5 May 2010-05-05: Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has spoken of Burmese people being involved in criminal activities at a Class 1 officers’ meet on May 3 in the Vanapa Hall in Aizawl city, Mizoram northeast state of India.
The daily newspaper Vanglaini reported that the Chief Minister said that most criminal activities in the state are by Burmese people, who are foreigners in Mizoram state.
The Home Minister R. Zirliana said that the government could not deport and push back Burmese people involved in criminal cases and hand them over to the military junta directly, though he had made an announcement regarding this. That is because of the prevailing international laws and some weakness of the enforcement agencies. However, he said the government would try to handle it the best way possible.
He warned that most Burmese people fled to Mizoram because of political and economic upheaval in Burma and are staying here as refugees or migrant workers under some NOGs. However, they have to understand not to take advantage and get involved in wrong doings like threatening local people with guns, rape and brew alcohol in Mizoram.
There are about 1.5 lakh Burmese people in Mizoram and 100,000 of them are Chin people. The biggest NGO in Mizoram, the Young Mizo Association (YMA) has carried out a population census of Burmese in 2009 but it has not been announced officially yet.
via - Khonumthung News
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