“The world are forgetting about Burma. We need help, humanitarian assistance.'
Galloway resident David Lian is distraught: Government soldiers recently burned down his sister’s business and home in northwestern Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, he said, and it wasn't an isolated incident.Lian is among the members of
Emmanuel Chin Baptist Church's pastor, the Rev. John Van Nun Tluang, has been writing letters with his congregants to Ohio's U.S. congressional delegation in support of a bill focused on Myanmar.would not match the billions in aid the United States is providing to Ukraine, but it would commit more than $270 million for humanitarian assistance and civil society aid, and increase targeted sanctions on junta members.
“The world are forgetting about Burma. We need help, humanitarian assistance," Tluang told The Dispatch."If they pass , it would be so helpful for us and all the people in Burma.”. Around 1,000 Chin former refugees live in Greater Columbus, mostly on the West Side. Many work in warehouses, meatpacking plants, and restaurants, according to the pastor, who is originally from Myanmar's Chin State and resettled in the U.S. in 2010.in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he said.
Peter Cunghup, 38, of the Far West Side, said Burmese soldiers forced him to be their porter, without pay, when he was in his late teens, before he fled Myanmar in 2006.
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