SPDC
Authorities Denied Registration to Mon Community Organization
Independent Mon News Agency
The military government recently
denied a township Mon Literature and Culture Committee’s (MLCC)
registration to be a legal organization, said by its central executive
committee (CEC) members.
In
The MLCC denied registration after the
Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) general secretary met with
the CEC on 4th May, a MLCC’s CEC member
said.
“TPDC general secretary U Pyi
Aung Moe told us that we are not allowed as an organization that involves
conducting activities, putting up a signboard or raising funds, etc…
If we are moving forward to form an organization, it is likely we against the
laws and orders and so that we can be put in jail for imprisonment for 5-7
years,” the CEC member said.
“After that, U Pyi
Aung Moe said he was not frightening us, he just explained about the rule of
law because he was afraid of we become as an illegal organization outside of
the law,” the CEC member added.
The CEC members came back frustrated,
and felt discouraged about their plans to put an MLCC signboard in
Thanbyuzayat town, they said.
According to Mr. Nai Lyi
Tamart of the Pa Nga
village Literature and Culture Committee, his committee has also
faced similar denial from SPDC authorities. "Only Mon Literature and
Culture in
The Mon Literature and Culture Committee, the
largest social organization in the Mon community, which has State level,
Township level, Village-tract level and village management committees. Normally, the committees are led by the
senior Mon Buddhist monks and community leaders.
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