Burma because of the difficulty of getting fuel from
Rangoon, according to fuel customers. The price of a
gallon of petrol, 2,100 kyat in the previous month, is
2,400 kyat now. The price of a gallon of diesel, 2,200
kyat in the previous month, has now jumped to 2,500
kyat..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-04
Date of entry/update:
2004-12-24
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"The military government army launched a strong
military operation in the Hongsarwatoi Restoration
Party (HRP) based area and sent overtures to the HRP
for a cease-fire after an HRP headquarters was
captured in fighting by a Karen National Liberation
Army and Muslin armed group moving in the area, the
HRP chairman said..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-02
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2004-12-24
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"Local military authorities have banned the production of teak logs in the Three Pagoda Pass logging zone and are cleaning up illegal logging business in the area, according to logging businessmen in the area.
The military authorities has started banning the export of teak to Thailand since the end of October, and the No. 44 Brigade military operation has tried to clean out illegal logging in the Kyorn Chaung logging zone, northwest of Three Pagoda Pass, where teak was grown by a British colonel..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-11-23
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2004-12-24
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"New Mon State Party (NMSP) has not given promise yet that their party will join the resuming National Convention (NC) until finish said NMSP spokesperson, Nai Thein Win.
The Burmese military government owns MRTV released on November 23 that all of the cease-fire groups included NMSP will join their NC until finish that will resume in February 2005..."
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2004-11-27
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N"o traders have dared to import Thai goods into Burma at the start of this year's routing season on the Three Pagoda Pass to Thanpyuzayart road because locally based military are seizing imported goods, according to local traders at Three Pagoda Pass.
The cars started their routing via the Three Pagoda Pass-Thaphyuzayart road Nov. 24 when just a small number of cars was routed in a day, according to a routing car owner. ?We only carry people. We do not dare carry goods,” a routing car owner with a car license."..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-11-28
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2004-12-24
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"People from Khawzar village, a government new town created by the Burmese military government, and nearby villages have been forced to build 90 houses in the town for government employees..."
The Burmese government created two new towns in Ye township, Mon state, at the beginning of 2004 to control the area where the Mon splinter group Hongsarwatoi Restoration Party was moving.
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
Date of publication:
2004-12-08
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2004-12-24
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"A drug addicted woman, whose brother was killed by Thai polices in Three Pagoda Pass while sending amphetamine to Thailand, drove a car with high speed into three motor-bikes in a the crowd road and killed one person while two got serious injuries, according to victims? families..."
Source/publisher:
Independent Mon News Agency
Date of publication:
2004-11-16
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2004-11-21
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By: Sunthorn (IMNA)...
"On the 80th birthday of Dr Su-ed Gajaseni, the President of Thai Raman Association, and annual festival of honey offering on October 17, 2004.
The Mon people in Thailand hold a special celebration in their office at Ban Bangkadee, Bangkhunthien, Bangkok..."
Sunthorn
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2004-10-17
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2004-11-07
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