Ethnic groups to conduct survey over 'census blunders'

The representatives of the 10 organisations in February raised their concerns on the identification of ethnic identity in the national census, while meeting with Minister of Immigration Khin Yi. The census was wrapped up on April 10.

“The census taking was okay in our Naga region. But some areas reported errors. Now we are in a study period. We cannot say where mistakes occurred but there might be some errors. As we plan to conduct a survey, we will be able to point out what we see around the time when the census commission publicises the census data,” said Shu Maung from the Naga Traditional Literature and Culture Central Committee. 

The study will be carried out ethnic areas including Kachin, Chin and Rakhine regions where some minority groups refused to participate because they were not allowed to self-identify themselves.