The Burma Army (BA) shelled a house where people live and run a restaurant in Kalay town on Tuesday. The house owner and her daughter were slightly injured and the first floor and roof damaged in the shelling, which occurred at 10:30 pm. A man from Tar Han ward, who spoke with Khonumthung News on condition of anonymity, said that the owner sleeps on the first floor, where the KT Restaurant is located, and that the shell landed near her bed. “They were lucky that god saved them and they weren’t killed by the shelling.” A couple of hours earlier,…
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The Mindat Chinland Defence Force (CDF) has killed nine Burma Army (BA) soldiers in several raids in southern Chin State. According to the group’s spokesperson, Salai Har Oum, the resistance group attacked the 73-vehicle BA column with landmines and rifle fire after it reached Mindat Township from Matupi over a week ago. “We launched a surprise attack…During the initial clash, we killed four BA soldiers and wounded three others,” he said of the ambush at milepost 71 on 30 April. Although the spokesperson was not sure if there were any casualties in the attack the following day, he said they…
At least 20 Burma Army (BA) soldiers perished during two days of fierce clashes in southern Kalay Township with the Kalay People’s Defence Force (PDF) and other resistance groups. According to the Kalay PDF,the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) for Kalay, Kabaw and Gangaw, the Ranger Kalay Defence Force, the Zomi PDF and the local PDF branch started fighting with regime troops on the morning of 2 May and continued until the afternoon of the next day after the BA column entered Shar Hpo. “The clashes between Shar Hpo and Aung Mingalar intensified on 2 May to the extent that two…
The Network for Chin Community Development (NCCD) adopted a draft Chin land policy during a major conference attended by 26 Chin civil society organisations campaigning against the loss of land by the Burma Army. Ninety-three representatives attended the conference on the Burma-India border at the end of April. The NCCD statement said that under the Bamar (Burmese) administration, stewardship of their land has been threatened, which before independence from Britain were managed according to their own unique traditional land management system. “After the Burma Army confiscated many acres in Chin State, Chins lost their land to the government’s development projects.”…
The regime’s armed forces have burned people’s homes in northern Chin State, while travelling from Hakha to Falam, Khonumthung News has learned. On Wednesday, soldiers with a Burma Army (BA) convoy burned seven houses in Ramthlo, which is just off the highway. A Falam resident, speaking to Khonumthung News on condition of anonymity, said that villagers were aware that the 100-strong convoy, travelling in 20 trucks and with two tanks, were on their way and had fled to the jungle. “We can’t contact them,” he said. The source explained that the convoy left Hakha on 2 May and the Chinland…
Armed forces shot dead a youth and wounded three others during a patrol in Tedim town in northern Chin State on Friday night, 29 April. “The police and soldiers mistook them for the PDF (People’s Defence Forces) and shot at them,” a man told Khonumthung News on condition of anonymity. He said Khaing Liang Mung, 17, died in front of a Baptist church in Myoma ward. The others suffered a hip injury and a wound to the bladder, respectively. The latter youth worked at Mytel, a telecommunications company that is a joint venture between the military and Viettel, which is…
Resistance forces have pinned down the Burma Army (BA) after relentless ambushes on its soldiers travelling south from Kalay town in Sagaing Region. During two days of clashes, at least 13 BA soldiers were killed by People’s Defence Forces (PDF), Chin National Defence Force and Ranger Kalay Defend Force. Victor, the spokesperson for the Kalay branch of the PDF, said they killed at least 5 regime soldiers during another raid on 150 soldiers travelling in 6 trucks between Sitha and Nat Myaung, and destroyed one of their trucks. The spokesperson has reported that 20 soldiers were killed, including 3 officers,…
At least ten people fleeing the war in Sagaing Region have drowned after the bamboo bridge they were crossing broke under their weight, sending them tumbling down to the river. The civilians fled violence between the People’s Defence Forces and Burma Army (BA) near their villages of Ashyae Si and Doh Nwe on Thursday morning. Fighting has been breaking out in southern Kalay Township for about a week. According to an anonymous volunteer, a mother and a two-year-old were among the deceased who fell into the Myit Tha River when the bridge, which is 200 feet long and 5 feet…
The Chin National Army (CNA) and the Hakha Chinland Defence Force (CDF) reported killing at least 30 regime ground troops between Lon Cwe and Lam Thok in Chin State over the weekend. A Burma Army (BA) column is marching from Gangaw in Magwe Region to Hakha, the capital of Chin State. A CDF officer told Khonumthung News that they fought with the column from 23 to 25 April and a few times yesterday. During the three days of clashes, only one of their soldiers was injured, who suffered a minor injury from shrapnel, he said. The officer expects violence to…
The Kanpetlet Chinland Defense Force (CDF) have been under attack by two regime columns from different directions since last Thursday. According to CDF, 60 soldiers from Hsaw in Magwe Region and 80 soldiers from Kanpetlet town in Chin State have attacked the Chin resistance fighters between the two towns. “We fought twice yesterday and twice today. The fighting has escalated in the area and I have heard that there have been casualties on both sides, but I cannot confirm any numbers at this stage.” The CDF issued a statement calling on civilians to avoid travelling between towns as violence in…