One of three civilians who were detained by the military council in Mindat Township of Chin State in October died. The military council continues to detain one civilian, according to Chinland Defense Force (CDF)-Mindat.
On 24 October, the military council arrested a man and a woman in Mindat for no apparent reason. The male detainee died. The female detainee was released, according to the statement by CDF-Mindat on 2 November.
The male civilian who died during the detention is a teacher from the public school run by the National Unity Government (NUG). He got arrested when he went to the town, HKL Mindat said.
When the KMG contacted CDF-Mindat to confirm the news, no reply was received yet.
The military council should avoid arbitrary arrests and the use of civilians as human shields if it is care about the public. The public on their part should be cautious about their travel and speaking,” HKL Mindat said.
The military council continues to detain a 29-year-old man who was arrested at 4th mile in Mindat on 15 October.
At night on 25 October, there was a clash between the military council and the CDF-Mindat in Ashepyin of Mindat, according to the CDF-Mindat.
In October, the military battalion based in Mindat fired 23 rounds of heavy shells into the villages in stations 2, 3 and 4, 6th mile and Mindat-Matupi road despite having no battles. It resulted in the destruction of six civilian houses and two motorbikes and the death of five domestic animals.
“The military council fires shells when there are meetings in wards and villages. The military council also carries out indiscriminate shelling into the places where the defense forces are active. The comrades need to be cautious. The military council always fires shells when it hears the news. The comrades are required to secretly move. If so, the military council’s informants cannot get information. There will be no shelling,” a local resident from Mindat said.
More than two and a half years after the military coup, the military council killed 217 civilians, including 38 Chin women in Chin State. According to the monitoring, the military council’s human rights violations against Chin people have become worse, according to the report released by the Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA) in October.
Sent by KMG