BA’s 111th LIR troops currently stationed at Lawa Pa, Mada Bum launched an attack on KIA’s 44th Battalion position at Gwi Htun Bum in Hpakant township on Dec 3 at around 1 pm. BA troops began the attack by firing 10 artillery rounds on Gwi Htun Bum followed by infantry units. The two sides battled […]
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IDPs families resettled at Nam Hpa, Tabye Kone and Kan Ta villages
IDPs families currently staying at Yu Ji IDPs Camp and Shwi Chyi Na IDPs Camp in Bahmo have been resettled at Nam Hpa village, Tabye Kone village and Kan Ta village by Burmese authorities this week and they have withdrawn from IDPs list on Dec 1. Burmese authorities have handed out 30 sheets of tin […]
Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for IDPs housings
An opening ceremony for a new IDPs camp with 270 housings was held at Hkyit Mung Pa in Gai Daw village in Bhamo township on Nov 20 at 10 am. KIO’s Vice General Secretary Mr. Labang Doi Pyi Sa, Kachin Baptist Convention’s General Secretary Rev. Hpauyawng Tu Mai, Chairman of the IDPs and Refugees Relief […]
RCSS/SSA troops reportedly killed a Man Pin villager
Local sources said RCSS/SSA troops shot and killed Nhkum Ma Lawt, a 62-year-old Kachin woman from Man Pin village, from a distance of about 50 meters in spite of knowing that Ma Lawt and 10 others are just ordinary villagers without any guns in their hands. Nhkum Ma Lawt was shot and killed by RCSS/SSA […]
BA troops pillaged homes and burned down rice barns
Local sources reported that BA troops pillaged homes, burned down rice barns and killed domestic animals for food in Sut Ra and Kawng Ja villages in Njang Yang township. About two dozen Sut Ra and Kawng Ja villagers, who have been trapped in the forest following BA’s attacks on a KIO’s local administration office and […]
Sut Ra and Kawng Ja villagers trapped in the forest
30 villagers from Sut Ra village and 10 villagers from Kawng Ra village in Njang Yang township who fled their homes to nearby forest are still unable to return to their villages. Sut Ra and Kawng Ra villagers are trapped in the forest as fighting between KIA and BA troops will likely continue in area […]