On 6 February, the Chinland Defense Force (Kalay-Kabaw-Gangaw) clashed with Burma Army troops in southern Kalay Township. A Burma Army officer was killed in the fighting, and many Burma Army soldiers were wounded, according to CDF (KKG) sources. A spokesperson for the CDF (KKG) reported that their troops clashed with a group of Burma Army and Pyusawhtee (people’s militia force) soldiers in southern Kalay Township as they were travelling from Kalay town to Gangaw town. Near Chin King village, the CDF (KKG) troops engaged in a gunfire fight with an unknown number of Burma Army soldiers and about 20 Pyusawhtee…
Author: Editor
The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) party Chair says that many political parties will be dissolved because of military regime’s new party registration law. U Ngai Sak (source 1), CNLD Chair, said that during the current political crisis in the country the military regime imposed a new political party registration law which will lead to the dissolution of many political parties. “Holding elections is part of democratic mechanism. Elections should create space for all political parties to campaign and run. The new political party registration law created by the SAC regime creates larger barriers to entry on which political…
PASAY CITY—The 1st National Peace Convention was held on January 25, 2023 with the theme, “Peace Builds One Nation, One Future: Peace is Here”, attended by over 1,500 peace advocates to build a holistic roadmap towards the attainment of national unity through peace in consonance with the Marcos Administration’s agenda. Dr. Ronald Adamat, Commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Founding Chairman of Volunteer Individuals for Peace (VIP), spearheaded the event. “We want peace to reign in our country. We want peace to be the language everyone of us will speak and every Filipino and every foreigner will…
On the afternoon of 25 January, the Burma Army arrested 13 civilians in Hakha town, the capital of Chin State. The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) reported that seven of those arrested were released on January 27, but six people are still being held in the detection centre. Earlier on 25 January, a clash broke out between the Hakha Chinland Defense Force (Hakha CDF) and the Burma Army in Kyaw Bok ward of Hakha town. At least two Burma Army soldiers were killed during the clash. Following the clash, Burma Army soldiers destroyed three civilian houses which were located near…
The regime flew an airstrike on a village in Mindat on Monday, injuring civilians and damaging a Buddhist monastery, another religious building and several houses. According to the Public Administration for Mindat Township, a revolutionary group formed after the coup, a fighter jet attacked Palate Htwee at about 11am where no fighting was reported. An hour later, the junta shelled the village with artillery. Many civilians displaced by the war were staying at the monastery, but at press time Khonumthung News could not get further details. Dr Ngai Tam Moung, deputy minister of the Humanitarian and Disaster Management Ministry under…
The Tamu People’s Defence Force (PDF) and the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front’s Battalion 5 burnt down the Election Commission (EC) office in Tamu town in Sagaing Region. “We are against the fake election organised by the military regime. This EC will implement this sham election so we set fire to their office as a warning,” said PDF member Thang Say. He said the fire destroyed important documents related to the upcoming race. The armed group that’s fighting to overthrow the regime has previously threatened to take action against election buildings and anyone who supports the dictatorship’s efforts to hold…
The Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF) claims to have killed at least eight regime soldiers and wounded five after they were attacked near Nga Lai in Matupi Township on 21 January. Aaron, CDF spokesperson for Mindat, said fighting broke out between resistance forces and the military in their Battalion 2 area on the Hakha to Matupi road in southern Chin State between 2pm and 4pm. The Matupi armed group were supported by CDFs from Mara and Zotung. The fighting started between Nga Lai and the General Administration District office and spread to a nearby government housing and then to the…
Officials of the Election Commission (EC) under the military government have been conducting house-to-house visits in Chin State since 9 January to collect names for the upcoming general elections in August. “Government employees who haven’t joined the CDM (Civil Disobedience Movement) have been collecting people’s lists in Myo Thit Ward of Hakha town for the past two to three days,” said a local on condition of anonymity. Soldiers and the police are protecting them as they go door to door, he explained. “Even if we don’t go to a polling station to cast our vote, I think they’ll count our…
The regime’s forces shot dead a teenager whose father was abducted by soldiers as a porter but managed to escape from the jungle on the same day that they killed his 17-year-old daughter in Li Lawng, Mindat Township. “The military column had already passed our village but later returned and opened fire from the road,” said a relative of the victim. Ma Har Thi and her elder sister tried to escape from their house near the column, he said, but the soldiers from Infantry Battalion 274 shot her in the face, head and chest. The sister suffered a minor gunshot…
The regime’s airstrikes in Thangtlang have forced the closure of all schools in the township in northern Chin State. “The military has attacked schools and civilian targets. Fighter jets have attacked Camp Victoria in Thangtlang and reconnaissance planes often fly over the township. We do not feel safe and are worried about the safety of our children,” said Salai Cross Thang, head of the Thangtlang Education Department, which is under the Public Administration of the revolutionary government. Both the Public Administration and the education department have warned children to avoid the school grounds, including the playground, since the schools were…