The newly formed Khumi ethnic armed group, People Front/Khumi National Congress Party (KPF/KNCP), has conscripted about 40 young men and women from three villages in Paletwa in southern Chin State, according to Paletwa Township residents. Armed men reportedly entered Tharyarkone, Kyaukpalin, and Sattalaingwa villages along Uthalin Creek around midnight on June 2 and took away young people, including minors. “Around midnight on June 2, KPF/KNCP fighters raided three villages, going house to house to round up young men. They also recorded details of the youths living there.