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Man killed  on  Ye – Thanbyuzayat Highway Road after being shot multiple times

HURFOM: About 3:30 pm on April 2, 2023, a man was shot and died on the  Ye – Thanbyuzayat Highway Road between Aung Thar Yar and Ka Nin Ka Maw villages, Ye Township, Mon State.

The deceased man was  47-year-old U Myint Nine,  who lived in Gone Paw Yaw Thit village.  He was shot 13 times.

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Couple shot and injured while traveling on Ye – Thanbyuzayat Road

HURFOM: At about 6:30 am on April 1, 2023, a couple traveling by car  to Mawlamyine were shot and injured by Burmese soldiers on the Ye – Thanbyuzayat Road. The shooting occurred  between the Bay Lamine and Aye Kabar villages, in Ye Township, Mon State.  

“When going to pick up the patients, we’d heard that they (encountered an armed clash between the military junta and the People’s Defense Force and). They were caught in a crossfire between the two sides. Their car was hit by bullets about 20 times. We sent them to the Mawlamyine General Hospital,” said an official from the Lamine Rescue Team.

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Monthly Overview: The Military Junta Continues to Use Gendered Violence as a Tool to Suppress Dissent and Exploit Fear into Young Women and Children

Human Rights Foundation of Monland 

International Women’s Day was recognized on 8 March. In Burma, women face ongoing threats to their lives as the Burma Army increases its armed presence in civilian areas. While women human rights defenders were bravely spreading awareness and solidarity about the importance of 8 March, the regime continued to oppress women violently. Many of those detained this month are women and young girls who have been abducted on baseless charges. Following a series of arrests on 7 March that included women, all were accused of supporting the armed resistance movement: “Everyone knows that they are innocent,” said a local villager. 

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Two farm workers killed, 4 injured in  artillery attack in Kyaik Hto

HURFOM: On March 27, 2023, two farm workers from Mae Yone Lay village, Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State were killed by another military junta  artillery attack.

Artillery shells shot by the military’s base at the Ma Yan Chaung Inspection Gate,  exploded in a farm killing two workers, and injuring four others.

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Junta’s soldiers killed two villagers in Pu Law attack

HURFOM: Military junta’s soldiers launched an attack on  Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division on March 25, 2023.  During their assault, they shot and killed two villagers. 

The victims were U Tin Oo, a 56-year-old resident of Pu Law Gone village,  and Ko Myo Min Thua, a 34-year-old  from Nut Eain Taung village.

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Gas stations in Mon State stop sales of gasoline due supply shortages

HURFOM: Gas stations in Mon State have not been able to secure an adequate quota of gasoline for their operations. Because buying gasoline from the black market is too costly, some gas stations have decided to stop selling gasoline.

“I don’t know how the MPTA (Myanmar Petroleum Trade Association) manages (the distribution of gasoline). We don’t have enough attainment quota so there is not enough gasoline for sale. It is very expensive to get gasoline from the outside (black) market. It isn’t profitable to do so. That’s why most small gasoline stations have opted to stop their sales operations,” said a gas station owner.

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60 houses destroyed,  6,000 flee due to major armed clash in Jone Doe

HURFOM: On March 25, 2023, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and joint forces launched an attack on the military junta’s battalions, the police station and the Border Guard Forces (BGF) based in Jone Doe Town, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State.

60 houses were destroyed and about 6,000 residents were forced to flee due to the armed clashes.

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Civil society groups must be involved in Mon Language teaching pilot

HURFOM: The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has signed an agreement with the military council for a pilot project called “Teaching Mon Language in Government Schools”.  The initiative will take place in Chaung Zone, Mudon and Thanbyuzayat Townships, in Mon State in the 2023-24 academic year.

The General Secretary of the Mon Literature and Culture Committee, Nai Mon Raja, said the Ministry of Education was not capable of implementing the project alone, so civil society groups such as the Mon Literature and Culture Committee are needed. 

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Soldiers shot and killed plantation worker and severely injure another in Ye

HURFOM: About 6 pm on March 23, 2023, two plantation workers returning from their plantation by motorbike were shot by the Burmese soldiers of the 61st  Light Infantry Battalion (LIB 61). One plantation worker died at the scene and the other sustained  serious injuries, according to local sources.

“The soldiers ordered them to stop their bike but they didn’t. Then, the soldiers shot them. They were riding a motorbike after 6 pm and there were two men on the bike, (in violation of the curfew and martial law declarations). So the soldiers thought they were members of PDF (People Defense Forces) and shot them,” said a Ye resident.

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Junta puts more restrictions on applicants filing visitor reports in Mawlamyine

HURFOM: In June 2022, the military junta instructed the General Administration Department to regularly collect and inspect “visitor reports” in Mawlamyine, the capital of the Mon State.  These reports record personnel data on individuals visiting a household.

Previously such reports could be filed on behalf of an applicant but  since June 2022 applicants must now file their “visitor report” directly with the Administration office in person and they must show their authentic ID card at the same time.

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