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.”…
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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…
The Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF) reported that at least eight Burma Army (BA) soldiers were killed, including a captain, and five were wounded in an unexpected skirmish at a junction on the Mindat-Matupi road. The fighting began after BA Light Infantry Battalion 304 entered the CDF area near Lemro Chaung Sone in Matupi Township on the morning of 20 April, according to a CDF officer. The engagement lasted 30 minutes before the resistance fighters could retreat, he told Khonumthung News. CDF expects fighting to resume after BA deployed an additional 100 troops and suspended mobile communications in the area…
Khonumthung News: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 The Chinland Joint Defence Committee (CJDC), formed by Chin resistance groups fighting the military regime, has recognised the Eastern Command of the Zomi Revolution Organisation/Zomi Revolution Army as a terrorist group at its third regular meeting at Camp Victoria, the headquarters of the Chin National Front. Khonumthung News interviewed CJDC spokesperson Paul Lu on the matter. Can you explain why CJDC issued a statement recognising ZRO/ZRA as a terrorist organisation? We have concrete evidence the Eastern Command of ZRO/ZRA has abducted and killed our CJDC members and are also collaborating with the Burma Army…
The regime’s armed forces burnt down nearly 100 houses, including a school, in Nat Chaung where they were staying after suffering heavy losses fighting with various Chin resistance groups in southern Kalay Township. People Defence Forces, Chinland Defence Force and Chin National Defence Force killed 35 BA soldiers in raids on their convoy in several villages while they were travelling between Yan Gyi Aung and Nat Chaung in Sagaing Region. A man, who requested anonymity, told Khonumthung News that the BA soldiers started setting fire to houses near Nat Chaung’s market after they arrived to spend the night and continued…