Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry(FACE) le Chinmi Hruaitu I Tonnak (Part-1)

Zeiruangah Dah 1947 Constitution nih Statehood A Kan Pek Lo?(Part-2)

February 12, 1947 ah Burma Proper he i fonh ding in Chinmi hruaitu nih min an rak thut. Zeitindah Burma Proper he i fonh an duh timi theih khawhnak ding caah April 19th, 21st Maymyo ah Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry (FACE) timi hlattlaitu committee nih bia an rak hal hna. Falam lei hruaitu hna he an ni tong hmasa hna. Hi report cauk hi British Library, London ah rel khawh a si. 

Falam lei hruaitu hna:
(1)Chief Thang Tin Lian(A.T.M)
(2)Chief Hnyer Kuld
(3)Sang Klir
(4)Thang Com(A.P.R.O)
(5)Tial Dun
(6)Lian No

Chairman Rees-William(British): Falam lei aiawhtu nan si maw? 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Aw,kan si. 

Chairman:Nan spokesman(aiawh biachimtu) nan ni thim cang maw?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Kei nih ka chim ko lai. 

Chairman: Falam lei mipi nih zeitindah nan ram uk/hruai nan duh? (What are the desires of the people of Falam with regard to their political future?)

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Kawlca in tial mi memorandum cathluan kan rak i put. (Apek i a rel ter). 

Chairman: Memorandum na rak put caah kan ni lawm tuk. Memorandum ah hin Falam lei hruaitu long nan si tung lo, Kanpetlet le Hakha lei zong nih min an thut ve ti? 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Aw a si,an za tein min an thut dih ko.

Chairman: Adang dang tein na hal nain mah memorandum ah pei nan lung a tlin dih ko hi. 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Aw, a si ko. Nain, adang phu minung paruk bel nih min an thu rih lo. Kan ruahnak ai khat lo mi cu Constituent Assembly(Constitution Tialtu phu) caah minung thimning kongah a si.  

Chairman: Mah cu zei phu dah an si? Khawika in dah an rat?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Adang tein an ra te lai. Tuhi cu an biachimtu a zaw.

Chairman:Siseh. Ka fiang lo ngai mi pakhat bel a um. Nan ram hi Burma Proper Cozah tang um maw nan duh or Tlangcungmi vial te le Burma Proper I fonh dih in ser mi Cozah tangah dah? Nan Memorandum(cathluan an rak I ken mi) ah khan ‘Federation’ ti a tel fawn,nain zeibantuk cozah dah nan sawh duh timi a fiang lo. (Right. Now i am not quite clear about one point. Do you want the administration of your territory to be controlled by Ministerial Burma alone or by some government representative of the Frontier and Burma races? You talk about federation in your memorandum, but it is not quite clear whom you have in mind). 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Memorandum chung kan chim cia bantuk in kan nunphung or phunglam (customs) kan kilven khawh ko ah cun Burma Proper chung luh kan duh ko. (As we have said, in our memorandum, we should like to go into Burma Proper. Only as far as the preservation of Chin customs is concerned we should like to deal with that matter ourselves).

Chairman: Nan nunphung(ancient customs) dah ti lo cun adang I hruai ning vialte cu Burma Proper cozah nih tawlrel lai ti ko?(Apart from ancient customs of the Chins all matters of administration are to be dealt with by the Government of Burma Proper. Do i understand that?). 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Aw,a si.

Chairman: Cuti a si ah cun Burma chung district pakhat nan si lai maw?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Aw,kan si lai.

Chairman: Ka fiang cang. Adang chim rih na duh mi a um ti maw?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Memorandum chungah kan chim hnga ding cu kan telh dih cang ko caah chim ding dang ka ngei ti lo. 

The Honble U Tin Tut(Burma): Atu caan kar lak ah hin zeibantuk i hruaining (administration) dah nan duh? 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Atu ning te hi kan duh ko. Chinram ah a biapi bikmi cu i pehtlaihnak (Communication) hi a si. Mawtaw lam,fim cawnnak le ngandamnak lei i zohkhenhnak tha kan ngei lo. Hi pawl hi thaizing a si lo le kiptuh bak in ngeih kan duh. 

Chairman: Mah na hal mi pawl tlamtlinter dingah caan tampi a herh ti na thei ko lo maw? (You realize no doubt that will take time?) 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Rang deuh in si kho seh ti kan duh caah a si. 

The Honble Sawbwa of Mongpawn(Shan): Burma(proper) nan luh si cun S.C.O.U.H.P (Supreme Council of United Hill People,Panglong conference ah an rak dirhmi) nan chuahtak lai ti nak maw?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: S.C.O.U.H.P kan chuah tak a herh ah ka ruat lo. Panglong hnatlaknak cu a hmun peng ko lai.

The Honble Sawbwa of Mongpawn(Shan): Nan memorandum No.3 kha zei a duhnak dah a si? 

***Memorandum No.3: Burma cozah nih zohkhenh(financed) mi Council pakhat ngei i cu nih cun Chinram internal affair zohkhenh ding.

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Hihi cu khualtlawnman pekpiak(tralval allowance) kong a si. Tuhi cu cozah he a pehtlaih mi meeting kan kai zongah kan mah tein phaisa liam a hau. 

Sima Hsinwa Nawng: 'Burma Government' na timi hi zeibantuk deuh dah a si, Burma Proper cozah long maw or Federal Cozah dah?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Memorandum ah 'Federal Cozah' kan ti mi a si. 

Thakin Nu(Prime Minister 48-62): Chinram hi Burma Proper chung district pakhat in luh nan duh ah cun 'Federal Cozah' nih nawl a ngei kho lai lo. Zei hi dah na chim duh mi a si: Burma cozah maw Federal Cozah dah? 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Federal cozah kan ti duh mi a si. Cuti a si khawh lo ah cun hi kong hi ruat than kan ho lai. 

Chairman: Kei naka chim ah khan cun Burma Proper chungah district in luh kan duh na ti. Atu na chim than ah cun Federal Cozah nih a kan hruai lai na ti than. Zei thengte hi dah na duh mi cu a si?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Falam,Tedim,Hakha le Kanpetlet vial te hi Burma Proper ah district pakhat in a lut dih lai. 'Federal' timi le 'Burma Proper' timi bel hi kan i fiang kho deuh lo.(All our areas: Falam,Hakha,Tedim and Kanpetlet should go into Ministrerial Burma as a district. We were not quite clear regarding these terms 'Federal' and 'Burma Proper'). 

Chairman: Hihi cu ai dang ngai ko. Tuhi teh nai fiang cang maw?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Aw,ka fiang.

Vum Ko Hau(Chin): Zeitikdah dah Burma mi nih Chinram an chuahtak? 

Chief Thang Tin Lian: 1924 le 1925 ah a si. 

Vum Ko Hau: Chinmi ruangah a si maw?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Ai,a si lo. Khakha cu kan duhnak he ai kalh caah a si. Burmese Commissioner hmanh kan duh tiin kan rak nawl nain a thin hang le a kan hro chih.

U Khin Maung Gale: Mah nawlnak kha cu Tedim nih an rak kuat hna si lo maw?

Chief Thang Tin Lian: Aw,Tedim nih an rak kuat hna. 

(Chairman nih lawmhbia a chim i an meeting an ngol).

Peh than te ding!