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Local Resident Arbitrarily Arrested by Mawrawaddy Naval Forces in Kanbauk, Still Detained After Five Days

HURFOM: A resident of Magin Ward, Kanbauk village tract, Yebyu Township, Dawei District, was arrested at his home by Mawrawaddy Naval forces on the evening of 5 September and has not yet been released, according to local sources.

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The man was identified as Ko Aye Ko, a construction worker originally from Kanbauk village. Residents said the reason for his arrest remains unknown.

“At first, even his neighbors didn’t know he had been taken. When he disappeared, people started asking questions and then found out he had been arrested. He hasn’t been released yet and the family has not been allowed to see him,” a Kanbauk villager explained.

Locals also reported that Mawrawaddy troops have been operating frequent security checkpoints in the Kanbauk area. “If you arrive near the gates, they order everyone to get off the cars and motorbikes and continue on foot,” another resident said.

This incident follows earlier arrests on 20 August, when six young men from Kanbauk and Taung Yin Inn villages were detained by the naval forces under accusations of links to drug use. They were released about a week later, according to those close to the families.

Junta Burns 18 Houses and Arrests Villagers in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: In Taung Yin Inn village, Yebyu Township, Dawei District, junta soldiers stationed near Phar Chaung village tract have left a trail of devastation. Between August 24 and September 2, the troops torched homes and carried out arbitrary arrests.

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Junta Troops Burn Down More Than 30 Houses in Thayet Chaung

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.

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Junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks kill child in Yar Phu village

HURFOM: On September 8^th, 2025, despite there being no active armed clash in the area, the military junta targeted Yar Phu village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a three-year-old child and severely injured a 40-year-old man.

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Truck Driver and Assistant Killed, Vehicle Burned in Junta Shooting on Kalein Aung–Ma Hlwe Taung Road

HURFOM: On September 6, along the Kalein Aung–Ma Hlwe Taung road near Mayan Chaung village, ordinary travelers once again paid the price of the junta’s brutality. A cargo truck came under heavy fire from soldiers, leaving the driver and his assistant dead as their vehicle burst into flames. Local drivers described the terrifying scene: the sound of gunfire echoing, vehicles stranded on the road, and no one daring to move until the shooting stopped. By then, the truck was already reduced to ashes.

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Many young men arrested in Mudon and locals worry about sending them to military training

HURFOM: On September 1^st, 2025, an informant who worked for the military junta was shot and killed by the resistant forces in Mudon Town, Mudon Township, Mon State.

After the incident, the junta’s forces have tightened security in downtown areas such as Kan Gyi and Chaung Hna Kwa roads and entrance and exit of the town and arrested many young men.

“But we don’t know the exact number of the arrested,” said a Mudon resident.

However, the locals are worrying that the military junta would forcefully send the arrested young men to the 16^th Batch of the military training for conscripts.

“Now, it’s difficult to get substitutes for conscripts so the junta’s forces are targeting young men who go outside at night,” said a local source.

The junta ordered the ward administrators that each ward in Mudon Town must send two young men per military training for conscripts.

The residents had to pay five million MMK to hire a substitute for conscript; however, it is difficult to get a substitute during these weeks. Therefore, the junta has been targeting local young men.

Each household in Mudon has to pay a monthly conscription fee of 20,000 MMK to hire substitutes for conscripts since early August, 2025.

Fear and Intimidation Rise in Mon State as Junta Deploys Militias to Secure Control Before December Election

HURFOM: In Mon State, the Junta-appointed Chief Minister, U Aung Kyi Thein, has ordered officials to ensure that there are “no disturbances or obstacles” during the regime’s planned sham election in December 2025. His directive, issued on 4 September at a meeting in the Mawlamyine Government Office with state-level department staff, underscores how the junta is weaponizing security forces and militias to tighten control over communities.

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Weekly Analysis: Junta-Backed Militias in Mawlamyine Threaten and Terrorize Villagers Ahead of Sham Elections

The military junta has announced that it will move forward with its sham election at the end of December 2025. The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has strongly condemned this illegal attempt to assert its stolen rule. Across our targeted areas of Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region, junta-backed security forces and allies have begun implementing fear-mongering tactics to ensure the junta’s victory.

In Mawlamyine, Mon State, junta-backed militias under the banner of “People’s Security Forces” and allied groups are increasingly behaving like criminal gangs. Instead of providing protection, they have been abusing power, harassing locals, and spreading fear.

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Young man beaten after being wrongfully accused of substance abuse

HURFOM: On August 28^th, 2025, a 21-year-old male from Taung Pauk village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State was arrested and beaten by the members of the New Mon State Party (AD – Anti Military Dictatorship) after being accused of abusing substances.

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Drone attack on school injures three teachers and student

HURFOM: On September 3^rd, 2025, the military junta used drones to attack a school operated under the Karen Education and Culture Department (KECD) in Naung Ta Khee village, Peta Kha village tract, Pine Kyone Township, Hpa-An District, Karen State.

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