Burma Army (BA) soldiers attacked homes in a village in the conflict-ridden Sagaing Region where no immediate armed clashes had been reported. According to a resident of Than Hpo in Kalay Township, who requested anonymity, nearly 100 soldiers torched at least two houses and attacked the area with artillery, causing villagers to flee into the jungle. The Chinland Defence Force (CDF) for the Kalay, Kabaw and Gangaw region also reported the attack on the homes and a rice mill in the village last week, but said some villagers and CDF fighters were able to extinguish the fires after the BA…
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Last week, the Chin resistance ambushed two regime convoys, killing at least three Burma Army (BA) soldiers with landmines in northern Chin State. The People’s Defence Forces (PDF) spokesperson for Zoland told Khonumthung News that in the first attack at 11am on 23 February, they stopped the BA convoy in its tracks between Thine Nguen and Falam, killing the three soldiers and preventing vehicles from continuing their journey until nightfall. The PDF was supported by the Civil Defense Militia – Siyin (CDM – Siyin). Later the same day, the resistance fighters attacked a 18 vehicle convoy carrying reinforcement troops and…
A regime military convoy travelling through southern Chin State sustained heavy losses after a series of ambushes by civilian resistance fighters. According to a commander for the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in Kanpetlet, over 20 soldiers of a 300-strong column travelling in 16 military trucks were killed and their arrival in Cin Dwe, Kanpetlet Township, where the regime is planning an offensive, was delayed. CDF regiments from Kanpetlet, Dai, Hsaw and the Chin National Army ambushed the convoy over several days between Lawng Shay in Magwe Region and Cin Dwe, a distance of 23 miles, the commander said. On 19…
The regime’s armed forces have tightened security at all checkpoints in Chin State’s capital, Hakha, to crack down on anyone using a virtual private network (VPN) to access the internet, which is banned. Violators are fined and some are even taken to a detention centre for interrogation after soldiers check their Facebook page. A local familiar with the situation, who requested anonymity, told Khonumthung News that fines of $28 are being levied and five people in Hakha have already been forced to pay them. Those taken to a detention centre were released after five hours, but one person hasn’t yet…
Chin resistance groups say they have killed 10 Burma Army soldiers and wounded many others in an attack on a convoy of 23 vehicles between Ver Lon and Theing Ngin in western Burma. According to the Siyin Civil Defence Militia (CDM) spokesperson, they and the Zoland People’s Defence Force (PDM) planted landmines in the jungle along the route the 100-man convoy was to pass on its way from Falam in Chin State to Kalay in Sagaing Region. He explained that they detonated the explosives as the soldiers, who were on foot to clear the roadside mines, approached on Wednesday afternoon.…
A Chin civilian resistance group fighting to overthrow the dictatorship has ambushed a regime convoy on the road from Matupi to Mindat 15 times in recent weeks, killing many soldiers, according to their own accounts. Yaw Mang, spokesperson for Chin Defence Force (CDF) for Mindat, told Khonumthung News that he suspects at least 20 Burma Army (BA) soldiers from the 81-vehicle convoy and two armoured vehicles were killed and many more were injured in the landmine and firefight raids. “After the military convoy reached Mindat, locals told us that 10 trucks were full of wounded BA soldiers,” says Yaw Mang.…
Fighting between junta troops and civilian resistance groups trying to overthrow Burma’s military dictatorship has prevented supplies of fuel, rice and other vital foodstuffs not grown by farmers in the remote town in southern Chin State from reaching Matupi for several months, causing the price of remaining supplies to rise exponentially or become unavailable altogether. A local source, requesting anonymity, told Khonumthung News that before the fighting, much of the rice was shipped by lorries from Pakokku in the nearby Magwe Region along the Matupi-Mindat-Hakha road. A bag of rice that used to cost $21 now costs $33. The price…
The Chin State Administration Council (CSAC) will host celebrations of the 74th Chin National Day on 20 February in many towns in the eight townships in Chin State, except Thangtlang, after the regime’s forces destroyed half the houses there during fighting with the Chin resistance. The regime-appointed CSAC has reserved a budget of $1,100 for each township at the district level and $840 for the other townships in Chin State, Kyaw Nyein, who was appointed by the military after the coup, told Khonumthung News. “I think we’ll invite our union-level ministers to participate during Chin National Day. Although the annual…
One man was killed and two women wounded by military artillery fire during fighting with the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in Kanpetlet, southern Chin State. A source familiar with the situation told Khonumthung News on condition of anonymity that Min Yan Aung, 32, from ward 2 was killed by a shell that hit his friend’s house while he was sleeping on the first floor. One of the injured women is the house owner and the other woman lives in another ward in the town. The source said his body will be cremated. The CDF reported that at least three soldiers…
On the 24th of January 2022, over 22,000 social representatives from 51 countries attended the international peace conference celebrating the Peace Day held virtually. The event commemorated a civilian-led peace agreement made between the Islam and Catholic communities in Mindanao 8 years ago. Back in 2014, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), an international NGO mediated the conflict in Mindanao by proposing a peace agreement by local representatives. Witnessed by Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL, the peace agreement was signed by Hon. Esmael G. Mangudadatu, the then Governor of Maguindanao, and Archbishop-Emeritus Fernando Capalla of the Archdiocese…