A number of soldiers have died during intensive fighting between the Burma army and the Chin resistance in Timit Valley, which lies between Hakha and Thangtlang townships in northern Chin State. Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson of Chin National Front (CNF), the political wing of the Chin National Army (CNA), said that jet fighters bombed them for three days to clear the area for the regime’s ground troops, who were moving in two columns through the valley from Hakha to Thangtlang at the end of May. He said at least 12 Chin resistance fighters were killed and 10 wounded, while 27…
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On Monday, the Burma military pounded the Chin resistance with jet fighters and airships in Thangtlang Township in northern Chin State as it moved 150 soldiers overland from Hakha to the town of the same name.Chin National Front/Chin National Army spokesperson Salai Htet Ni said the regime called in the airstrike against resistance forces near Lungkhar village, located near the Timit River between Hakha and Thangtlang and below the river, on 29 May, causing some casualties.The regime has used excessive force hoping to retake the area, which has long been held by revolutionary groups. Junta soldiers have burned down over…
Many civilians were killed or maimed when they accidentally detonated landmines in areas of northern and southern Chin State where the regime is fighting with resistance forces.U Chan Kee Yang was killed after stepping on a landmine while searching for wild grass for his goats between a government housing and a technical school outside Hakha town on 24 May. His family, who had reportedly heard the explosion, set out early the next morning to collect his body after the military refused to let them go when the accident occurred. Unfortunately, the entire search party, which included four family members and…
Peace events that commemorate citizen-led peacebuilding efforts for a decade are organized in 89 locations across 59 countries in May. On May 25, 5,000 participants were gathered at the Peace Gate of Seoul Olympic Park in South Korea, and other thousands of individuals around the world, including Thailand, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroo and etc, are expected to join the events until the end of this month. Officially named “HWPL’s 10th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace and the Peace Walk”, the global events are held by an international NGO named Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light…
After shutting down phone services in Matupi following the reinstatement of martial law, the military regime resumed services in the township hard hit by the recent cyclone in southern Chin State on 20 May. “We have been using the MPT service for the last three days and sometimes we can also use the MEC service, but it was stopped yesterday,” a local told Khonumthung News, wishing to remain anonymous for security reasons. After fighting escalated between the military and Chin resistance groups in Chin State, the ‘four cuts’ strategy was implemented to thwart communications between resistance fighters in Chin State.…
On Sunday, regime soldiers abducted medical staff at a private hospital in Hakha and 20 people in the town on the same night. “They raided Agape Hospital at midnight and detained a doctor and nurses,” said a man living in the Chin State capital on condition of anonymity. “I think they want to exchange them for regime officials who were arrested by a resistance group.” The soldiers took Dr Sicilia and nurses Henny, Sianlun, Hniang Sung and J Mawi to the Hakha Myoma Police Station. In April, the military arrested two doctors and another hospital staff member and exchanged them…
Cyclone Mocha damaged nearly 2,000 homes in Chin State, which was already devastated by the regime’s offensives against resistance forces. Many civilians who lost their homes in the storm are in urgent need of materials to rebuild their roofs and houses, as well as food and medicine. Travelling at speeds of 50 to 70 mph per hour, 1,774 houses in 8 of the state’s 9 townships were damaged with the worst destruction occurring in Matupi, Paletwa and Mindat, all in the south. “All the buildings in our headquarters were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha. There is nothing left,” said an officer…
Last week, at least 11 regime fighters were reportedly killed during battles between Chin armed groups fighting against Burma’s military regime in Hakha Township, in northern Chin State. After a Light Infantry Division (LID) 77 from Gangaw Township in Magway Division reportedly suffered many casualties on its way to Chin State, a column of 70 soldiers from Hakha was dispatched to assist it. The two columns, which together numbered about 120 men, were ambushed in the jungle between the villages of Zokhua and Sap Tha, before reaching the Chin State capital. Salai Htet Ni, the spokesperson of Chin National Front…
Mocha wreaked havoc in Chin State destroying many houses and buildings, including the Chin National Front’s headquarters, as 50-70 mph winds passed through the north and south in the evening of 14 May. With phone lines cut and connectivity already disconnected in many parts of the state by the military regime it’ll be a while before the full extent of the destruction caused by the cyclone in Hakha, Tedim, Tungzan, Falam Mindat, Paletwa and Matupi townships is known. The Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF) reported that some buildings at their headquarters were damaged by the storm and soldiers were forced…
Fierce fighting between Chin resistance and regime troops has forced thousands to flee their villages and seek refuge in Hakha Township in northern Chin State, where they are desperately in need of humanitarian assistance. “Currently, there are 2,171 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hakha town. I think more than 9,000 IDPs are living in camps in the remote villages of Hakha Township,” Kay Pyar, a volunteer helping them, told Khonumthung News. The volunteer explained that the Burma army is sending troops into remote areas in search of resistance forces and civilians are fleeing, with some people hiding in the jungle.…