Arbitrary Taxation & Extortion Page 3-7 * Army Soldiers Forcibly Collected Rice from Villages * Cattle Trader Extorted Money by Army Soldiers * Police Force Seized Cattle, Extorted Money from Trader * Villagers Forcibly Collected Money for School Signboards * Police Sequestrated Motorbike, Threatened Owner in Falam Township * Police Forcibly Demanded Chicken from Villagers * Primary School Students Forced to Buy Notebooks * Money Forcibly Collected from Students for School Furniture Repair * Chin Villagers Forced to Contribute for Office Signboards and Seals * Villager Arbitrarily Arrested, Demanded Money by Drunk Police * Municipal Dept Collected Excessive Amount of Taxes from Locals.... Forced Labour: * Women in Hakha Forced to Attend Myanmar Women?s Day on Sunday * Villagers Forced to Carry Rice Bags for Military Rations * Soldiers Forced Villagers to Carry Military Rations * Locals Forced to Carry School Notebooks * LIB 266 Soldiers Used High School Students as Porters * Soldiers .Forced Locals including Women to Carry Military Rations. Freedom of Religion: * Chin Christians Banned to Rent and Construct Buildings Other Human Rights Violations Page 10-13 * Local Villager Unfairly Punched by VPDC Chairman * Army Captain Beat up Chin Local on False Accusation * Soldiers Set Fire to 900 Acres of Land out of Frustration * University Student Detained in Kalay * Seven Arrested after being Accused of Supporting Insurgent Group * Workers Cheated out of Wages by Govt. Engineer.... Food Crisis & Humanitarian Situation: * Chin State Named Poorest in Burma * Opium Users on the Increase in Chin State * Dozens of Children Infected with Diarrhoea and Sore Eyes in Chin State * Houses Flooded, Villagers Left Homeless in Kalaymyo * Heavy Rains Destroyed Bridges and Houses in Tedim Township * Appeal for Assistance Launched as Flood Hits Parts of Chin State.... Event and Protest: * ZTC Observed Martyrs? Day in Falam * Chins Joined Burma?s 8888 Protests in London * World?s Indigenous Peoples Day Observed in Aizawl Situation of Refugees Page 19-21 * Refugee Family Robbed In Delhi * Chin Student Girl among 15 Refugees Arrested in Malaysia * 4-year-old Chin Refugee Girl Abducted in New Delhi * Major Crackdown on ?undocumented? Workers Expected in Malaysia * 6P Confusion Embraces Refugee Communities in Malaysia Chin State Government Page 22-24 * Electricity Projects Surveyed in Chin State * Chin State Government to Hold Meeting with NGOs * Chin State Government to Take Control of India?s Donation.... Opinion: * Thinking about My Identity: Reflections of a Young Chin Woman * The Legacies of Ne Win: Our Common Enemy... Poem & Cartoon: * Poem: Mr. President?s Lies or Baits * Cartoon by Vapual, Salai Takawh and Kocik