Many of you may wonder why the project is called “Hing Hoi”. It’s from an analogy that where there are fireflies, there is light. One firefly may only bring a small flicker, but hundreds, thousands of fireflies coming together could create great bright light.
General view of Myanmar s Ee Thu Hta displacement camp on the Thanlwin, also known as Salween, riverbank seen from Mae Hong Son province, Thailand, April 29,2021. - Reuters
BANGKOK, April 30 (Bernama): With International media reporting thousands of villagers in border areas fleeing Myanmar following clashes between Myanmar military and Karen rebels, Thailand said it will continue providing humanitarian and medical support for them.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tanee Sangrat said at present 2,267 Myanmar citizens sheltered at Mae Hong Son province, Thailand since late afternoon yesterday. We will continue providing humanitarian assistance according to our humanitarian principles and according to their immediate needs, ” he said at a press conference here today.
Salween shooting called misunderstanding
published : 24 Apr 2021 at 16:57
4 A boat with the Thai flag patrols along the Salween river, as seen from Mae Sam Laep in Sop Moei district of Mae Hong Son on March 31. (AFP Photo)
Thai officials said on Saturday that a “misunderstanding” led to the Myanmar military firing warning shots above a civilian boat carrying Thai border patrol officers on the Salween River in Mae Hong Son.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanee Sangrat said the warning shots on Thursday were used to signal boats for inspection due to the lack of official coordination method on the section of the river where the two countries share a border.
Karen living in fear after Thailand turns its back
Paskorn Jumlongrach Founder and reporter of www.transbordernews.in.th
published : 6 Apr 2021 at 04:00
154 People hide under rocks following an airstrike, in Papun district, Karen state, Myanmar last Friday in this still image obtained from a social media video. Reuters
For more than a week, thousands of Karen villagers who fled the airstrikes on March 27 that targeted the Karen National Union (KNU) stronghold have been stranded in the jungle, starving and in fear for their lives.
As their Day Puh Noh village on the KNU territory was destroyed, with several deaths and injuries, some 10,000 Karen villagers, children and old people tried to cross the Salween River to Thailand where they hoped they could take shelter. But Thai authorities did not allow them to enter the country. In despair, they were made to cross back. But they dared not return to the heavily damaged village. Instead,
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MAE SARIANG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai authorities on Monday denied forcing back more than 2,000 refugees who had fled air strikes in Myanmar, but a local official said it was government policy for the army to block them at the border and deny access to outside aid groups.
Thousands of people fled Myanmar over the weekend after fighter jets attacked villages near the border held by a force from the Karen ethnic group that had attacked a military post in the wake of a Feb. 1 coup by Myanmar’s army.
Mark Farmaner, head of Burma Campaign UK, told Reuters that thousands of people had been forced to return to the Ee Thu Hta displacement camp on the Myanmar side of the border. Another activist group gave the number as 2,009.