Fighting has escalated in southern Chin State, where the Mindat Chinland Defence Force (CDF) has been has been ambushing a Burma Army (BA) convoy of 80 vehicles, including two tanks, carrying rations and military equipment from Mindat to Matupi. According to the Mindat CDF spokesperson, the resistance group killed at least five BA with landmines at milepost 16 on Saturday. Fighting continued the next day, but he wasn’t sure if there were any casualties. On Tuesday, as fighting intensified, 15 BA soldiers died and many were wounded in fighting led by the CDF brigade commander. The spokesperson said BA had…
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On Monday, the regime’s forces set fire to nine properties in a village on the road between Hakha and Gangaw in Chin State. Burma Army (BA) soldiers torched seven houses and two public buildings in Thee Nam, a villager who requested anonymity told Khonumthung News. Burma Army (BA) soldiers torched seven houses and two public buildings in Thee Nam, a villager who requested anonymity told Khonumthung News. He said a column of 150 soldiers arrived in the village, about 36 miles from Hakha town, on 26 March and stayed in the 2 churches until they moved on to Lam Thok…
Civilians fleeing artillery strikes by the Burma Army (BA) and fighting between the regime and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in Kanpetlet Township are in desperate need of food and medicine. According to the Red Cross Association (RCA), 1,000 people from Sammatha, San Ein Nue and Hketaw Makya are hiding in the jungle after the BA fought with CDF and People Defence Forces from Yaw and Saw near their villages. Since 11 March, BA soldiers from three columns have attacked CDF, who were forced to withdraw from their headquarters last week after being overwhelmed by hundreds of troops. During the…
The Chin National Front (CNF) has opposed the dictatorship seeking to build a federal union in the country with the interim National Unity Government (NUG) to achieve freedom, equality and the right to self-determination for the Chin people. In a statement on its 34th anniversary on 20 March, the ethnic armed group pledged to continue to work with the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) and other civilian resistance groups fighting the regime to restore peace and stability in Chin State and Burma. Khonumthung News spoke to CNF spokesperson Salai Htet Ni about the ethnic armed group’s goals for the future. Can…
The Kalay People’s Defence Force (PDF) is fighting the regime every day after it deployed hundreds of forces in a major offensive against the civilian resistance group in southern Kalay Township. An officer with the PDF, who declined to give his name, told Khonumthung News that the group and the Chin National Defence Force have been fighting with nearly 300 Burma Army (BA) soldiers patrolling Nat Chaung and Nat Myaung villages along the Kalay-Gangaw highway in Sagaing Region. Since 14 March, “they’ve launched a clearance campaign against us after sending food rations and military equipment from Kalay town to their…
The Chinland Defence Force had to withdraw after being overwhelmed by the Burma Army (BA), which has employed all its might to dislodge the resistance fighters from their headquarters in Kanpetlet Township since the first week of February. “We’re outgunned and simply don’t have enough guns and ammunition. Another reason why we’ve withdrawn from our brigade headquarters is to avoid civilian casualties in the surrounding villages,” a statement by the Kanpetlet CDF said. The fighting with the BA broke out on Pan Hill after a column of 200 enemy soldiers marched towards the group’s headquarters. According to CDF, at least…
Prison guards shot dead 7 inmates and injured nearly 30 after prisoners gaoled for political offenses protested against unfair conditions at the Kalay town prison in Sagaing Region. The guards opened fire on them from a watchtower after an altercation at 4 pm on 15 March, a Kalay man close to the staff told Khonumthung News on condition of anonymity. He said they’re unhappy with the discrimination they face compared to ordinary prisoners. One of inmates killed was Shalom Shang Thang Lian (also known as Van Dein), a member of the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) fighting to overthrow Burma’s…
At least eight regime soldiers from a 150-strong column were killed after being repeatedly ambushed by Chin fighters over several days in Matupi Township in southern Chin State. Chin National Army (CNA), Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF) and Paletwa CDF attacked the junta’s column as it was travelling from Lai Len Pi town to Htel Bwe military camp on the Matupi-Paletwa road. An officer from Paletewa CDF told Khonumthung News that the regime probably chose this route because it was shorter and because there had never been any fighting in the area. On 12 March, the civilian resistance group said…
In just over a week, more than 80 members of the regime’s armed forces were killed in fighting with Chin resistance groups. The Chin National Front (CNF), the political wing of the Chin National Army (CNF), recently highlighted the junta’s high casualties in Chin State from 27 February to 7 March in its battle report. With the support of other Chin groups, CNA ambushed a Burma Army (BA) column of 200 soldiers travelling on the road from Falam to Hakha 15 times, killing nearly 70 fighters. The CNA spokesperson, Salai Htet Ni, said that they’ve few casualties because of their…
At least 57 soldiers from the regime’s armed forces have been killed and 26 injured in the past two months of fighting with resistance groups fighting to overthrow Burma’s military dictatorship in southern Chin State and Hsaw Township in Magwe Region, according to the Chinland Defence Force (CDF). The CDF chapter based in Kanpetlet in southern Chin State reported that clashes with the Burma Army (BA) occurred nine times between 23 January and 28 February. Seven clashes took place in Masa Twi, Swel Lwe Cing, Cin Dwe, Ah Paw villages and Kanpetlet town, the rest in Magwe Region. Only one…