SPDC soldiers killed innocent villager

An innocent villager has allegedly been killed by SPDC soldiers in Chin state on the Indian border. SPDC soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion No.266 murdered 18-year-old Samuel, from Selawn village in Falam, on Jan 19, reported Chan Hlei Thang, chairman of the Selawn village Peace and Development Council.

Burmese Military authorities launch anti-insurgency campaigns in Chin State

Burma Military begins anti-insurgency campaign in Thang Tlang Township in Chin state.

To terminate insurgency groups moving around the Indo-Burma border area, villagers around Thang Tlang township have been engaging in militia training since 10 a.m. on Jan. 6, according to an order issued by Light Infantry Battalion No.268 commander Lieutenant Colonel Win Bo, said a Tlang pi villager who participated in training, requesting anonymity.

Military authorities ease off rigorous checking

No more rigorous inspections of local people and businessmen will be conducted by the official Township level immigration office and Police at the checkpoint crossing in Haka Township which is the capital city of Chin State, or at the Thang Tlang Township checkpoint, said a businessman from Thang Tlang who had been in Mizoram on business.