NAYPAITAW, 28 July 2021, (TON): Six members of the junta’s forces surrendered to fighters from the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) and joined the anti-coup resistance during a raid on a police station in Mindat Township, Chin State.

The CDF said “they were able to capture the police station in the small, remote town of M’kuiimnu without firing a shot and that three soldiers, including a captain, and three police officers agreed to join the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).

“They just asked them if they wanted to fight or if they would take part in the CDM” a man who is close to the Mindat branch of the CDF told media. “We’re lucky that all of them were already leaning towards joining the CDM. Everything was sorted out without even needing to use guns.”

A spokesperson for the group said that the CDF fighters seized 22 guns including rifles and pistols, as well as rounds of ammunition.”

Captain Thein Hteik was among the soldiers who agreed to collaborate with the CDF, the spokesperson said, though he did not give further details about what that would entail.