A Tatmadaw soldier killed his superior officer with a rifle and then committed suicide during a morning meeting in Matupi town, Chin State. A male source associated with the Burma Army (BA) told Khonumthung News, that the soldier shot the captain of IB-140 when he stated in the meeting on August 29 that the State Administration Council will soon release Aung San Suu Kyi and hold fresh national elections so that soldiers will not have to join the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). “I heard that at least five soldiers who are single are planning to join the CDM,” he said.…
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A couple days after the Tatmadaw attack on Thantlang, which killed a 10-year-old boy hiding in his house, an unexploded shell that landed in the town in Chin State was detonated, killing another civilian and injuring 10 people. According to a resident, Pu Hlei Bik, 45, and the injured were repairing houses damaged in the attack in Kyaung ward on August 25. When someone touched the shell that landed in one of the houses, it exploded. The body of Pu Hlei Bik was returned to his house and the other people are receiving medical treatment at a church.
Four youths from a village in Matupi Township have been missing since the military arrested them in southern Chin State on August 20 and 22. Their families have been unable to contact the youths from the village Chang Pyan, and no one knows where the soldiers are holding them. “It’s been three days since the youths were arrested and still they haven’t been taken to the police station. No one knows where they were held after soldiers arrested them at a checkpoint,” a local source close to them told Khonumthung News. Lae Lae Win, a young woman was arrested on…
Khonumthung News spoke to Chin National Front (CNF) spokesperson Pu Htet Ni to learn how the ethnic armed organisation is working with the exile National Unity Government (NUG), formed by lawmakers expelled during the military coup. Can you talk about the working relationship between CNF and NUG in Chin State? Both organisations share the same goals for our country: to defeat the military dictatorship and build a federal union. That’s why we’re cooperating with NUG and have signed a political and military agreement with them. We’re trying to gain international recognition for the transitional government. At the same time, we’ve…
On August 21, 2021, an international peace organization Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) held HWPL Religious Peace Camp with 44 religious leaders and youths from 9 countries. The event was aimed at promoting dialogue and cultural exchanges among religions, ethnics and ideologies as well as improving awareness of minority religious discrimination and peaceful coexistence. According to the Pew Research Center’s 2020 report, persecution against minority religions happened in more than 90 percent of countries. Leading media outlets including the New York Times reported related cases like India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party abused voters’ faith to instigate confrontation…
The Mizoram government has taken in nearly 200 displaced Chin students from Burma to study in schools in the northeastern Indian state. As reported by Zonet news agency the government has allowed the resumption of classes following a decrease of COVID-19. They’ve admitted 178 children who fled with their families from fighting between the military and civilian resistance groups in Chin State. ”Everyone has the right to education,” said Pu Laltanpuia, from the Champhai District Education Department, explaining that the government is providing free books for refugees. According to Pu M.C Lalramenga, chair of the Young Mizo Association, there are…
Tatmadaw soldiers destroyed homes in a village in northern Chin State, Falam Township, killing livestock and ripping up religious books in the church where they stayed for five days. “We were very sad when we found out they destroyed our village,” said a resident from Taal. He told Khonumthung News that everyone fled when they heard gunfire. Some people have taken refuge in Falam town while others are hiding in the jungle. The soldiers ate 7 pigs and about 100 of the chickens in the village, which is about 22 km from Falam. The man explained that it was the…
The Chin National Front (CNF) spokesperson criticized the State Administration Council decision to call itself a ‘caretaker government’, saying it is still the same military regime that wrested power from the democratically elected government. “We expect nothing from it. It is the same people and the same policies. The military council wants the international community and neighboring countries to recognize it as a legal government, so it is doing exactly what General Ne Win did,” Salai Htet Ni said. In 1958, the former military chief overthrew the U Nu government and called his regime a caretaker government. Salai Htet Ni…
A military unit opened fire on civilians in the town of Kanpetlet without provocation, arresting two people in the town in southern Chin State. On August 14, a day earlier, the Burma Army (BA) had arrested 10 people. A man from the town told Khonumthung News that the two people were arrested while riding their motorcycle and are being held at the police station. “I do not know why the armed forces are arresting people. The soldiers are grabbing people off the street without having any reason.” Soldiers raided the house of a disabled man in Anauk district of Kanpetlet,…
For the second time, a United Nations agency distributed humanitarian aid exclusively to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the town of Mindat, which is under the control of the military regime in southern Chin State, rather than to the majority of those in need of aid who live in remote locations in Mindat Township. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was not allowed to help up to 30,000 IDPs living in 12 camps outside Midat town. Since the Burma Army (BA) took over the mountain town from Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in May, it has targeted groups and individuals trying…