An ethnic Chin journalist was tortured by Myanmar junta forces, before being killed along with nine other civilians, including a child, in Matupi Township, Chin State, according to resistance group Chinland Defense Force-Matupi (CDF-Matupi) and local media.
Amid intensifying clashes between CDF-Matupi and military regime forces since the New Year, 11 civilians were detained on January 6 and 7 near Kihlun and Longhlaw villages on the Matupi-Hakha road.
The civilians were then used as human shields while the junta soldiers were travelling from one village to another.
On January 7, local residents discovered eight corpses including a 13-year-old boy named Pa Le Naing near Longhlaw Village. Two more bodies were discovered at a location between Kihlun and Kace villages on the same day, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO).
Among those massacred was Pu Tui Dim, 55, a co-founder and editor-in-chief of local news agency Khonumthung Media Group. He previously worked for the CHRO for many years.
