Tedim has witnessed further destruction as Military Council soldiers continued their attacks on people’s homes after the Chin Brotherhoods Alliance, a coalition of resistance forces, launched a full-scale offensive to remove the regime soldiers from the town in northern Chin State. Following an exchange of fire between the Chin fighters and Burma army troops on the evening of June 1, junta soldiers set fire to homes in Lwi Bua Ward and near the hospital around 9 pm. A witness said, “We saw smoke billowing from a distance. The extent of the damage is unclear, and we are afraid to return…
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Armed forces under the regime have reportedly torched 30 homes in Tedim after the Chin Brotherhoods Alliance began an offensive to capture its installations in the town in northern Chin State. The Burma army soldiers set fire to homes near the clock tower in Myoma Ward at around 4 pm, and again at about 6 pm on May 27. “Many houses near where I live have burned to the ground,” a man from the ward told Khonumthung News. “We didn’t do anything wrong or do anything to them.” Dramatic photos of the wooden houses burning spread on Facebook. As there…
The Matupi Chiland Defense Force (CDF) has taken the Matupi District office from the military regime. The Vakok battalion under its Brigade 2 captured the office in southern Chin State, forcing the Burma army soldiers to retreat to the village of Phaneng (also spelled Phanaing) at about 10 am on May 30. “We have a plan to attack all of the Burma army camps in our territory and we have already begun,” the Vakok Battalion spokesperson said while asking for the people’s support. The group is attacking the retreating soldiers in Phaneng at the time of this report. When the…
The Chin Brotherhoods Alliance is attacking the regime’s forces in Tedim during a joint operation. An information officer from the People’s Defense Force – Zoland said they have already captured a junta camp and taken nine soldiers prisoner a few days ago, which gave them control of a strategic road and allowed civilians to flee the town in Chin State. “As our troops attacked their military camp, they launched airstrikes and these airstrikes and artillery strikes have continued.” Since May 16, the Military Council flew 20 airstrikes against them in Tedim Township. In the town, they captured weapons, ammo and…
A coalition of resistance Chin groups captured 40 prisoners of war (POWs) from Tonzang in northern Chin State when they seized the town from the military regime during the first joint operation under the recently formed Chinland Government. Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson of Chin National Front/Chin National Army (CNF/CNA), said they also acquired millions of kyat and 100 assault rifles from the Burma army and Zomi Revolutionary Army (Eastern Command). “There are no more Burma army soldiers present in Tonzang.” At least fourteen resistance groups started attacking the regime’s camps in Tonzang Township on May 15, and captured Cikha and…
Fighting in Tonzang Township has displaced over 10,000 civilians, with 40 houses damaged mainly from excessive air bombardments by Military Council jet fighters starting on May 11, according to the People’s Administration, which is resisting the regime in the township. Jet fighters conducted at least 40 airstrikes before and after the Chin resistance attacked and captured the regime’s bases in Tonzang and Cikha towns. At least 30 houses in Hkaw Wong Lay Hsan Ward in Tonzang were bombed, with airstrikes destroying a church and 10 homes in Lungtak and Fai Tu villages. “Up to 90 percent of the population of…
Two women and three men are dead after a regime aircraft flew three airstrikes on a village in Paletwa Township in southern Chin State. “The jet fighter bombed the market in Tarawaing when it was busy with people,” said an ethnic Khumi youth. No fighting was reported at the time of the attack, which occurred at about 4 pm on May 21. Eleven people were injured and a house and shop were destroyed in the market located on the upper section of the village along the banks of the Kalandan River. The deceased individuals are U Maung Thein Naing (32),…
The Chin resistance group has taken control of both Cikha and Tonzang towns in Tonzang Township, northern Chin State. Salai Htet Ni, the spokesperson of the Chin National Front/Chin National Army, said they and other resistance forces used drones to bomb the regime’s camp in Cikha. When the Chin soldiers arrived in the town on the morning of May 19, they discovered the enemy had already deserted their position. “We heard their soldiers retreated to the army camp in Tonzang,” he explained, which they also bombed with drones. But when they arrived in the second town, they also discovered that…
The Chin National Army and its allies, operating under the Chinland Government, have launched assaults on the regime’s Infantry Battalion 269 base in Tonzang, situated in northern Chin State near the Indian border. Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson for the CNA’s political wing, the Chin National Front and CNA, emphasized that their actions do not target the Zomi Revolution Army – Eastern Command, which has sided with the military regime. “This is a concerted offensive operation involving the Chin National Army and other Chinland Defense Forces, and we urge the people to lend their support,” he told Khonumthung News. Following their…
The Matupi Chinland Defence Force (CDF) Brigade 2 has agreed to cooperate with Chinland Council during an unanimous decision by representatives at its most recent conference in Matupi Township. The Chin armed group that’s fighting against the military regime in southern Chin State released a statement on May 14, a month after the conference, pledging its support for the council. Last February, during Matupi CDF’s third conference, Brigade 1 stood behind the Chinland Council and the Chinland Government, however Brigade 2 put their weight behind the Interim Chin National Consultative Council and the Chin Brotherhoods Alliance. This resulted in the…