The Chin National Council based on the Indo-Burma border hosted a dinner in honour to Martin Luther King Peace Prize winner, Dr Lian Hmun Sakhong yesterday.

The Global peace group from Sweden awarded the prize to Dr Sakhong for his steadfast struggle for national reconciliation and peace in Burma. He is remarkable among those who are working for peace and justice across the world, according to Thomas Thang No, president of CNC.

“He is worthy of the award since he has won the admiration of the international community. The Chins should also proud of him,” Thomas Thang No was quoted as saying.

Martin Luther King laureate Dr Sakhong expressed his views during the dinner on the Indo-Burma border.  He said that the peace prize awarded to him is not only meant to be an individual recognition but was meant for people who are being oppressed and tortured.

Peace groups including the Baptist union in Sweden awarded the Martin Luther King prize to Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong, General Secretary of the Ethnic National Council, for his relentless effort to restore peace and to establish federal democracy in Burma.

The Martin Luther King prize was established to honour the noble work of those who are relentlessly striving for peace around the world.

Martin Luther King laureate Dr. Sakhong is the author of books such as ‘In Search of Chin Identity’, ‘A Study in Religion, Politics and Ethnic Identity in Burma’.

Dr. Sakhong is General Secretary of the Ethnic National Council (ENC), United National League of Democracy in exile (UNLD) and Chin National League of Democracy (CNLD). He has also been enlisted in the panel of the presidential board of CNC.

Dr. Sakhong was arrested by the Burmese junta for being involved in the mass uprising in 1988 and fled Burma in 1990. He took political asylum in Sweden in 1999.