ICC Note:

Two priests are missing in Myanmar after providing information to journalists about the bombing of a Catholic church. On December 25th, parishioners noticed two assistant priests were missing from the Christmas service. A journalist in Myanmar fear it is because of the information they provided him. Reporters from the Democratic Voice of Burma, The Irrawaddy, and the Kumudra Journal received help from these priests while reporting on the bombing. Myanmar’s military has been responsible for the destruction of more than 60 churches and the displacement of tens of thousands of people from Christian ethnic groups.

12/29/2016 Myanmar (Morning Star News) – Two assistant priests in Burma (also called Myanmar) are missing after informing journalists about the bombing of a Catholic church building in Shan state, sources said.

Dom Dawng Nawng and La Jaw Gam Hseng went missing on Saturday evening (Dec. 24) after helping journalists cover the bombing of their church building earlier this month, local residents said. The two were last seen near a Burma Army military base called Byuha Gon (Strategic Hill) in Mong Ko town, in northern Shan state, they said.

The clergymen assisted three reporters from Yangon-based news organizations, including the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), The Irrawaddy, and the Kumudra Journal, who traveled to war-torn Mong Ko where Burma forces reportedly bombed the Catholic church building in early December.

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