Chin Refugees: Two Death Cases Reported

26th May,2010

Kuala Lumpur

 It is reported that Thawng Tha Ceu from Thinghual village, Thantlang Tsp, aged 22 and his UNHCR ref: 791-10C1790 died on 25/5/2010 on the spot of the incident where he was fallen down from the high floor in Imbi construction site which is five minutes walk from Imbi CCF worship center.

It is said that the body will be buried in Sungai Buloh cemetery today which is mainly organized and helped by CCF (Chin Christian Fellowship) as usual and always for its members. No reason and cause of his death is impossibly known since his friend (co-worker) only could mention that they found his body dead on the piles of stone to be used for the construction.

Police and construction workers watching Thawng Tha Ceu body laying down

On the same day, Jun Ni Li San of age 20 from Matupi Dai, Matupi Tsp, of her UNHCR ref:791-10C-05412 was again died of Internal Cerebral Bleeding which is called in short form ICB in Ipoh Hospital yesterday. The Matupi community facing very hard time for her bury because they understand they cannot bury her in the cemetery without the concerted help of CCF. But reportedly, they are finding ways to solve their challenging problem at best they can do by themselves or no choice they have to humbly ask of help from CCF at the end of disability. "They could manage to bury the body today if contacted CCF and asked of help from them, honestly and genuinely" quoted a community leader from Matupi as saying to VOCR.

In Malaysia, there are dozens of Chin communities which are seen totally unnecessary and most of the communities are purely ineffective in support of their own people. As of always, most of them facing more and more the tough times in case of solving death problems. The fact that death in Malaysia is costly because they have to contact several authorities of police, hospital and cemetery.

Beyond that, they have to buy the place for bury unconditionally. That can be of high price and that can be cheap depends on the level of their management with the authorities. So much so that they come to understand that they do need the undoubted co-operation among the flaw communities. 

by Simon