Twenty civilians from Chin state missing between 2018 and 2020

05 August 2020
Twenty civilians from Chin state missing between 2018 and 2020
Paletwa, southern Chin State. Photo: The Chinland Post

Twenty civilians from Chin state have gone missing between 2018 and 2020, with five of them allegedly abducted by the Arakan Army rebels a 20-month conflict with Myanmar forces in adjacent Rakhine state, RFA reported quoting Chin civil society groups.

The Arakan Army (AA), which is fighting for greater autonomy for the ethnic Rakhine people, claims both Rakhine state and Paletwa township in the hill tracts of Chin state to the north, as territories ruled by Arakan kings centuries ago in Myanmar’s westernmost state.

All the missing persons and abducted persons are males, and a dozen of them are younger than 30, according to the groups.