The Zomi Revolutionary Army–Eastern Command (ZRA-EC), a Chin State-based armed group aligned with Myanmar’s military junta, executed a young man from Tedim Township after accusing him of involvement in the killing of one of its members. According to the ZRA-EC, U Paung Ngai Man, a National Worker of the group, was beaten to death on June 9 while returning from Tungzang Village to his home in Thuitan Village. In a statement released by the ZRA-EC, the group said it conducted an investigation into the killing and identified Kap Lian Man, son of U Kin Za Khup from Thuitan Village, as…
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The junta has been carrying out offensives against the towns of Mindat and Kanpetlet in southern Chin State, with intensified airstrikes on Mindat in recent days causing widespread damage. On the morning of June 8, the junta carried out airstrikes across Mindat Township. Between 10:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., 2 fighter jets conducted 3 bombing runs on the eastern side of Mindat Town, dropping a total of 6 bombs. At the same time, a Y-12 utility aircraft carried out 9 bombing runs, dropping 4 to 5 grenades per run, for a total of more than 40 munitions. Earlier that day,…
The newly formed Khumi ethnic armed group, People Front/Khumi National Congress Party (KPF/KNCP), has conscripted about 40 young men and women from three villages in Paletwa in southern Chin State, according to Paletwa Township residents. Armed men reportedly entered Tharyarkone, Kyaukpalin, and Sattalaingwa villages along Uthalin Creek around midnight on June 2 and took away young people, including minors. “Around midnight on June 2, KPF/KNCP fighters raided three villages, going house to house to round up young men. They also recorded details of the youths living there. Those not taken this time were told they would be included in future…
The Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urged visiting coup leader Min Aung Hlaing to prioritize completing the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) and the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway. Indian media reported that Modi raised the issues during a May 30–June 3 visit to India by a Myanmar junta delegation led by Min Aung Hlaing. According to junta-controlled state media, Modi said that further improvements in transport connectivity between the two countries would benefit both sides, and the two agreed to work closely to complete the projects. The KMMTTP, implemented with Indian investments, is a strategic project linking…
After recapturing towns in northern Chin State, the junta announced plans to rapidly rebuild hospitals, schools, administrative offices, and religious buildings that it had previously destroyed. Building materials for reconstruction efforts have begun arriving in northern Chin State, with priority given to repairing hospitals and schools, according to coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, who made the remarks during a cabinet meeting on May 26. Min Aung Hlaing also said that markets and office buildings destroyed by junta forces should be rebuilt, and instructed other state and regional administrations to assist in Chin State’s recovery efforts. The junta delivered 10 tons…
The Senthang Central Council (SCC) issued a statement on May 23 urging residents to dig bomb shelters and stockpile food and medicine, citing concerns over a major junta offensive involving multiple military columns advancing into Chin State from different directions. It warned that junta troops could also infiltrate and deploy across the Chin State’s Senthang region through various routes, and urged residents to regard the current period as a critical phase of the national situation. The SCC also announced that the Senthang Revolution Force (SRF) will strengthen security inspections at checkpoints across the region. It also cautioned that anyone seeking…
The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said that children across Myanmar, including in Chin State, continue to suffer from the junta’s airstrikes. It has been one year since the Oehteinkwin Village school airstrike in Sagaing Region’s Yinmabin Township, which killed more than 20 students, yet children across the country continue to endure similar brutal airstrikes by the junta, the IIMM said on May 12. The airstrike on the school in Oehteinkwin Village occurred on the morning of May 12, 2025. Earlier this month, at least five children aged between five months and 10 years were killed in a junta…
The Chinland Defence Force-Tonzang (CDF-Tonzang) said sufficient resistance forces are deployed in and around Tonzang Town in northern Chin State to ensure local communities’ security, allowing residents to remain peacefully in their homes without concern over the military situation or the need to displace. The statement came amid growing resident concerns over reports that the junta is attempting to advance on Tonzang. It said four Chin resistance groups — the Chinland Defence Force-Tonzang (CDF-Tonzang), Chin National Army (CNA), Rawn Chin Defence Force (RCDF), and Zo Chin Defence Force (Zo Army) — have fortified positions in and around Tonzang Town. Pu…
A junta convoy transporting personnel and staff to help re-establish administrative control in the recently recaptured town of Falam in Chin State was ambushed en route, killing at least five people, including two officers. The convoy, traveling from Kale town in neighboring Sagaing Region to Falam, was ambushed on May 6 along the Kale-Taingen (Siyim) Road as it entered Chin State, according to the Chinland Defense Force–Civic Defense Militia Siyin (CDF-CDM Siyin). During the ambush, five junta troops, including a captain and a lieutenant, were killed, while resistance forces seized several small arms and a military truck. The Chin resistance…
The prosecution of coup leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing under the Timor-Leste justice system for crimes committed in Chin State during his tenure as head of the junta has entered its next phase, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), which initiated the legal proceedings. Charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Min Aung Hlaing were formally filed with the District Court in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, on April 30, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) announced on May 4. “The case was first filed with Timor-Leste’s Department of Justice in January. On February 1, we submitted…