Media Release: Asia Pacific Zomi Protest Committee Australian Zomi, Malaysia Zomi & Thailand Zomi 21 May 2012
Subject: Peaceful Protest Against Ethnic Cleansing Policy of the Current Government of Burma
Venues: Embassy of the Union of Myanmar 22 Arkana Street Yarralumla ACT 2600, Australia 8 Jalan Ampang Hilir, 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 132 Sathon Nuea Rd, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
When: 28 May 2012
We, Zomi, are protesting against the ethic cleansing policy of the current Burmese Government who announces “no Zomi in Burma”. We publicly condemn this announcement by evidencing and witnessing that “Zomi is a recognized ethnic group of Chin State in Burma”.
The peaceful protest will be held on 28 May 2012. Even before the World Wars our ancestors called themselves “Zomi”. They composed love songs, patriotic songs, heroic songs, and victorious songs with the word “Zomi”. Zomi has her own language, culture, custom, traditional celebrations and religious practice those are totally different from others.
When the British divided our land and gave to Burma and India in 1947, the Burmese government named our Zogam (Zoland) “Chin Hills” and “Chin” means “basket carriers” in Burmese word. In order to reproof our “true identity”, the Zomi Baptist Convention was publicly established in 1962 and the Zomi National Congress (a political party) was publicly formed in 1989 under the Election Rules and Regulations.
We, therefore, condemn the current Burmese Government’s announcement on the “Burmese Ethnicity” by means of the following critical facts: 1. In the lawful and well-known event of “the 1990 landslide for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,” leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the Zomi National Congress (ZNC) party won in two constituencies in Chin State; Pu Cin Sian Thang won in No. 1 Tedim Constituency and Pu Thang Lian Pau won in Tonzang Constituency.
Thus, the current Burmese Government’s announcement on the “Burmese Ethnicity” excludes not only ethnical rights but also its existence and it is a serious racial discrimination. 2. As the chairman of the ZNC, Pu Cin Sian Thang is also a selected Chairman of “the Committee Representing People’s Parliament” which stands as a supporter of the NLD for over 20 years. Thus, the NLD itself is a witness for the statement “Zomi is one ethnic groups of Burma”. 3. Religious concept is even more critical.
The Zomi Baptist Convention (ZBC) is founded in 1962 under the Burma Baptist Convention (BBC), which was a standing member of the World Christian Convention (WCC). The ZBC is a registered and well-known not only in the Chin State but also through out the country with the essential office facilities. Thus, the current Government’s announcement on the “Ethnicity of Burma” becomes a terrible discrimination against religion. Demand: As the Union of Myanmar is approaching to democratic goals the current Government should promptly announce that every ethnic group has its own rights and freedom.
Respect for every ethnic group must be restored. If the current Government continues excluding ethnical rights and freedom the world has to pay attention to Myanmar Government’s steps and consider whether it’s heading towards democracy or anti-democracy.
T. Zokhai On Behalf of Asia Pacific Zomi Committee +61 420 800 560 Australia: zomi.australia@gmail.com or zokhai001@gmail.com Malaysia: zam@zomiworldwide.org or zomiassociationmls@gmail.com Thailand:
zomipaulpau@gmail.com
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May 23rd, 2012 at 6:22 am
The First.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 6:41 am
The Second.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 6:43 am
The Third. ‘MIZO’ leh ‘ZOMI’ chungchangah inhnialna a awm dawnin ka hria.
Post HOT tak a ni thei maithei, i lo thlir ang.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 6:54 am
TuaiSial #3 Mizo/Zomi/Kuki/Chin tih vel hi chu kan identity mai a ni a, kan awmna hmun a zirin emaw kan in identify dan a dang a ni ve mai. Mihrang kan awmlo.
Inhnialna a chhuah chuan a chawk chhuak tu tu chala chilhnawm-ah
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:09 am
Zomi = Mizo.. inhnialna tur a awm leuzz.. inhnial in awm chuan “chala chilhnawm-ah” (as mentioned above)
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:15 am
World Zomi Congress lam an va la reh ve! Lushai Hills pawh Mizoram a thlak a nih theih chuan Chin State pawh Zogam ni ve rawh se.
Mahse, ethnic cleansing policy?
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:20 am
World Zomi Congress hian diplomatic deuh in anlo bei ve ang.. this is the warm-up before the real game
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:30 am
VaiVa #6 Chin hills khawpui neitute hi Lai (Pawi) hnam anni a, hnam tamber pawh anni bawk. Tiddim lam (Zo/Zomi) ten Chin Hills tia an thlak chu a harsa mai mai ang chu aw hairehai
i sawi ka chhang mai mai
Kohhran lamah erawh Zomi Baptist Convention (Mizoram a Synod ang) pawh kehdarh loh nan a hmingah “Zomi” tih hming chawi tir ani a, an HQ erawh Falam-ah a ni thung.
VaiVa, buaithlak deuh mai chu Zo/Zomi inti te hian Burma sawrkar-ah an mahni a ding/intih hranna turin “Zomi” tih hming chawiin thil an dil anh hmel e (reliable source). Mahse Burma sawrkar-in “Kawl ramah Zo tih a awm ngailo, Chin kan hria, Chin hmingin lungawi rawh u,” tiin an thil dil an remtih sak talo anih hmel e.
Sawi leh sawihnu, intihhran tumna lam ai chuan mahni dinhmun a lungawi tumna hian rilru hlimna a siam zawk thin asin mawle. Chin hi Burma ram a kan indentity a ni a, Mizoram-ah Mizo, Assam-ah Kuki …chutiang zelin. Kan hnam hming a ni lova, kan identity mai a ni a, kan identity hi kan hnam hming ang mai a kan chei thinna hian rilru-ah khermeina, kheuhbeuh a siam thin niin ka hria. A pawi ka ti takzet.
Zohnahthlakte hi IDENTITY BUAIA leh BUAII te kan nih ber hi maw! huiham
SAD SAD SAD
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:39 am
Inhnialna hi chhuak se ka ti ngawih ngawih. Post hot deuh, century vaw chhuak deuh a van em hi.
Mizo nge Zomi? HOT raw pip!
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:45 am
Inhnial awih loh ti i la…
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:47 am
TuaiSial #9 kei chu ni 2 vel kan reh hmak teh ang… hairehai
Zawhna ka neih erawh chu: “Zomi has her own language..” tih khi eng ber hi nge Zomi tawng an tih chu le?
Zomi inti-ah Tawnzang (Zo) leh Sihzang te phei chu tawng an inhre derlo tluk ania. Mizoram leh Manipur lam tawng pawh a hrang niai reuh a. Tiddim khaw chhung tawng leh hmundang tawng lah a inpelh rilh relh hlawm tho bawk si?
Mizo i hih ki cian ni tiraw TuaiSial?
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:53 am
Pu Hv, Paite tawng a sawina a niang. Tuna Mizo tawng atana Lusei tawng kan hmang ang deuh hi a nia. Post a HOT viau tawh dawn emaw ka ti a, a comment-tu ngai hlir thu inhmu takin in lo la awmkhawm tal tal mai…huis.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 8:05 am
#12 a hrang niai hlawm asin
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May 23rd, 2012 at 8:31 am
#11 .. Naga tawng hi enge tih chhanna zawng la.. that will answer the question i guess
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May 23rd, 2012 at 8:32 am
somosis #14 a dik chiah,ka zawhna i rawn chhang chiah e hairehai
Ziaktu a insawi awk tihna
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May 23rd, 2012 at 11:02 am
A va hun chiah lo em. Tunlai ram hrang hrangin Myanmar sorkar an fak a, an tlawn siak laiin hnam tereuhte tute mah hriat tham loh te lo protest daih mai chu tute beng mah a thlen ka va ring lo em.
Chu bakah Zomi Australia, Malaysia leh Thailand a awmte hi legal immigrant vek anni em? Illegal immigrant emaw poltitical asylum zawng lai an awm phei chuan protest demonstration a tel chu a risky viau thei.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 11:13 am
#16 Australia a awm chu an legal vekin ka ring..citizen an awm nual tawh bawk ang. Malaysia leh Thailand a awmte chu ka rindan mai mai chuan refugee dil mek, UN ID nei tawh te annih hlawm ka ring thung. (rin thu)
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May 23rd, 2012 at 11:38 am
Identity crisis hian thil thalo tak2 a chhuah thei, a hming mai a buai hi chu chi tawh lo…. an tan a tha lovang tih te pawh a va hlauhawm zawk ve……Chin tan pawh tiang a an tih an tih chuan a sorkar ram neitu te hian an paih chhuak tel ve daih ang tih a hlauhom zawk hi a.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 12:10 pm
An hmalakna chu ilo thlir phawt teh ang, Mizorama ah mah tuikuk leh chakma te pawn minority status an claim ngam alawm le, peaceful protest anih chuan a tha alawm. Chuan zomi tih hian eng hnam peng chin chiah hi nge a huam le, mizo tih chuan zawh nawn ngailoin kan chiang tlang maia. A reng thuah zohnahthlak an nih ngai chuan (emaw an inti anih ngai chuan) hmakhawsanga lo pem tawh pawh ni se identity thuhmun leh relevant zawk mizo (emaw Burmese-mizo) tiin an indah ve thei mai lo emaw ni le te ka tia, diasporic community angin lo ngai ta ila, entirnan Punjabi ho pawh khawvel hmuntinah an awm darh nuaiha, Punjabi identity chu an vawng nung reng tho. Punjabi thisen kai an nih an zahpui ngai lo. Mahse politically a alo remchang lo anih chuan sawi theih chu a awm chuang loa.
Tin kuki ho hian mizo kan ni lo an ti. Ka thiannu pakhat pawh kuki a nia, ‘ehe mizo hnam peng in nih chu’ ka tia, ‘kan ni lo kuki ve hrim hrim alawm kan nih’ atia, ‘mizo nen chuan kan in close tho alawm, mizo ang pawn in in identify thei ang chu’ ka la ti hrama, ‘Aih teuhlo, kuki kan nia, kuki ang bakin kan insawi ngai lo hrim hrim’ a ti. Mizo lakah chuan identity hrang hlak an maintain a, lo tih mizo vak hi a tul pawh ka ti lo (mimal ngaihdan).
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May 23rd, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Mizo/Zomi tih ah buaina vak tur a awm hlei nem.”MI” tih ve ve hi paih in “ZO ” ni vek mai ila a ni mai a lawm.Tin lingua-franca ah Duhlian tawng hmang ila. Burma ah chuan Tedim ho hi Paite an inti duh ngailo,India an awm theih nan Paite hming an lo hawh te a nih loh chuan
ti ila Burma ah Chin duhlo mah se Manipur lam ah Chin an inti leh lawisi,hriat thiam an har a nih hi heng refugees ho hi 
Paite chung chang ah chuan PTC Mizoram khan Mizo a awm tur tih thu kan hnung lawk ah khan a passed a ni lo maw?
Tin Kuki/Chin te pawh Zo hnahthlak anni tih hi sawi ngai lovin an mahnin an in hre chiang viau ang,an tang lak hlawh mai mai a ni e.A lo la thleng ang Zofate insuihkhawm hun.Chuvang chuan ‘Insuihkhawm leh zai i rel ang u’
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May 23rd, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Burma ramah kan unau ten an tuar nasat em em lai hian a mainland Mizoram a cheng Mizo te hian enge kan tih ve!! Unification lam ai chuan humanitarian cause ah hian pawngpawrh ve deuh ila a tha awm e..
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May 23rd, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Ni e, MIZO leh ZOMI chu sava leh vasa anga thil thuhmun sawina mai a ni.
MIZO——-ZOMI
Sava——–Vasa
Sagha——-Ngasa
Zamzo——-Zozam
Thereng——Lengthe etc
In lak bing duh hrim hrim vanga Zomi put a nih loh hmel. Zofate zingah ZO duh leh CHIN duh hlawmpui pahnih a awm mek niin a lang.
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May 24th, 2012 at 6:34 am
Republic Union Of Burma/Myanmar inrelbawl dan, Politic analyse, lo tan chuan hriat thiam har tak ani hi maw in comments a tang chuan. Kawngleh lamah chuan Zomi Ethnic hian Chin angchhung ah or tu’n tum CNF/A in Peace Talk a neih theih chin ah an lo do dal tawh a, CNF/A in Tiddim area chhungah Office hawna, Tiddim ram area chhunga, Opium, Burma sipai ten by force a an tuhtir te tih chhiat vek kha CNF/A in an policy agreement a an tih pawh Zomi te’n an do, an duh lo kha a mak ka ti let ling khawp mai.
Engpawh ni se, tun tum a ZNC registration siamtumna Myanmar election commission in a hnawl sak erawh, CNP,”, Chin National Party leh CPP, “, Chin Progressive Party”, te chuan an tuarpui na an lan tir thung, tih rual in he CNP leh CPP te chuan pawlkhat a dina Chinmipu te tan hnathawh theihna kawng awlsam zawk ani ang ti in an ngaihtuah mek bawk. Tih rual in, CNF/A te chu heng Laimi, Hakha, Falam, Matu, Zomi, mara, Asho/Cho, mizo te in funkhawmna leh heng Ethnic, tin te in zawmkhawm pawl lian ber ani ta der bawka hma lam tlir zel in Zomi, ZNC te pawn, Chin Hming chawia Registration, an hmuh theih thu Government chuan a puang kha mawle. In la hrang lo in Chin hmingah heng lung awitawk lo Zomi te pawh lungawi se la Burma/myanmar ah politic play thei tak tur an ni nge ang le. Tan rualhun ani. In hlawh tlin theihnan leh khawvel ram dang, international NGOs worker, Rights activist te pawn an thlawp theih nan che u chuan, Chin Hills Mipui tam zawk te thlawpna in ma mawh dawn hle ani. An thlawpna tel lo chuan in tan thang in in kam mai mai zawk ang tih ka hlauh pui che u. In hlawhtlin nge pawh ka duhsak che u.
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