Senior Junta Officer Among Nearly 60 Casualties in Brutal Chin State Ambushes
TZP News THE ZOLAND POST — March 30, 2026
A high-ranking Myanmar military officer is reportedly among nearly 60 junta casualties following a series of sophisticated landmine ambushes and guerrilla strikes in Chin State’s Falam Township this month. According to representatives from the CDF-CDM Siyin resistance group, the operations targeted a junta column advancing along the strategic corridor between Thang-ngin and Zawngkong villages from March 4 to March 19.
A spokesperson for CDF-CDM Siyin detailed a particularly lethal engagement on March 4, where resistance fighters coordinated landmine detonations with small-arms fire. The assault forced the military to conduct at least eight separate body recovery missions using motorcycles. Intelligence intercepted from the military’s regional command indicated that at least nine soldiers were transported to a local base for emergency medical treatment.
The resistance further reported the death of a senior commander, identified by some sources as Colonel Win Maung Maung, during a minefield strike near a rock-crushing plant around March 12. While the spokesperson acknowledged the difficulty of confirming the officer’s identity without recovering the body, they noted that the junta was forced to airlift a replacement commander from Kalay to oversee the demoralized column.
The junta’s advance suffered another major setback at the outskirts of Zawngkong village, where a cluster of over 30 landmines decimated their ranks. The intensity of the resistance’s defensive perimeter forced the military to abandon the primary road and retreat into the mountain ranges to evacuate their dead and wounded. “They were paralyzed for six days after the March 12 strike,” the official told The Zoland Post. “They only attempted to resume their push on March 18 after receiving reinforcements.”
Currently, the junta column—estimated at 100 to 150 troops—is positioned between Parthe and Lumbang villages, attempting to link up with allied units. To mitigate the risk of rear-guard ambushes, the military has dispersed smaller units of 20 to 70 soldiers across nearby villages.
The military has been struggling for over five months to retake Falam, which remains under the control of resistance forces. The ongoing siege has become a war of attrition, with the Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA) reporting that since October 2025, more than 200 junta soldiers have been killed and 250 wounded, while over 40 have been taken as prisoners of war by Chin forces.
