NAYPYITAW, 17 September 2021, (TON): An aid worker said that the entire 900-strong population of Lungler village in Chin State’s Thantlang Township is sheltering along the Indian border after residents fled their homes last week ahead of an attack by resistance forces against a military outpost.

The displaced include elderly people and children and are in urgent need of supplies, said Aung, who is helping the villagers and asked to be referred to by one name for security reasons.

He said while talking to media “we need a lot of help we’re in need of both food and medicine.”

The villagers fled a few days before a coalition of fighters from the Chin National Army (CNA) and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) raided a junta outpost just outside Lungler, killing 12 soldiers and seizing weapons before burning the base down.

Some made their way to other villages on motorcycles and others went on foot, the aid worker said.

He added that around 800 are staying in monasteries and farms on the Myanmar side of the border, in villages including Ralpel and Zaantlang, while another 140 have made their way to Mizoram in India.

An Indian official told local media last week that there are now over 700 refugees from Chin staying in Mizoram’s Hnahthial district.