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Confrontations in Myanmar continue between the military, which seized power in a coup three and half months ago, and its many opponents. After weeks of street protests, and the crackdown that followed, some of those opponents have taken up arms against the military government.    One example is Chin State, in western Myanmar, where a group calling itself the Chinland Defence Force, began launching attacks against government soldiers from the town of Mindat three weeks ago. The Â鶹Éç's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head is following developments from Bangkok. He explains how this confrontation between people in Mindat and the military began, and asks whether this local resistance could be replicated across Myanmar and the problems that might cause the government forces. Photo: Protesters hold signs in support of the town of Mindat in Chin state, where a civilian defence force has clashed with the military, during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay, May 2021 Credit: Getty Images