Junta shoots and kills an IDP in Tha Yet Chaung Township

June 20, 2023

According to local residents, junta troops shot and killed a young man in the afternoon of June 11. The victim was an internally displaced person (IDP) from Ya Nge village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, #Dawei District.

A junta troop of more than 100 soldiers were involved in attacks on villages such as Min Dap, Tain Kon, Ka Myaing, Ya Nge, Kyauk Kha Mauk, Kyaul Min Kon and Kanet Thiri.

The individual who was killed was part of a group of IDPs fleeing the attacks in these villages.

“The victim was a 23-year-old Ko Wai Yan Hein (aka) Thar Lay, he was killed after fleeing with his family when the junta troops arrived in Ya Nge village of Tha Yet Chuang township.“

According to a resident of Ya Nge village, he was shot dead by the junta military while returning home to get medicine for his ill mother.

“His mother was sick and he went home to get her medicine. At that time, the junta troops came to their house and the soldiers saw him hiding behind the house and shot him,” a resident said.

Ko Wai Yan Hein was left behind his house and the junta troops set fire to at least 4 houses in the village, before proceeding to Kanet Thiri village, according to local residents. Among the homes that were burned down was the home of U Win Soe, Ko Wai Yan Hein’s uncle.

Local residents reported that on June 11, at noon, two houses and a Pro-box car were set on fire in Kanet Thiri village. According to information from sources on the ground, the junta forces detained more than 40 residents, including children.

Nearly 3,000 households in 6 villages, including Kanet Thiri village and Ya Nge village, were forced to evacuate due to armed clashes.

Written by HURFOM · Filed Under News