Kachin Refugee Committee

FBR REPORT: Burma Army continues attacks, burns houses and kills one man and two women; over 40,000 Kachin people now displaced by attacks and more ++

2012-02-05T20:52:00.000-08:00

	KEY DEVELOPMENTS
	The Burma Army is currently attacking within six miles of Mai Ja Yang, a city in Kachin State that is a refuge for over 1,000 displaced people The Burma Army is firing an average of 100 mortar rounds per day into this area and is receiving reinforcements. Over 40,000 Kachin people now displaced by attacks and more are preparing to run.

WARNING: This report contains graphic images that may be disturbing to some readers.

Attack on Mai Ja Yang city and IDP site

The Burma Army is currently attacking within six miles of Mai Ja Yang, a city and a refuge for over 1,000 displaced people who fled from other areas since fighting started in June 2011. Everyone in the town has their bags packed and are ready to flee. On 13 January 2012, 60 elderly people who are unable to walk were taken by car to a new Internally Displaced Person (IDP) site. The Burma Army is firing an average of 100 mortar rounds per day and is receiving reinforcements.

Burma Army Division 88 and LIB 321, under the control of the Southern Division, have two camps close to Mai Ja Yang: Yaw Yawng and Kawng Lawt Camps. In Mai Ja Yang there are two IDP camps: Ung Lung and Gat Pa, which have accommodated displaced people since July 2011 and now house over 1,000 IDPs in total.

In the same area, on 12 January 2012, Division 88 and Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 321 shot a villager named Mi San, age 40 and a father of three, from Kawng Nan Village, Lwe Je Township. He was returning from his farm when he met the Burma Army troops. They arrested him, tied his hands, and made him walk in front of the soldiers to show the way. After one Burma Army soldier stepped on a landmine, the soldiers became angry and shot Mi San. The bullet went through his mouth and out the back. The KIA (Kachin Independence Army; pro-democracy ethnic resistance) found his body and started to burn the body, but Burma Army soldiers began shooting, forcing the KIA to leave the site. The Burma Army is telling local villagers that KIA killed Mi San.

Because of ongoing fighting in the area, 4,000 people from around Lwe Je have fled to Laying IDP Camp on the international border. This camp now contains 8,000 displaced people. Major needs are not enough toilets or plastic sheeting for roofs.

Fighting and IDPs near Mai Ja Yang

Villager Mi San shot by Burma Army

Two women killed and two men injured by Burma Army in KIA 2nd Brigade area

Burma Army Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) 389 and 390 shot and killed two women between Nam Ya and Seng Hpra Villages in the KIA's 2nd Brigade area on 11 January 2012. Their names were Lgwi Ying Yawm, 17 years old, and Gawlu Lu Seng, aged 18.

As Burma Army LIB 388 passed Mung Maw Village while traveling from Ba Maw to Seng Lum, a tire exploded nearby. Apparently believing it was an attack, the Burma Army troops fired into the village injuring two ethnic Shan men: Min Min, 26, and Nyi Htwi, age 30.

Attack on Prangatung Village

Burma Army Division 88, with about 300 soldiers, entered Prangatung Village on 7 December 2011 after fighting with KIA Battalion 15. They burned three houses; the owners of the houses were Jang Ma Anaw (the village headman), Jang Ma Sharoi and Maru Dau Lum. This is the second time that Jang Ma Anaw's house was burned by the Burma Army; the first time was in 1993 in Mung Hka Village.

Villagers had originally fled this village in June when fighting first began, then later returned to their homes but fled again on 17 November 2011. There are 67 houses in the village, of which almost all were plundered and household items destroyed. All the farm animals were killed. The village contained approximately 300 villagers who fled to Wa Ra Pa, Je Gau Pa, Seng Mai Pa, Bum Rim Zup, and Mai Ja Yang IDP camps.

After the Burma Army troops left Prangatung Village, they went to reinforce the second group of Division 88 in Maruyinsun Village on 9 December 2011. Burma Army troops withdrew from the village after fighting KIA troops defending the village. Before the Burma Army left they burned one house in Maruyinsun Village. Jang Ma Braung Nan, the house owner, lost 40 sacks of rice he had stored, which were either eaten or burned by the Burma Army.

The Burma Army continued to Den Woi and then on to Lwe Je. Two other groups from Mo Maw reinforced this group at Lwe Je. All these units are now involved in the attack on Mai Ja Yang.

One of three burned homes in Prangatung Village

Home ransacked by Burma Army in Prangatung Village

Jang Ma Braung Nan's burned home in Maruyinsun Village

Attack on Nam Lim Hpa Village

Note: This attack was previously documented by Partners Relief and Development and included in a previous report. The following is independent documentation from a Free Burma Ranger team that visited the village in early January 2012.

Burma Army IB 276 and Battalion 74, with a combined strength between 180 and 200 soldiers, attacked Nam Lim Hpa Village on 8 October 2011 at 11:30 am. First they shot 60mm and 81mm mortar rounds as well as small arms into the village causing the
villagers to flee. Three of the houses were damaged by mortars and four people were killed in the attack:

1. Palai Nan Naw, a 9-year-old boy, was hit in the chest by mortar shrapnel. He was killed on 8 October 2011 at 11:30 am.

2. Pausa Naw Din, age 17, was killed on 8 October 2011 at 11:00 am. He was shot by the Burma Army as they entered the village.

3. Brang Nan, age 34, was killed on 9 October 2011 at 11:00 pm. He was shot by a Burma Army patrol on the road as he was returning to the village.

4. Wa Je Myuli, age 17, was killed on 9 October 2011 at 11:00 pm; shot by a Burma Army patrol on the road as he was returning to the village.

House damaged from mortar

During the attack, the Burma Army locked 33 village women and 6 babies in the pastor's house behind the church, and locked 20 men in the church. The women were forced to cook for the Burma Army. Some of the men were beaten in the church. The hostages were freed after 11 days except for 5 men who were taken to Si U Burma Army camp. They were freed after 2 weeks.

The BA burned a house belonging to Lah Pai Sham Lum, age 61, on 8 October 2011. He began building his house again near Hka Hpraw IDP camp along with one of his daughters and one grandson. During the process of building his new house his grandson died of malaria. He buried his grandson near the new house. However the man was so saddened by his grandson's death that he couldn't stay at the new location and moved 300 meters to another location in the jungle.

Nam Lim Hpa Burned House

The village headman was not well and before the village was attacked he went to Ba Maw Town to get treatment. After the attack on the village the Burma Army knew the headman was in Ba Maw and went to see him. They told the village headman that the village was attacked because there was 50 KIA soldiers in the village. He was told that the villagers that were hurt and killed were not the fault of the Burma Army; they were just caught in the middle of the fight. Even though the attack happened on 8 October they told the headman that the fighting started on the 9th because that was when the KIA arrived in the village. They made a list of what they claimed had happened and had the headman sign it. They told him to go back to the village and collect the headmaster and other village leaders to make a proper report and then give it to the authorities so the blame wouldn't be on the Burma Army. The headman returned to the village but did not make the report after the villagers told him what had actually happened.

Before the attack there were 1,800 villagers in 286 houses in Nam Lim Hpa Village. 1,400 villagers fled to Ba Maw Town, but there are still 400 people in the jungle near the village. These 400 villagers have divided into 3 camps. The major sicknesses in the camps are malaria and diarrhea. Two villagers who are medics are caring for the people but only have a little medicine. Villagers are still able to work their farms but then return to sleep in the jungle because they are afraid the Burma Army may return.

Attack on Nam Hpu Village

Battalion 105/47 containing 220 soldiers attacked Nam Hpu Village on 16 July 2011. The villagers fled to Bhamo and IDP
camps. There are a very few families that are living in the jungle near the village. Some of the villagers returned back to the village to check on their houses and belongings. Two or three of the 20 houses had been ransacked.

Burma Army forces Maji Gung villagers to carry loads

Four men from Maji Gung Village were captured by Division 99, which has 156 soldiers. These men were used as porters to carry weapons and ammunition. Their names are:

1. Hpakawn Yaw Han aged 55. Has a family of 7 children.
2. Maran La Sam aged 21.
3. Hpakawn Tang Gun aged 19.
4. Hpauyam Da Wi aged 37.

Men forced to porter for Burma Army

Current Overall Situation of Displaced People

Since the fighting started on 9 June 2011 some 40,485 Kachin villagers have fled to Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps on the international border due to fighting. There is an unknown number of IDPs who have not made it to camps yet and are still in the jungle or have fled to major cities to live with relatives. The IDP camps along the border are as listed below:

Laiza area:12,104 displaced people
Laisen area: 1,642 displaced people
Sadaung area: 5,803 displaced people
North Division: 1,662 displaced people
Eastern Division: 16,635 displaced people
Western Division: 2,328 displaced people
Southern Division: 311 displaced people

Most of the aid for these villagers comes from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO -- pro-democracy ethnic resistance), local Chinese and Kachin businessmen, a Kachin church-based humanitarian group called Wunpawng Ninghtoi, and Partners Relief and Development.

A large number of IDPs have fled to the cities as they are not able to get to the border camps. The Burma Army has set up a camp for these IDPs in the Nam Kham area which is in the 4th Brigade area of the KIA (Kachin Independence Army; defense wing of the KIO). It is not known how many IDPs are in this camp. Burmese President Thein Sein gave the order for these people to all return home because there is no longer any fighting. The IDPs do not believe him and are refusing to return to their villages. However, some IDPs have been taken in by church groups which is a much better situation for them.

There are more displaced people hiding in the jungle in KIA 4th Brigade area, however no one is able to reach them due to Burma Army activity.

Overview of Burma Army Activity

According to KIA records there were 161 battles between the KIA and the Burma Army during December. Since the fighting began on 9 June 2011 there have been 910 recorded battles. The Burma Army continues to reinforce their camps. There are currently 105 Burma Army battalions consisting of 12,075 soldiers in Kachin State. In addition to rifles, the Burma Army is using artillery and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The most severe fighting is currently around Ya Krung, Chying Ling, Di Ma Mahkrai, Hu Mung and Sama Lamshe Villages, all in different parts of Kachin State. The Burma Army is building camps at Pakang, Sampai, Wuhtau, Lahpai, Talawgyi, Sinlum (a major artillery position) and Nam Lek.

God bless you,

Kachin Free Burma Ranger team

The Free Burma Rangers’ (FBR) mission is to provide hope, help and love to internally displaced people inside Burma, regardless of ethnicity or religion. Using a network of indigenous field teams, FBR reports on human rights abuses, casualties and the humanitarian needs of people who are under the oppression of the Burma Army. FBR provides medical, spiritual and educational resources for IDP communities as they struggle to survive Burmese military attacks.

For more information, please visit www.freeburmarangers.org

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Hpyen Hprawng Yen Shiga

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Local Reporter

Sunday, June 26, 2011
Wunpawng Ninghtoi Hpyen Tsinyam Hkrum Masha Lakawn Hpung (WPN) kaw na lu la ai Mungdan kata na Refugee Update shiga shana dat ai lam (Ndai Shiga ni gaw 23/6/2011 ya shani hpang jahtum lu da ai shiga ni re.
Ninghtoi: 25/6/2011

WPN kaw na lu la ai Mungdan kata na Refugee Update shiga shana dat ai lam (Ndai Shiga ni gaw 23/6/2011 ya shani hpang jahtum lu da ai shiga ni re.

Ya ten, hpyen hprawng hprawng ai hta;

Matsing: : Wang tep hta MD ngu ka da ai gaw Myen Hpyen Dap nga ai
shara hpe madun mayu ai
Area (1): : Man Maw – Myitkyina maw daw mayan la pai la hkra na mare kahtawng ni;

Moe Mawk kaw na Wa Wang, Chyahkan Dap (MD), Deng (17) (Nam Hpak Hka) (MD), Da Sai (MD) ta hkaw hka sin ai post, Da seng (MD) maw daw lam kata, Mai Sak Kawng (MD), Myo Thit (MD), Kung Law (MD), Ta Lee, Num Lang (MD), Wu Htang Yang, Daw Hpum Yang (MD), Ding Ga Yang, Hka La Yang (MD), Lai Mawk Yang (MD), Dun Hkung Yang, Laja Yang (MD), Na Lung (MD), Hka Ya Pa, Madi Yang, Nam San Yang (MD), Loi Lung Awng Ja (MD) madaw lam kata, Hka La (MD), Ningpawn, maw daw lam a la pai maga kata de na Ban Sau, Da Law (MD), Seng Mai, Galang Ja, Nyawng Pin Tha (MD) mali hka kau, Rawt Jat (KIA ni, Kang Dau Yang (MD) , Mali Yang (MD), Ja Pu (MD), Ja Hta (KIA), Kagam (MD) kang dau ntsa, Sama (MD)Dabak mare ntsa, Pa Jau (MD) maw daw lam kata, Na Hpaw (MD), Dabak (MD), Katsu (MD), Ga Ra Yang (MD), Sam Pai (KIA), Shwi Nyawng Pin (MD), Awng Mye Nyit, Awng Mye Thit, Hka Shi

ndai maw daw lam ni a la pai la hkra na mare kahtawng ni, maw daw lam kata na mare kahtawng mung shawa masha ni malawng maga gaw Myitkyina, Wai Maw hte ni ai ni MKA, WM de, Miwa jarik hte ni ai ni Miwa jarik de, Man Maw-Moe Mawk hte ni ai ni mung MM, MM de hprawng shajang mat ma ai majaw mare buga ni hta gaw katsi katsang rai nga sai.

Area (2): : Wai Maw – Sadung – Kan Pai Ti maw daw lam
Ndai maw daw lam mayan na mare n kau mi hta mare masha ni gaw shani nta wa, shana gaw nam de hprawng yup rai nga ma ai. Nkau Wai Maw, Myitkyi na myu de yu mat wa nna, nkau gaw Miwa hkran maga de hprawng ma ai.

Area (3): : Shwigu township (Dung 5) gin ra grup yin (Gap Hkat ai shara)
Pang Hkawn Yang,Gau Gwi Pa,Ban Dang, Si Sat (Majan byin ai gira) na kahtawng mare masha ni gaw ya ten nam mali kata rawng taw nga ai gaw marai 500 jan ai lam chye lu ai. Ndai ginra ni gaw myu hte mung tsan, Miwa ga jarik hte mung tsan re ai shara ni re.

Area (4): : Man Maw – Nam Kham maw daw lam mayan ginra (Sinpraw G/w G/j a shara rai nga ai U Lang Pa Ginwang ginra)
14, 15,16/6/2011 laman Sam Mung (Northern) Man Kang, hte Man Wing Lup Wa Kawng kaw Myen Asuya Hpyen Dap ni hku nna mung shawa ni hpe gap sat ai majaw Man Kang, kadaw kawng, yang wu, gawng ngu yang, namhka, pung ling ding sa, ding hkru, hka nu yang, man mun, hka hkye, bau noi, lagat daw, kai htik, maw swi, awng lawt yang, maw swi jawng kawng, chyam ga (pa masawn daw) mare (16) na 1400 daram – hte Man Wing a maga –Nawng Tau hte ni ai Sam Pa mare kaba ni ) hkan na mung mare masha (1000) mi jan yawng pawng yang (3000) hkawt gaw Miwa hkran Nawng Tau Pa mayan na mare ni hte Nmau hka a Miwa hkran na mre ni hkan hprawng shingbyi nga ma ai.

Area (5): : Myitkyina – Sumpra Bum maw daw lam mayan na mabyin shiga n lu la

Area(6): : Sam Mung (ding dung) Dap Ba (4) ginra grup yin na ni Muse (Sam Mung) hte Shwili de hprawng

Area (7): : Dap Ba (3), shawng ningnan gap hkat ai Sang Gang – Bum Sen Bum grup yin ( Sin Lum Bum Ginwang Daw kata na= Moe Mawk Township) mabyin masa

(1) Man Maw – Loi Je maw daw lam mayan na Kung pi, Sin lum kaji, Sin lum kaba, Pang mu,Law Mun, Maru, Hka Ya mare na kahtawng masha ni yawng hprawng ma sai. Maru hte Law Dan mare (2) sha ngam ai. Ya gaw ndai mare (2) gaw gara de hprawng na mung yak ai masa rai taw ai.

(2) Gau Ri Krung na mare kahtawng (40)daram hte Nmawk – Loi Je lam mayan na mare kahtawng (Law Dan mare hte Maru Kahtawng hta lai nna) mare (10) daram na masha ni yawng hprawng mat ma sai.

(3) Mai Ja Yang gaiwang kata na mare (26) kaw na dinggai dingla, ma kaji, ma kanu ni gaw Shwi li, Jang Hkawng, La Ying (Loi Je hte ep), Hpyin Chan, Yin Jang de n kau mi hprawng ai.

(4) Gauri krung na mare ni gaw (1) Kumba, Naw Hpra, Nga Hkyi Yang makau na nam, hkau na pa hkan nga jawng nga. (2) U Ra Pa, Nhkawng Pa, Hka Nan Yang hkan but de nga, (3) Jahkai, Mahtang, Na Ya Pa, Prang Hkudung mare makau hkan, nkau nam maling kata hkan hprawng nga jawng nga ai. (4) Seng Mai Pa hte (5) Mai Ja Yang mare ni hta mung n kau hprawng du nga ai. Gau Ri Krung na hprawng ai masha yawng pawng yang Wunpawng Ninghtoi Hpyen Tsinyam Hkrum Masha Lakawn Hpung (WPN) kawn 22/6/2011 ya shani hpang jahtum lu shinggyin da ai jahpan yawng 2673 rai sai (Miwa hkran na n lawm ai)

Ndai laman laja lana gap hkat ai lam n nga ai raitim dap pram gasat ai lam gaw nga ai madang re. Raitim, buga masha ni tinang dum nta buga de bai nhtang wa na matu shim lam n nga shi ai. Dai majaw masha 20000 (mun lahkawng) jan gaw mare buga kaw na hprawng koi yen hkawm nga ma ai. Nta de mung n mai wa, lu sha gaw kadawn wa rai nna jam jau hkrum nga sai

Ya ten maw daw lam ni:
· Loi Je – Man Maw madaw lam mahkrai hten mat ma sai majaw seng ke ni sha mai lai sai.

· Man Maw- Myitkyina Maw daw lam ni mung mahkrai hten mat ma sai majaw maw daw kaji ni sha lai sai. Maw daw ni mung daw hte daw sa hkrat rai nna nga ai.

· Miwa ga de jinghku ni hkan sa shingbyi nga ai ni, tinang hkrai chye ai hku nta gawk ni sa shap nna lagu rawng nga ai ni hpe mung seng ang ai mare slg ni, asuya slg ni kawn nanhte mungdan de majan sim sai, wa manu nga na tsun hkrum ai lam ni nga nga ai. Wa manu nga atik anang sa gau ai lam gaw n nga tim, n kam nga hkra, nga n-gwi hkra tsun shadut ai zawn re lam ni nga ai majaw nkau mi gaw tinang mungdan hkran jarik mayan na mare ni de wa nna shingbyi nga ai.

Wunpawng Ninghtoi Hpung kawn Dang Di ai Made San Shinggyin Da ai Mungdan Ting Na Hpyen Hprawng Masha Jahpan (Estimate)15156 rai sai.

Matsing: Man Maw – Myitkyin na lam mayan na gara de mung nhprawng ai tinang mare kaw sha nam de makoi rawng nga ai mare ni gaw, Npawn, Ban Sau, Seng Mai Mare ni rai ma ai. (Hprawng makoi nga ai ni a jahpan nlu ai)Hpyen Hprawng Tsinyam Masha ni gaw du jat ding yang rai nga ai.

1. Laiza kaw du wa ai Hpyen yen ni gaw lawu na mare ni kaw na rai nga ai.

(1) Dingga
(2) Lai Mawk Yang
(3) Daw hpum Yang
(4) LaimawkYang
(5) Dinghkung
(6) Laja Yang
(7) Na Lung
(8) Hka ya
(9) Shadan Pa
(10) Madi Yang
(11) Awng Ja Yang
(12) Chying Nang Zup
(13) Nam San Yang
(14) Ban Dawng
(15) Ban Sau
(16) Hka La
(17) Ja Pu
(18) Mai Sak Pa
(19) Lamai Yang
(20) Mung Lai Hkyet
(21) Na Ru
(22) Hpa lap
(23) Gang Dau
(24) Mali
(25) Ja Hta
(26) Katsu
(27) Dabak
(38) Ga Ra yang

2. Dap Ba (3) Ginra (Sinpraw Ginwang Ginjaw) ngu ai, Mai Ja Yang, Seng Mai Pa, Nhkawng Pa, Mahtang hte Miwa hkran de hprawng ai mare ni gaw Sin Lum Bum Ginwang Daw ngu ai kata na mare ni re. Lawu na mare mying No. I, II, III ni yawng gaw Sin Lum Bum Giwang Daw na mare ni re.

I: : Gau Ri Krung ngu shamying ai lawu na mare ni;

(1) Chyahkan Dap
(2) Munghka
(3) Loi Lung
(4) Mung Loi
(5) Kawng Ra Zup
(6) Hkai Bang
(7) Maru Ying Sung
(8) Mazup Pa
(9) Balawng Kawng
(10) Munghka Pa
(11) Prang Hkudung
(12) Sang Gang (9/6/11 ya shani majan byin ai majaw asak lawt daw
sha hprawng wa ai mare masha ni)
(13) Hpakawn
(14) Sama Yang
(15) Law Hkum
(16) Manda
(17) Mandau
(18) Kadaw
(19) Hkarawm Kawng
(20) Kungpyi
(21) Jahkai
(22) Na Ya Pa
(23) Nga Hkyi Yang
(24) Je Gau Hka Nan
(25) Mai chyu
(26) Bum wa
(27) Hkring wawm
(28) Dum hpawng
(29) Kum ba
(30) Hpyi Di
(31) La Ne

II: :Loi Je – Sin Lum – NMawk (Moe Mauk) lam mayan na mare ni

(1) Sin Lum Kaji
(2) Law Mun
(3) Pang Mu
(4) Sin Lum (MD)
(5) Sin Lum Kaba
(6) Hka Ya Pa
(7) Maru
(8) Pang Shan
(9) Nhprang Zup
(10) Byeng Wai
(11) Yaw Yung (MD)

III: :Sadung Bum Ninghtawn na mare ni:
(1) Kawng Ja
(2) Hka Nan
(3) Sut Mai
(4) Nam Ngawn
(5) Zi Hpak Kum
(6) Wa Sik
(7) Zing Rau
(8) Mung Hkying
(9) Sut Ngai Zup (Mai Bat)
(10) Sam Kawng Ja
(11) Dun Hkung

Ndai mare ni yawng gaw Sin Lum Bum Ginwang Daw kata na hpyen hprawng hprawng ai mare ni re. Sin Lum Bum Ginwang Daw gaw matut mahkai hkrun lam yak dik ai ginra re. Ndai Ginwang Daw kaw mare kaji, kaba yawng pawng yang (72) nga ai re.

Hpyen Hprawng Masha Jahpan n lu la ai gaw;

(1) Tinang mare kaw sha Nam de hprawng makoi hkawm ai mare masha ni a jahpan n lu shi ai.

(2) Myo kata de hprawng ai ni a jahpan atsawm hkrak lu la na yak ai.Miwa Mung kata de Hprawng yen mat ai ni a masha jahpan mung lu la na yak ai.

Ndai Nam kata hprawng ai ni, Myu mare de hprawng ai ni, Miwa ga de hprawng ai yawng ntsa lam tawt maram yu yang 20000 – 30000 lapran gaw nga nhten ngu maram lu ai. Lai Za hte Sinpraw Ginwang Ginjaw (Dap Ba (3)) ginra pawng yang 15000 jan rai wa ai. Lama na majan ndai hta na du wa yang gaw Sinpraw Ginwang Ginjaw(Dap Ba) Ginra hta sha pyi gaw naw population 70000 daram nga ai. Ya gaw yawng n hprawng shi ai. Jam Jau Tsin Yam hkrum na masha gaw mungdan ting rai yang gaw Sen kaba lam rai wa na shadu ai. Raiyang Shang Lawt Ginra hta gaw Ginwang Ginjaw ngu na Sinpraw, Sinna, Dingdung, Dingda, Ginjaw Ginra ngu nna (5) garan da ai.

(1) Sinpraw Ginwang Ginjaw (Dap Ba (3) Ginra) gaw Man Maw,Man Je, Shwi Gu, Man Wing, Sin Lum, N’Mawk ni yawng lawm ai ginra re.

(2) Sinna G/w G/j (Dap Ba (2) ginra) gaw Hugawng Danai, Hpakant ginra yawng re.

(3) Dingdung G/w G/j (Dap Ba (1) Ginra) gaw Sumpra Bum, Hka Hku Uma Ga, Potao Mali Hkrang Wa Lawng ni yawng lawm ai re.

(4) Dingda G/w G/j (Dap Ba (4) ginra) gaw Lahta Sam Mung, Kut Hkai,Muse, Nam Kham, Mung Baw ginra ni yawng lawm ai.

Hpyen hprawng tsinyam hkrum masha ni hta byin nga ai mayak mahkak ni:

· – Lanam ndam re majaw machyi makaw law wa ai, (hkali, tuk kwi, kan mase, sai tsaw ana hte waw wa ai lam ni law byin ai.)
· — Ma ni hta mung kan mase hte waw waw, jahkru ai lam ni law byin nga
· – Yi, Hkau na hkan mam, hkai n mai n lu hkai kau da ai ni mung myit pu myit tsang ai.
· – Myit tsin yam hkrum ai majaw sai tsaw ana byin masha malawng maga re.
· – Ma ni mung jawng n lu lung na myit tsang nga ma ai.
· – Malu masha kadawn ai mang hkang ni byin nga ai hku re.
· – Hpyen hprawng ni hta family income n nga ai majaw myit htum, jam jau nga ai.

“Wunpawng Ninghtoi” Hpyen Tsinyam Hkrum Masha Lakawn Hpung kawn nna gaw Sinpraw Ginwang Ginjaw (Dap Ba (3) Ginra) kata na hpyen hprawng masha ni hpe madung yu hparan, garum shingtau nga ai hku re.

1. WPN kaw lit la galaw nga ai lam ni:

Ya ten du hkra WPN gaw tinang buga masha ni lu ai made jawm garum shingtau ai garum ningtum n-gu, malu masha, tsi mawan ni hpe madung la nna, garum shingtau nga ia. NGO, Funder loi li lu na matu ga sadi jaw da ai INGO langai sha nga ai hku re. Hkam ja lam hta garum ai wuhpung langai mi kaw na sut 1000 mi garum hkap la lu ai. Hkali tsi hte dat sa ni garum na ga sadi lu da ai. Kaga personal garum alu jaw ai lam ni sha naw nga ai hku re.

(1) WPN kawn tinang buga na mai byin ai hku gayin, hkoi nna Refugee ni a matu ra nga ai N-gu, tsi mawan, malu masha, hpun palawng, nba, ni hpe garum sa ya taw ng a ding yang re. Ra ai lam mung sha ara ding yang rai nga majaw WPN nig aw ndang wa sai.

(2) Hkau Na Ga Tsun Ga La Hkai Masing hpang taw nga ai. (For Food Security Plan) Hkau na kachyi mi mung n lu hkai jang aten galu hta grau jam jau na hpe makawp maga ai masa hku na galaw ai.

22/6/2011 ya shani kawn WPN ni hku nna Gau Ri Krung na hkau na tsep kawp rai n lu hkai shi ai Gau Ri Krung mare kahtawng (12) – Kawng Ra Zup, Hkai Bang, Maru, Loi Lung, Munghka, Balawng, Prang Hkudung, Man dau, Man da, Kadaw, Hkarawm Kawng, Hpakawn mare ni kaw hkau na ga tsun ga la hte jawm hkai ya na matu (WPN kawn masha n-gun, hkau na n galau shi ai ni hpe galau na na htu jak sau, lu sha, n-gu) ni hpe garum jaw nna galaw hpang nga sai.

(3) Ya ten Dap Ba (3) Ginra (Sinpraw Ginwang Ginjaw) kata na hpyen hprawng hprawng ai mung masha ni gaw dum bri dum bra hkrup ai, ni nawn ai kaw ang ai hku mi machyu nna, nam maling hkan hprawng ai ni gaw hprawng rai taw nga ai majaw hkrun lam matut mahkai mung nau n yak, shim mung loi shim re ai shara hta seng ang ai seng ang Shawng Lawt Uphkang dap kaw nna Gau Ri Krung kaw Camp (Dabang) shara (3) jahkrat ya nna galaw na hku lajang nga ai. Seng Mai Pa kaw laika sharing jawng kaw mung dabang (1), Mai Ja Yang kaw (1) nga jang yawng pawng yang dabang (5) rai wa na re.

(4) Lai Za (Ginjaw Ginra) maga de gaw mare kata na, jawng, gawk nu, naw ku jawng wang hkan dabang galaw ai hkure.
Hpa majaw dai hku galaw ra ai ta nga yang, hkrun lam matut mahkai yak ai, shanhte nga ai shara ni gaw shim lam n nga ai, sa du gawan gatsan na matu yak ai, malu masha htaw wa htaw sa yak ai, ndai zawn re mayak manghkang ni nga ai majaw camp hpe masat na hkyen ai.

Hpyen Tsinyam Hkrum Masha ni madung shanu na ginra dabang ni: Dap Ba (3)(Sinpraw G/w G/j) kata na dabang ni.
1. IDPs Camp – 1 – Kumba, Nawhpra, Ngahkyi Pa
2. IDPs Camp – 2 – U Ra Pa, Nhkawng Pa, Hkan Nan Yang
3. IDPs Camp – 3 – Jahkai, Mahtang, Na Ya Pa, Prang
Hkudung
4. IDPs Camp – 4 – Seng Mai Pa
5. IDPs Camp – 5 – Mai Ja Yang

WPN a shawng lam masing

(1) Aten galu a matu malu masha jahting ai masing ni hpe matut galaw sa wa na.

(2) Ma shangai hkyen ai, ma shangai na ma kanu num ni hte ma kanu ni hpe mung lak san yu garum ai lam ni galaw nga ai. Ma shangai ya ai mung lawm sai. Ma kanu ni hte ma kaji ni hpe shim ai shara ni de htawt sit la ai zawn re ni galaw nga ai.

(3) Hpyen Hprawng dabang atsawm hpaw da lu jang dinghku kata ra kaji hparan lu ai baw bungli lama ma lu hkra lajang ya ai lam ni hpe mung matut galaw mat wa lu hkra yaw shatawng shada shajin da ai.

(4) Hpyen Hprawng ai buga masha ni hta myit tsin yam mang hkang hpe tsi lajang ya ai masing ni hpe mung galaw lu hkra hkyen lajang taw nga ai lam nga ai.

(5) Tsi tsi gawn lajang ai lam ni matut galaw sa wa na.
WPN ni hku nna Hpyen Tsinyam Hkrum Masha ni hpe lak san yu gawn lajang garum na matu shamu shamawt nga ga ai re. Tinang buga hta tinang lu ai made hte shawng hpang nna galaw ai amu re majaw ra n rawng hkra garum madi shadaw lu ai lam n nga shi ai.

Hpa Majaw Mung Mare Masha Ni Hprawng Ma Ai, Bai nhtang Wa Na Matu N Gwi Ai?

Ndai zawn zingri zing rat hkrum na hkrit ai majaw;

15/6/11 ya shani Man Kang mare kaw na mare masha marai (4) hpe shang lawt mung shawa hpyen la re ngu nna rim, jep adup zing ri ai lam galaw ai. Langai hpe gaw dat dat sai. Ngam ai (3) hpe gaw gara de tawn kau ai ya du hkra n chye ai. “Han Hkyet Mare, cha padi mare” man je lahta kaw mung mare masha ni hpe gap sharu hkawm ai kaw gum gai langai (1) hte kashu hpe nta kata na pru wa ai chyinghka lam kaw gap sat kau ai. Mare de sengke jawn shang wa ai, Sam yan la hpe mung hkap gap kau ai , madu jan gaw dai shara kaw nan kalang ta si mat, madu wa gaw man maw tsi rung kaw du nga ai shiga na lu.

Man wing mare shinggan kaw na lup wa kawng (hkyi ya dabang) kaw mung Myen Asuya Hpyen la ni wa gap sharu ai majaw (1) Sam la – Chyai ye, (2) mi wa la kasha 1, (3) Jinghpaw la – Lazing La ngu ai ni marai (3) gaw hkala nna, (4) Nhkum Zau Bawk ngu ai wa si mat ai.

Ndai zawn mung mare masha ni hpe mung zingri sat nat ai majaw mung mare masha ni tinang a mare buga hta kadai n-gwi nga mat nna hprawng mat ma sai.
Dai ning gaw lama majan n byin tim mung mare masha ni yi sun, hkau na n lu hkai kau da ai sha hprawng ra ai majaw lu sha kadawn ai mang hkang kaba byin lu ai.
Myu sha magam bungli hta,

“Wunpawng Ninghtoi” Hpyen Tsinyam Hkrum Masha Lakawn Hpung WPN
Posted by Kachin Center at 2:25 PM

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MADI SHADAW GA!!!

2011-06-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

Refugees' claims of torture in Malaysia

2011-06-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

VIDEO: Shocking Malaysian punishment

TINANG HKUM TINANG TSAWRA MANU SHADAN GA

2011-02-28T02:29:00.000-08:00

Asak naw kaji ai ten kaw na kaja ai masha tai hkra shakut ra ai, asak kaba yang she masha kaja byin hkra nga na ngu ai gaw mai byin ai lam re. Myit malai ngu ai gaw hpang de she re. Asak aprat naw ram ai ten galaw da ai n hkru n kaja ai lam ni hpe asak kaba wa yang she myit malai lu chye ga ai. Dai shaloi she myit n pyaw hpa lam ni byin pru hkam sha wa ai. Dai re majaw kaji ai ten kaw nna masha kaja byin hkra shakut rag a ai.

Hpang hkrat na she lu ai myit malai lam gaw gara mung n kaja ai re hpe anhte yawng chye ga ai. Dai hku nga yang anhte hpa baw galaw ra a ta? Ya tinang du nga ai sak prat kaw nna shading sharai let nga sa ra ga ai. Machye machyang ngu ai gaw asak kaji kaba hte n seng nga ai. Hpa majaw nga yang asak sha kaba nna machye machyang n rawng ai ni mung nga ai zawn, asak kaji tim machye machyang hte hpring zup ai ni law law wa nga nga ai. Machye machyang ngu ai gaw masha hkum tingdek shagu kaw nga ga ai. Chye myit chye mang ai hta sha shai mat nga ai.

Magam bungli langai hpe galaw hpang na nga yang, rai n hpang shi ai kaw na tinang hta rawng ai a tsam marai mahkra hte shawng myit yu, sawn yu nna daw dan ra ga ai. Shawng myit sawn sumru nna galaw ai magam bungli gaw shut shai ai lam nga wa tim, aloi ali hte sha shading sharai la lu nga ai. Myit sawn sumru ai lam n nga ai sha galaw hpang ai magam bungli gaw galoi mung awng dang ai lam lu na na re, sha n ga, shut shai wa yang mung bai shading sharai la na n mai byin nga ai.

Ya na prat hta nang ngai yawng kyang lai len kaja na ra nga saga ai. Grau nna anhte Ramma ni ahkyak la nga ai. Masha kaba ni gaw yet hte yet shingdu de hting nut mat wa n htawm Ramma ni gaw shawng lawm de sit lung wa ai majaw rai nga ai.

Mungdan galu kaba na hta masha kaba ni hta Ramma ni grau a hkyak la nga ai. Shawng de lahkam sit na matu myitsu salang ni kaw na machye machyang ni hpe hkaja la, hpaji la ra nga ai. Sut su nga mai ai hte sha, sari sadang rawng ai, masha lahkam dep ai ni n lu byin nga ai. Myit masin tsawm htap yang she sari sadang rawng ai masha byin lu nga ai. Ja gumhpraw lu shagu, asak kaba shagu mung masha kaba n rai, myit masin tsawm htap nna, kyang lai len, kaja yang sha masha kaba ngu mai tsun nga ai. Dai rai yang she Ramma ni a matu katsi la hpa ni byin lu na rai nga ai.

Ramma ni mung kyang lai len hta tsawm htap hkra shakut ra ai. Kyang lai len ngu ai hta, langai hte langai tsun shaga ai lam kawn hkawt a hkyak la nga ai. Ka Tsa ang ai wa hpe Ka tsa, Ka Moi ang ai wa hpe Ka Moi, Ka Hpu ang ai wa hpe Ka Hpu, Ka Hkri daw ai wa hpe Ka Hkri, Ka Ji daw ai wa hpe Ka Ji ngu shaga let shaman la ra nga ai. Shadang lasha ni mung Shayi Num ma ni hpe tinang a Kanau Kana majing hpe tsun shaga ai zawn tsun shaga ra nga ai. Shayi Num ma ni mung Shadang lasha ni hpe dai zawn shat sun shaga manu shadan ra nga ai. Shadang la sha ni gaw, Shayi num ma ni hpe hkrum zup ai ten, tinang hta n hkru n kaja ai myit ni byin wa ai, n kaja ai lam ni galaw mayu wa ai rai yang, nta na tinang a kanau kana ni hpe myit dum ra nga ga ai. Ta lahpawk ngu ai gaw lata lahkawng maga dum yang she n sen pru ai mi nga tim, lata langai mi kawn dum mayu ai myit n rawng yang dai ta lahpawk gaw n sen pru wan a n rai nga ai. Dai zawn sha Shayi num ma ni mung tinang a tsawm htap la ai sari sadang hpe makawp maka ra nga ai. Pri nem ai myit jasat mung nga ra ai. Gade mi tsawm htap, sari sadang rawng rai tim, myit jasat n kaja jang Masa si zawn hpraw n sam sha tsawm nna akyu nrawng nga ai.

Kanau num sha ma ni tsawm htap hkra shakya ai, buhpun mawn sumli ai gaw, tinang a matu i? Masha wa a matu i? tinang a matu nga yang gaw mang hkang n nga tim, masha wa a matu nga yang gaw, tinang gaw masha wa a matu a kyu jashawn hpa rai langai byin mat chye nga ai hpe dum ra nga ga ai. Tinang a bu hpun mawn sumli ai a majaw n myit mada ai mang hkang ni byin pru wa chye nga ai, tinang a asak hpe du hkra jam jau jaw chye nga ai.

Shadang la sha ni ta lahpawk maga mi dum mayu wa hkra tsun shaga hkawm sa, nga sa ai lam ni hpe sadi ra nga ai. Tinang maga na galoi mung sadi sahka let sari sadang hte nga sa ai rai yang shadang la sha ni dum mayu ai ta lahpawk maga mi zim mat na ra ai. Shadang la sha ni mung Shayi num ma ni hte mu ai, hkrum ai shaloi tinang a kanau, kana ni zawn sha tsun shaga, ganawn mazum ra nga ai. Kanau num sha ni mung dai hte maren sha hkan sa ra nga ai.

Bai nna, Sara tang shut ai, manaw manang ganawn shut ai, dinghku de shut ai, n dai lam ni gaw mahkrum madup n nga ai a majaw re. Aten la nna n sawn yu, n maram yu ai a akyu ni rai nga ai. Lama ma galaw sana nga yang aten la nna tinang hta nga ai atsam marai mahkra hte myit sawn let daw dan ra nga ga ai.

Dai ni na Ramma ni gaw hpawt ni na n li tum kaja ni re, n li tum kaja ngu ai gaw loi loi hte sha n mai run hkrat mat ai, jan marang, n bung ni gade ja rai tim hkam jan lu ra ai. Shingra tara a dam hpe n lu hkam nna jau jau run hkrat mat ai rai yang galoi mung nli tum kaja byin wa lu na nrai nga ai. N bung marang hte sha, shara shagu poi yawng lawm mat yawng gara shara hta mung akyu n rawng mat chye nga ai.

Kanau Ramma ni gara hku byin mayu ai ngu hpe gaw Kanau Ramma ni hkum nan myit yu nga ga. Kyang lai len ngu ai gaw tinang hkum tinang “ Chye” ai myit sha re, dai “ Chye “ ai myit hta madung da nna shading sharai la mat wa ai lam re. Hpun langai hpe yu ai shaloi, “ a ru daw”, “hpun hkum daw”, “ lakung lakying daw” nga nna daw masum mu lu na re. Dai hpun langai hta “a ru daw” si mat yang ngam ai hkum daw hte lakung lakying dawn ni matut nna tsit lali tsawm ai hpun n mai byin mat sai sha, hpun jahkraw prat de du mat wa na re.

Dai zawn sha, anhte shing gyim masha ni hta mung kyang lai len hten za mat yang anhte chye da ai hpaji ni, machye machyang ni hte lu da ai ja sutgan, a rawng sadang ni yawng gaw masha hpe hpa a kyu n jaw ai sha, hkrit ra dik hpa ni rai wa chye nga ai.

Kanau Ramma ni, Mungkan ga hpe akyu n jaw ai masha ni byin mayu ai kun? Ramma ni hpe aten n du shi yang n nyip mat, n run hkrat mat shangun mayu ai. Sak prat gawng kung ai ten du hkra lakung lakying, nam pu nampan ni hte tsawm tsawm htap htap rai tsit tsawm nga ai hpe mu ma yu ai. Dai ni na ten hta hkum shan a, ra marin ai lam ni, anhte Ramma ni hta grai rawt jat taw nga sai. Dai majaw kyang lai len maga de hten za ma nga ai hpe yawng chye nga ai. Dai majaw hpawt ni na matu manu dan la ai kanau Ramma ni tinang a kyang lai len hpe hkum ting dek shagu makawp maka ra nga sai. N dai lam ni hpe sadi sahka sa wa na nga yang anhte hta yu yak jam jau lam hkrum katut wa na n rai nga ai. N dai lam ni hpe makawp maka hkan sadi ai lam n nga yang, chying raw kaw shang mat ai nga zawn yu yak jam jau lapran hta na lawt lu lam n mu mat na re.

Hkum shan ra marin ai lam gaw htum ngu n nga ai. Gajin chyai hpe sha mu nna, myek mahkai hpe mayu hkrup ai nga zawn yu yak jam jau hkrum chye ai hpe sadi ra nga ai. Dai majaw Kanau Ramma ni tinang a sari sadang hte kyang lai len hpe galoi mung makawp maka ra nga ga ai. Anhte a hkum anhte galoi ma sadi maja let sak hkrung hkawm sa ra nga ga ai. N dum shami anhte galaw kau dat ai lam ni gaw anhte a sak prat hpe du hkra, hkra machyi shangun ai zawn, manang wa hpe mung jam jau hkrum shangun chye nga ai.

Tinang a myit hpe shadang let hkan galaw yang sharai la n lu ai mang hkang lam ni byin wa chye nga ai. Ja hkring mi na myit pyaw, nga pyaw lam hpe anhte ninghkap kau lu yang hti n dang ai mahkang lam ni hpe anhte makawp maka ai hte bung nga ai. Anhte law malawng wa yu yak jam jau hkrum ai lam gaw jahkring mi na myit pyaw lam, nga pyaw lam hpe n lu ninghkap ai majaw rai nga ai.

Myit su salang ni tsun shadum da ai ga ni gaw majoi mi n rai nga ai.

“ Ability may get you to the top,

But, it takes character to keep you there.”

“Tinang a atsam marai gaw tinang hpe awng dang ai lam de du shangun nga ai,

Rai tim, tinang a kyang lai let sha dai awng dang ai lam hpe grin shangun nga ai.”

Tsawra ai Kanau Ramma ni yawng kyang lai le tsawm htap lu na hte tinang hkum tinang tsawra manu shadan chye nga ga ngu.

Mut Tsawm
28/2/2011
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USA du kachin tsin yam ni a shiga

2010-12-11T22:51:00.000-08:00

Burmese refugees enjoy holiday

By KATIE KENNEDY
Advocate staff writer
Published: Nov 26, 2010

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/110802029.html?showAll=y&c=y

Nhkum Lama said he was just 7 years old when he watched Myanmar soldiers kill his father as part of the ruthless persecution of Christians in the predominantly Buddhist country.

“We could not stay,” said Lama, now 33. “If you stayed, you faced death.”

Lama fled his hometown of Myitkyina when he was 19 and spent the next 14 years living as a refugee in Malaysia, where he faced constant harassment from the local police.

But Thursday, Lama gathered with 60 other Burmese refugees at a Baton Rouge church to celebrate his first Thanksgiving in his new home, where he is free to live and worship without oppression.

Catholic Charities, which resettled the refugees throughout southern Louisiana, organized the dinner for the group. The majority of attendees came to the U.S. less than a year ago, said Kristi Hackney, director of migration and refugee services for Catholic Charities.

Burma has struggled with political and social unrest since the 1960s. The Burmese people frequently clash with the military, and the Christian minority has been the focus of fierce persecution.

On the day set aside for giving thanks, the refugees held a Christian service steeped in gratitude for their new freedoms.

“We’re thankful for being alive and safe,” Seng Rahkawi said. “It’s not enough to say thank you. Words cannot express how grateful we are.”

When Rahkawi arrived in Baton Rouge three years ago, she was one of only two Burmese families in the area.

Rahkawi said she’s watched the Burmese community grow in both numbers and strength during the past year, culminating Thursday with the first mass gathering of Burmese refugees relocated throughout southern Louisiana.

“We depend on each other,” she said. “This was my first time meeting many of the Burmese that live outside Baton Rouge, and it’s comforting to know they’re here.”

While the Burmese community is continuing to grow as more refugees are allowed into the United States, the opportunities available to them when they step off the plane are limited, Hackney said.

Catholic Charities immediately assists the refugees with finding housing, learning English and enrolling any children in school.

But acclimating to their new life, securing dependable transportation and finding employment are major struggles, Hackney said. “They want to work and are the most hard-working group of people, but they don’t have a reliable way of getting to work, and the language barrier is a challenge,” Hackney said, noting Catholic Charities is trying to get the refugees a van to use for car pooling.

Shwe Tha and his wife, Paw Yo, were forced to flee their home in Kayin State after war erupted between the Myanmar army and the people of Kayin State, Shwe Tha said through a translator.

The couple arrived in Baton Rouge in September after spending more than 10 years in a refugee camp in Taiwan, he said.

But their new life has a new set of hardships.

“I worry night and day, night and day, about how to provide for my family,” Shwe Tha said.

But when the 55-year-old is asked if he is happy in his new home, he smiles widely.

“We are finally happy,” he said.

Malaysia - Jinghpaw Wunpawng Tsinyam Hpung Shiga: RST Interview a matu shaga n lu ai mying jahpan ni

2010-11-26T11:18:00.000-08:00

Malaysia - Jinghpaw Wunpawng Tsinyam Hpung Shiga: RST Interview a matu shaga n lu ai mying jahpan ni

Farmers Fight for Their Land in Kachin State

2010-10-24T15:33:00.000-07:00

“Every day, I can hear farmers crying. I see their despair and their tears,” said Bauk Ja, a Kachin farmer who lost her land to the Yuzana Company in December 2008. “We farmers depend on our land for agriculture. It is our livelihood and our life. Without land, we have nothing!”

The 44-year-old is the appointed leader of one of the groups of farmers in Hukawng Township, a rural area west of state capital Myitkyina. She spoke to The Irrawaddy after a State Court decision exonerated Yuzana Company Chairman Htay Myint from prosecution on Tuesday.

However, all is not lost for Bauk Ja and her fellow farmers: although the court in Myitkyina threw out the lawsuit against the company chairman, it said it would allow a case to be launched against the director of Yuzana, whose name was not revealed.

The State Court decision was greeted with skepticism by most observers who see the case as yet another signal that military cronies such as Htay Myint are above the law.

Htay Myint is known to be close to several military generals in Burma and is blacklisted with sanctions by the US and the EU. He is running as a candidate for the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party in Tenasserim Division in next month's general election, and, according to sources, has upward of 100 million kyat (US $100,000) to spend on campaigning.

“We cannot omit the chairman of the company from our lawsuit, because the director is below the chairman on the company ladder,” said Bauk Ja.
Htay Myint is accused by the farmers of establishing a massive mono-crop plantation on 200,000 acres of land in the Hukawng valley.
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myen dawng hkawn galai

2010-10-23T09:58:00.000-07:00

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News: Burma Army Attacks Target Civilians

2010-09-08T10:06:00.000-07:00