Despite invitation from junta, Dhammasa residents will not return to village

April 30, 2024

HURFOM: On April 26th, 2024, the Kyikemayaw Township Administration Authority representing the military junta installed a signboard inviting displaced persons from Dhammasa village to return home, as there has been no armed conflict.

“How can we return home? Our houses were destroyed in a fire. The entire village was burnt down. We have no home to go back to. I don’t think the armed conflict has really ended. We still worry about another possible armed clash. There might be one or two villagers who go back home but the majority still wait and see,” said a displaced person.

Due to air and artillery attacks by the junta, nearly 400 houses in Dhammasa villages were destroyed and burnt down. The entire village was forced to flee.

“Now, the resistance forces have retreated from the area, so junta’s troops have invaded. There has been no active armed clash but the junta still launched the artillery attacks. Moreover, the valuable things left in the village were taken by the junta’s soldiers. We’ve also seen news that the junta’s regiment has arrested and tortured the villagers and killed them. So, we dare not return home,” said a 50-year-old displaced person who has taken shelter at Mawlamyine.

On April 25th, 2024, the junta’s regiment raided Kaw Bane village located nearby Dhammasa village and shot and killed a 19-year-old girl.

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