Myanmarese Police Officials Learn English in Mizoram

Aizawl, Mar 28 : Twenty-eight Myanmarese police officials are undergoing one-month crash course in English at Champhai town on the Mizoram-Myanmar border, as part of an agreement between India and the neighboring country.

The police officials, led by Inspector P I Thein Zau were all graduates and second lieutenants, an official statement said. The course began yesterday.

They are being given training in English language by principal of DIET, Champhai, R Lalthianghlima, the statement said.

The programme was an implementation of the agreement made at the border talks held between India and Myanmar on October 18 last year.

Two teachers of Champhai schools were working as interpreters as the Myanmarese officials could neither speak English nor Mizo.