Military responds violently after soldiers’ defect

October 20, 2022

HURFOM: On September 14, 2022, 12 soldiers ran away from their Mawrawaddy Navy Battalion in Kan Bauk region, located in Yebyu Township, Dawei District, Tenasserim Division. They took their weapons with them when they defected.

Local residents reported to HURFOM, the military has since tightened their security and began searching houses using extreme force in the Kan Bauk region

“I don’t know when the soldiers ran away but the military has employed excessive force and have been violently searching every single house. They also occupied the main routes and tightened the security,” said a local resident.

Many persons in the Kan Bauk region have been questioned by the security forces and the military is arresting and destroying empty houses.

“Some local villagers were arrested and empty houses were destroyed. Cars, motorbikes and belongings were stolen by the military,” said a villager from Kan Bauk.

Since the February 2021 coup, the security forces of the military council have established bases in crowded areas in Kan Bauk and routinely interrogated the local people, seized belongings and extorted money from residents.

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