Since the overthrow of Burma’s democratic government over a year ago and the establishment of a military dictatorship, the regime’s armed forces have waged a war against the population. Recently, soldiers burned down houses and a three-storey public school in a village in Sagaing Region. An officer with the People’s Defence Forces (PDF) in Kalay, one of the many groups fighting to overthrow the dictatorship, couldn’t say exactly how many buildings were burned between 10 and 11 April in Nat Chaung, but estimated that there were about 20. He told Khonumthung News that this was the third attack by the…
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At least five Burma Army (BA) soldiers perished and many were wounded during an hour-long skirmish that began after the Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF) ambushed them last week in the latest attack on a regime convoy bringing troops, equipment and rations from Mindat to Matupi. The ambush occurred on Thursday at Milepost 87, just 15 miles from Matupi town. The Matupi CDF spokesperson said they attacked the BA at 6:40am after the soldiers had left Milepost 87, where they’d spent the night. He said there were no casualties on his side. At the time of going to press, Khonumthung…
Several youths were sentenced to two years in prison for bomb blasts in Paletwa Township. A family member said that the courts had no evidence of their alleged crimes and that the regime targeted them for fundraising for civilians uprooted by the conflict in southern Chin State. After two explosions rocked Paletwa town on the morning of 28 May 2021, the youths were arrested in the evening and charged with the Unlawful Associations Act Sections 17(1) and sedition under Article 505 (a), the relative told Khonumthung News, wishing to remain anonymous. Aik Min, Aik Tun Min, Aung Tun Soe (aka…
Chin resistance groups have been inflicting heavy casualties in several attacks on a Burma Army (BA) convoy travelling to Mutupi. The Mindat Chinland Defence Force (CDF) ambushed the convoy of 80 vehicles, including two tanks, multiple times since it left Mindat on 25 March. Resistance fighters uploaded a video on 29 March showing several landmines exploding simultaneously around the convoy carrying rations, equipment and men. CDF’s spokesperson claimed the regime suffered many casualties, but couldn’t give an exact figure. He told Khonumthung News that the military convoy, which had started its journey in Kyauk Htu in Magwe Region, had only…
Civilians in southern Chin State have fled their homes to an area controlled by the Chin resistance or to other villages after a column of the regime entered their village in Matupi Township as part of a clearance campaign. On Saturday, about fifty Burma Army (BA) soldiers entered Wei Tue village, where about 150 people live, and began arresting the residents and accusing them of supporting the resistance. They confiscated about 24 mobile phones before the villagers fled. According to the spokesperson of the Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF), all those who could’ve fled were gone on Monday. Wei Tue…
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…
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…