The Chin National Army and its allies, operating under the Chinland Government, have launched assaults on the regime’s Infantry Battalion 269 base in Tonzang, situated in northern Chin State near the Indian border. Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson for the CNA’s political wing, the Chin National Front and CNA, emphasized that their actions do not target the Zomi Revolution Army – Eastern Command, which has sided with the military regime. “This is a concerted offensive operation involving the Chin National Army and other Chinland Defense Forces, and we urge the people to lend their support,” he told Khonumthung News. Following their…
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The Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF) Brigade 2 has agreed to cooperate with Chinland Council during an unanimous decision by representatives at its most recent conference in Matupi Township. The Chin armed group that’s fighting against the military regime in southern Chin State released a statement on May 14, a month after the conference, pledging its support for the council. Last February, during Matupi CDF’s third conference, Brigade 1 stood behind the Chinland Council and the Chinland Government, however Brigade 2 put their weight behind the Interim Chin National Consultative Council and the Chin Brotherhoods Alliance. This resulted in the…
Attacks on villages and towns by regime airstrikes, shelling, and patrolling junta soldiers have displaced over 10,000 civilians in Kanpetlet Township since the coup over three years ago. During this time, they have survived with inadequate aid, often going hungry or sleeping in poor shelters while fearing for their lives. Eleven civilians have been killed in the township by air attacks and twenty-eight soldiers from the Kanpetlet Chinland Defence Force, which recently celebrated its third anniversary, have laid down their lives for the revolution. Five thousand people are staying in Hsaw Township, three thousand are hiding in Kyatwee, and about…
Thousands fled for their lives as the regime conducted airstrikes that destroyed five homes and two Churches in a northern Chin State village. Chin Human Rights Organisation spokesperson Salai Mang Hare Lian said the army attacked Lungtak in Tonzang Township twice on the evening of May 11. Residents of the village and four others sought safety in other areas. He couldn’t confirm if there were any civilian casualties during the attack. The bombardment came at the same time as rumours spread that the Chin National Army (CNA) was clashing with the Zomi Revolutionary Army – Eastern Command (ZRZ-EC) in the…
Four children are dead and one was seriously injured after one of the youngsters accidentally stepped on a concealed landmine in Paletwa Township in southern Chin State. The accident happened in a field near a river outside of Hka Wel, where the children used to play, said the secretary of Interim Khumi Affairs Consultative Council. He said the four children were instantly killed by the blast at 11 am on May 9. The man said that regime troops used to control the area but now the Arakan Army (AA) has taken over. “The landmine incident happened just outside of a…
Many people are dead or injured after the regime bombed a Buddhist monastery in a village in Magwe Region, where locals were meeting on May 9. “The entire monastery was destroyed by the airstrike,” said a male volunteer assisting people displaced by the war in Kyauk Htu, where the village is located. The bodies of 13 people have been recovered, but the man suspects that over 20 were killed during the attack in Akyipan Palun at about 11 am. Over 30 injured people have been sent for medical care. Over 50 local leaders, seniors, and human rights volunteers were meeting…
A drone army under the People’s Defence Force (PDF) and other resistance forces attacked the regime’s Kale Regional Operations Command and other military camps in Kale town. The Wings of Kale Drone Team used fixed-wing drones to drop nine bombs on May 6: two bombs on the command centre, four struck the airport as a junta transport aircraft was landing, and nine bombs on the No-644 weapon storage unit. The regime sent the Y-8 aircraft to replenish its troops in the town with food and weapons on May 6 and two days earlier. The drone team, which operates under the…
The ruling Military Council has once again launched airstrikes on Teik Nel 2, dropping 500 lb shells during two bombing missions in Mindat Township on May 1, according to the local People’s Administration. A man from Mindat town said 500 lb bombs struck a village at around 5:30 pm. Another shell landed in the jungle at about 11 pm, said Ko Yaw Mang from the People’s Administration, where no one was killed or injured. The regime killed 5 civilians and injured 30 during two airstrikes on the patient ward of Vum Thu hospital in Teik Nel-2 on April 25. That…
The Chin Brotherhoods Alliance has driven the Burma army from Kyatwee after a 54-day offensive operation to gain control of the town in southern Chin State. “Our troops are attempting to arrest the Burma army soldiers, who have abandoned their military camp,” Salai Htun Ling Thang, the brigade commander of Kanpetlet Chinland Defence Force (CDF), told Khonumthung News. With assistance from the Arakan Army (AA), Chin Brotherhoods Alliance, People’s Defense Force, Yaw Defense Force, General Z Army, and Local People’s Defense Force, the alliance captured the camp and town on the morning of April 29 in Kyatwee town of Kanpetlet…
On Wednesday, Burma army shelling killed three civilians, including two children, in northern Kale Township, Sagaing Region. At 4 pm, two artillery shells struck Tuingo (also known as Pyin Taw Oo), resulting in the deaths of two ten-year-olds and a 65-year-old man. Another child is in critical condition due to the bombing. The town, inhabited by ethnic Chin, is approximately 12 miles from Kale town, where clashes between the regime and People’s Defence Forces have intensified, affecting the town and other areas of the township. In early April, the junta deployed several army columns in northern Kale Township. The soldiers…