The military set fire to over 130 houses in Thangtlang after fighting with the Chinland Defence Force (CDF). Multiple regime attacks on the town in northern Chin State have already destroyed nearly 1,000 houses, forcing all of its 10,000 residents to flee to the Indian border or to remote villages. According to a spokesperson for CDF in Thangtlang, the group exchanged fire with the Burma Army (BA) on 3-4 January, with the regime sending a helicopter into the town on both days. BA soldiers burned down houses in Zung Mung and Kyawng wards on Monday and more homes on Tuesday.…
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The military has threatened to seize the homes of civilians who fled its offensives in Kanpetlet town, warning them that they will confiscate their properties in southern Chin State within two weeks if they don’t return.A Kanpetlet local said it has already been four days since the military’s order. More than 5,000 people used to live in the town, he said, but after the fighting between the Burma Army and the Chinland Defence Force, many fled to Hsaw in Magwe Region, remote villages or to their farms outside the town. In recent days, only a few people have returned.”They have…
The Burma Army (BA) killed two civilians and burnt their bodies along with a motorbike during an offensive against Chin resistance groups and civilians in Mindat Township. Salai Yaw Mang, spokesperson for the Chinland Defence Force in Mindat, suspects that the civilians were abducted by BA troops on 27 December while they were traveling, but couldn’t say who they were. The next day, the junta soldiers stayed in Shet village on a mountain near Mindat town. On Tuesday, two more civilians were kidnapped by BA and forced to walk in front of their column on the way back to town.…
The regime seized the vacant home of Salai Myo Hteik, a MP for the National League for Democracy (NLD), in Paletwa Township. “No one has been living in the house for a long time,” said a local who asked that his name not be mentioned. On Sunday, soldiers and police put a padlock on the front door of the property in southern Chin State and tied the fence door with a rope. Armed forces also locked up the Missionary Baptist Church, which was built on the grounds of the MP’s garden. Salai Myo Hteik is a member of the NLD…
The junta forces entered Than Hpoe in southern Kalay Township on the pretext of searching houses, but instead burnt the rice supplies of villagers who had already fled into the jungle before the soldiers arrived. Thanks to the heroic efforts of the youth, who immediately returned to put out the flames, the fire did not spread to the people’s houses. “The soldiers left after setting fire to our paddy stocks, but before that they fired into our village,” said a Than Hpoe resident. The man explained that they cannot go home because the soldiers are camped in Yan Gyi Aung,…
Chin National Army (CNA) and Chin civilian resistance groups clashed with Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) last week in Chin State’s Tedim Township during the first incident of fighting with the Zomi armed group that transformed into a Border Guard Force a number of years ago. Khonumthung News spoke with Salai Htet Ni,spokesperson for CNA’s political wing, Chin National Front (CNF), for more information about why the Chin armed groups are fighting. Can you explain what happened and why it happened? It’s true that the CNF and Chinland Defence Force, Zoland People’s Defence Force, Zomi and National Defence Force clashed with…
The Sydney branch of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) held a commemorative event for Australia’s Children’s Week with the theme of “How we can Change the Narrative of COVID-19 for our Children” on 23 October. Heads of different organizations who share the same interest in peace and education for children attended this event. The Australian government recently commemorated the 2020 and 2021 Australian Children’s Week by adopting the theme “children have the right to choose their friends and safely connect with others”, which is based on Article 15 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of…
At least three Burma Army (BA) soldiers were killed and five wounded in fighting with the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in Mindat Township on Wednesday, according to the resistance group. Salai Yaw Mang, spokesperson for the Mindat chapter of CDF, told Khonumthung News the resistance fighters had been waiting in Khwee Rein to ambush the BA soldiers as they passed the Buddhist monastery in the afternoon after clashing with them in Wumthu the previous day. The spokesperson suspects that two BA columns, with whom CDF had been fighting for the past few days, joined forces in Khwee Rein during the…
Resistance groups attacked the Burma Army (BA) in the southwest of Kalay Township, killing at least two regime soldiers, while a People’s Defence Force (PDF) soldier from Battalion 6 died and a Chinland Defence Force (CDF) fighter was wounded in the fighting near Sisan village. CDF and PDF launched the attack on Monday morning, shortly after BA set fire to the former PDF Battalion 5 camp. The day before, the civilian resistance groups discovered about 150 BA soldiers patrolling between the villages of Secant and Kyaukgu at the foot of Chin hill in Sagaing Region. During the clashes on Monday,…
Two villagers were wounded during fighting between Chin National Army (CNA) and Zomi Revolution Army (ZRA) along the Indian border in northern Chin State, a local source said, asking not to be named. CNA began fighting with ZRA in Gawsing, Tedim Township, on 18 December after the Zomi Border Guard Force (BGF) repelled an attack on a Burma Army camp (BA), another resident, who requested anonymity, told Khonumthung News. Residents have fled the village, which is about 30 miles from Tedim town. Khonumthung News could not reach the CNA or its political wing, the Chin National Front, to confirm information…