The Military Council destroyed a crucial bridge linking Tedim, Tonzang, and Cikha, where its soldiers have been clashing with Chin resistance forces in northern Chin State. The regime fired artillery at the bridge over the Zalui River, approximately 13 miles from Tonzang, on June 10. The attack caused a large break in the middle, rendering it unusable. A Tonzang woman said, “I don’t know how we’ll be able to travel in the area without this bridge.” A coalition of resistance forces, under the direction of the recently formed Chinland Government, seized Tonzang and Cikha by May 23. Many of the…
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The Military Council has not been able to resume classes at many schools in Chin State after losing control of large swathes of territory to the resistance forces and new fighting with these groups in other areas. Only 38 government schools have been opened during the 2024 to 2025 academic year, which commenced on June 3, according to information provided by the Education Department for Chin State. Out of the nine townships in the state, students have only returned to classes in Hakha, Falam, Mindat, Matupi, and Tedim, and even these have been poorly attended, explained the state educational director.…
A Mindat man has died, and three others were wounded after two jet fighters repeatedly bombed and strafed their village in southern Chin State on Tuesday, June 4. “The airstrike damaged many houses,” said Salai Yaw Mang from the People’s Administration for Mindat Township. The victim was a senior citizen, and the injured, one of whom was a woman whose arm was injured, are still in critical condition. He stated that the planes carried out airstrikes on the village in the Taik Nel no-1 area at midnight where no fighting had been reported, dropping shells and firing machine guns. Har…
Chin resistance forces and former Chin parliamentarians, who established the Chinland Council late last year and earlier this year, the Chinland Government, convened to discuss the complete removal of the military regime from Chin State. Council and government members gathered in the town of Chin Lon at the end of May to discuss the maintenance of their defences and upcoming offensives in the state. “Representatives deliberated on methods to force the Military Council to withdraw from Chinland. Our strategy is to capture all of the Burma army camps,” explained Salai Paul, the general secretary of the Chinland Council. Representatives from…
The People’s Defence Army-Tedim (PDA-Tedim), named after Tedim township where it operates in Chin State, is the latest group to join the Chinland Council. The council was formed late last year with resistance forces fighting against the Military Council and 27 former National League for Democracy parliamentarians who weren’t arrested during the 2021 coup. The council formed the Chinland Government with 14 ministries on February 1. Under the leadership of the Chinland Government, PDA-Tedim joined the recent military operation with the Chin National Front and Chinland Defence Forces to seize Cikha and Tonzang towns from the regime in northern Chin…
Tedim has witnessed further destruction as Military Council soldiers continued their attacks on people’s homes after the Chin Brotherhoods Alliance, a coalition of resistance forces, launched a full-scale offensive to remove the regime soldiers from the town in northern Chin State. Following an exchange of fire between the Chin fighters and Burma army troops on the evening of June 1, junta soldiers set fire to homes in Lwi Bua Ward and near the hospital around 9 pm. A witness said, “We saw smoke billowing from a distance. The extent of the damage is unclear, and we are afraid to return…
Armed forces under the regime have reportedly torched 30 homes in Tedim after the Chin Brotherhoods Alliance began an offensive to capture its installations in the town in northern Chin State. The Burma army soldiers set fire to homes near the clock tower in Myoma Ward at around 4 pm, and again at about 6 pm on May 27. “Many houses near where I live have burned to the ground,” a man from the ward told Khonumthung News. “We didn’t do anything wrong or do anything to them.” Dramatic photos of the wooden houses burning spread on Facebook. As there…
The Matupi Chiland Defense Force (CDF) has taken the Matupi District office from the military regime. The Vakok battalion under its Brigade 2 captured the office in southern Chin State, forcing the Burma army soldiers to retreat to the village of Phaneng (also spelled Phanaing) at about 10 am on May 30. “We have a plan to attack all of the Burma army camps in our territory and we have already begun,” the Vakok Battalion spokesperson said while asking for the people’s support. The group is attacking the retreating soldiers in Phaneng at the time of this report. When the…
The Chin Brotherhoods Alliance is attacking the regime’s forces in Tedim during a joint operation. An information officer from the People’s Defense Force – Zoland said they have already captured a junta camp and taken nine soldiers prisoner a few days ago, which gave them control of a strategic road and allowed civilians to flee the town in Chin State. “As our troops attacked their military camp, they launched airstrikes and these airstrikes and artillery strikes have continued.” Since May 16, the Military Council flew 20 airstrikes against them in Tedim Township. In the town, they captured weapons, ammo and…
A coalition of resistance Chin groups captured 40 prisoners of war (POWs) from Tonzang in northern Chin State when they seized the town from the military regime during the first joint operation under the recently formed Chinland Government. Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson of Chin National Front/Chin National Army (CNF/CNA), said they also acquired millions of kyat and 100 assault rifles from the Burma army and Zomi Revolutionary Army (Eastern Command). “There are no more Burma army soldiers present in Tonzang.” At least fourteen resistance groups started attacking the regime’s camps in Tonzang Township on May 15, and captured Cikha and…