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Police forces arrest and extort money from drug users in Thanbyuzayat

HURFOM: In Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, the junta’s police forces arrest drug users but do not bring them to court.  Instead, they threaten and extort money from them and their family members.

“On April 10th, the police force came to the village to arrest a drug dealer. They found just two pills but they demanded two million MMK. Then, they didn’t bring the case to the court and released the arrested dealer,” said a local source from Thanbyuzayat Township.

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Junta’s soldiers steal valuable from houses of displaced villagers

HURFOM: The local villagers from Ta Ra Nar village, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State reported that junta soldiers stole food and valuables from their houses, which were then taken away by truck.

Due to air and artillery attacks, residents from seven villages in the township fled their homes, and have been displaced  since the last week of March, 2024.

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Two women killed and other two injured by artillery attacks in Kyikemayaw

HURFOM: On April 24th and 25th, 2024, the military junta launched indiscriminate artillery attacks on villages in Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State killing two local women and injuring other two residents.

At about 4 pm on April 24th, an artillery shell exploded at Ko Shwe Tun’s house in Kaw Zwell village.  The explosion killed his wife and injured himself and another local woman.

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Junta’s air assault injures woman and destroys seven houses in Kaw Ka Rate

HURFOM: On April 23rd, 2024, the military junta launched air assaults on Kan Ne, Kaw Kyike and Kaw Khite villages near Kaw Ka Rate Town, Karen State.  A 48-year-old local woman was injured and the assault destroyed at least seven houses.

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Junta’s soldiers sexually assault Mon women

HURFOM: There have been frequent and intense battles between the military junta and the New Mon State Party (AD – Anti Military Dictatorship) in Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State with junta’s troops stationed in monasteries, schools and houses in Mon villages in the area.

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Junta conducts more arrest in Kan Bauk

HURFOM: Since the third week of April, 2024, the military junta has been arresting civilians in the Kan Bauk region and nearby villages, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.

According to the local reports, on April 18th, the junta arrested a father and son from Phaung Taw village and on April 19, a couple from Kyauk Tie Ward, Kan Bauk region was arrested. Then, on April 20, another Phaung Taw villager was arrested by the junta.

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Pyin Htein villager shot and killed by the Long Lone PDF

HURFOM: On April 12th, 2024, a villager from Pyin Htein village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division was shot and killed by the Long Lone People’s Defense Force.

53-year-old U Kyi Lay was working on his pig farm when the Long Lone PDF came to arrest him. Then, he was shot and killed.

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The sad ending of a beautiful village

“Dhammasa” was a beautiful and peaceful village located on the riverbank of the “Gyaing River”. Inhabited mostly by Mon people, it had many big houses. That is gone now.  The recent and reckless attack by the military junta,has burnt the village to ash.

On March 25th, 2024, the Mon and Karen joint revolutionary forces attacked the police station in Kaw Bane village, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Mon State. After a heavy battle revolutionary forces took control of the police station.

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Displaced persons from Kyikemayaw and Kaw Ka Rate face food and shelter problems in rainy season

HURFOM: The battle between the military junta and the joint forces of the New Mon State Party (AD – Anti Dictatorship) and its alliances have been intensifying in Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State and in Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State.

The fighting has forced residents to flee their homes. As the rainy season approaches, displaced persons face food and shelter problems, according to social workers.

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Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM, Third Week of April 2024

The traditional Burmese New Year, ‘Thingyan,’ was marked last week. For the third year since the attempted coup, the people of Burma refused to participate in any celebration, which would suggest the situation in the country is normal. In its loosening grasp on reality, the junta bought stages and set up areas to gather in urban locations, but these went largely unattended as photos showed empty streets and closed-up shops. With ongoing human rights violations rampant, the cause for celebration was diluted with a shared frustration for the lack of consequences the junta continues to evade.
 
The junta released thousands of prisoners nationwide during the annual New Year events. However, this remains a disingenuous gesture as HURFOM has documented debilitating conditions inside the prison. On April 17, at 1:00 PM., the military junta granted amnesty to 3,303 prisoners nationwide. As part of this amnesty, 204 inmates from various prison camps in Mon State were released to mark the first day of the New Year. The Department of Revenue ordered these releases under the military junta’s command. Only four of those pardoned in Mon State were political prisoners who were being detained under Section 505 of the Penal Code.

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