Htel Bwe News Today

Local people in Matupi Township are facing socio-economic hardships and struggling for their daily survival as a consequence road blockages and phone and internet services cuts after the regime declared martial law in the township in early February. At present eight townships in Chin State are under martial law. After 10 weeks of martial law in Matupi Township, local people

Cut off from the outside world, the urban population of Matupi Township is being starved of basic foodstuffs and medical supplies.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Kayah, Kachin, Karen and Chin states and Sagaing, Magwe and Bago regions.

At least 13 regime soldiers killed in two days of ambushes on resupply trucks that had already lost a dozen men in previous attacks.