Junta Troops Burn Down More Than 30 Houses in Thayet Chaung

September 10, 2025

HURFOM: Fear and devastation spread through Yan Taung and Thin Kyun villages in Thayet Chaung Township, Dawei District, after junta troops torched dozens of homes on the morning of September 7.

At around 9:30 a.m., over 100 soldiers moved into the area from their base near Moe Shwe Kone village. Residents said the troops set fire to houses in Yan Taung and Thin Kyun shortly after being ambushed by resistance forces while traveling in passenger vehicles.

“They burnt down houses with and without people inside. In one case, they called out to someone hiding inside. When the person didn’t come out, they set the house on fire with him still inside,” a villager told HURFOM.

At least 25 homes were destroyed in Yan Taung and another 8 in Thin Kyun. Among the ruins are two-story family houses, modest wooden homes, and small shelters that villagers had built with their savings.

After the arson attacks, troops continued toward Thayet Hnit Kwa village, where they are now stationed.

This latest assault follows an earlier round of raids in late August, when soldiers burned around 70 houses and killed two villagers in Saw Phyar, Moe Shwe Kone, and Uttu villages. The repeated destruction has left hundreds displaced, with families scattered in nearby forests and monasteries, unable to return.

A local woman said: “It is not only the houses that are gone. Our hopes and our safety are destroyed with them. Each time they come, we wonder if our family will survive.”
(Photo – Local Source)

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