Murder and robbery cases on the rise in Mon State

April 29, 2025

HURFOM: The rule of law has been getting weaker ever since the military’s attempted coup which began in 2021. A noticeable trend has been the rise in the number of cases of theft, robbery, and armed robbery, which occur frequently across Mon State. In addition cases of murder related to these types of crimes have also noticeably increased.

On April 23^rd, a husband and wife hired a motorbike taxi from a taxi stand in Thanbyuzayat. The couple subsequently killed the taxi driver and stole the motorbike. They abandoned the driver’s body beside the road.

“His family reported him as a missing person, but they did nothing. Finally, his son tried to search for him. At about noon on the next day (April 24^th), he found the dead body of his father near Sa Khan Gyi village. The body had a cut wound at the neck. The murderers took his bike away. The police haven’t caught them as of today,” said a resident.

The victim is a 60-year-old man, U San Thein from Pa Nga village, Thanbyuzayat Township.

In the third week of April, a group of people who disguised themselves as a group of “donation recipients” stole gold, jewelry, and cash from a house in Well Thon Chaung village, Thanbyuzayat Township.

“On April 23^rd, they came by car. They didn’t target the houses on the main road but focused on the houses in the middle and lower part of the village. They used “Ketamine” to make the house owners disoriented and stole their gold and jewelry,” said a local villager.

On April 11^th, two female siblings were robbed on their way to the “Kyike Marn Wealth” Pagoda. While attempting to escape, their motorbike crashed and the two sisters died in the accident.

Local authorities are still unable to arrest the criminals and haven’t held anyone accountable as of today.

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