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| Burma Army arrests 72 in drug rehab raid in Shan State Posted: 22 Mar 2016 09:48 PM PDT The Burma Army arrested 72 people at a drug rehabilitation facility in northern Shan State's Muse Township on Sunday, most of those arrested were treatment centre patients, who stand accused of being involved in the drug trade, according to treatment centre staff.   According to Sai Kwan, who worked as a volunteer at the centre in Zerngtai village in Muse Township, the Burma Army's Division 88 was the unit that made the arrests. More than 50 soldiers were said to have been involved in the arrests. "At about 5 a.m. in the morning, the Burma Army came into the centre and arrested 65 people and 7 staff" Sai Kwan said. Those arrested included Sai Chit Ngwe, head of the rehabilitation centre. Others arrested included Sai Sarm Bee, the headman of village tract No. 3 and Sai Ai Aung, the headman of Zerngtai village tract. "They accused the villagers of producing and trading drugs," Sai Kwan said. "This center is a rehabilitation center. The people living here were brought to treat their illness", Sai Kwan explained. "We do not produce any drugs. We only make paper", he said. A reference to Ghost Money used in traditional Chinese funerals. The accused are being held in a prison in Muse Township. They appeared before court on March 22. Further details of their court appearance are not yet available. Sai Chit Ngwe, the head of the rehabilitation centre who also serves as the headman of a village known as Village 19, was detained but then eventually released. He called for all the people picked up during the raid to be released. "They must release all of them," he said. "I will not go home unless they release them," he explained. The drug rehabilitation centre was established 16 years by Sai Chit Ngwe. He established the centre with funds from villagers and donors. The centre does not receive support from the government. BY SAI AW / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN)  |
| Dr. Shashi Tharoor to release Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen’s book Posted: 22 Mar 2016 07:48 PM PDT  Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament and former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, will formally release the book titled 'Democratization of Myanmar' at 4:00 pm (local time) at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on March 28, 2016. The book release will be followed by a panel discussion, and Q & A session. Invited panelists include Preet Malik, former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar, Dr. Gunveena Chadha, Assistant Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Dr. Sonu Trivedi, Assistant Professor, Delhi University, Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), and Dr. Khriezo Yhome, Research Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF). Dr. Kipgen, author of the book, is Assistant Professor and Executive Director of Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University. Dr. Kipgen has published three books, 15 peer-reviewed journal articles, and over 120 articles in various leading international newspapers and magazines in over 30 countries across five continents – Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North America. While extending invitation to friends and researchers, Dr. Kipgen said, "With a civilian government assuming power on April 1 for the first time after more than five decades of military rule in Myanmar, the event becomes even more significant." According to the publisher (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), the book "studies the process of democratic transition in Myanmar. It outlines the factors that contributed to the political transition in the country and the circumstances in which the transition from military rule of nearly five decades to democracy took place…will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Asian and Southeast Asian Studies, politics and political processes, democratization process and democratic transitions, international relations, peace and conflict studies…" Kukiforum News |
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