Military junta breaches NCA

March 15, 2021

HURFOM: General Yawd Ser, Acting Leader of the National Ceasefire Agreement signed by Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S EAO), says the military council created after the February 1 coup, has breached the NCA.

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Rumours of military once again using forced labor, frightens villagers

March 12, 2021

HURFOM: The military junta is increasing their monitoring and intimidation of citizens.

Armed forces personnel are stopping passengers and checking their private information at gates to cities.

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Villagers reject military council administrators

March 8, 2021

HURFOM: On February 11, 2021, the military council announced that ward/village administrators elected by the people during the NLD government, were being dismissed as of February 10, 2021.

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Police and soldiers responsible for killing and injuring citizens, and destroying property

March 5, 2021

HURFOM: The last days of February and early March have seen increasing violence committed by police and soldiers on citizens of Mawlamyine.

On February 28, security forces killed a 21-year-old man and 30 people were injured in Mawlamyine.

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Soldiers and police violate citizen privacy

March 4, 2021

HURFOM: As nationwide protests continue daily since February 1,  soldiers and the police in Mon State have begun to  check the vehicles and smartphones of passengers at the entrances to cities.

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Military UEC plans to introduce new electoral system

March 4, 2021

HURFOM: (February 28 2021) The newly formed Union Election Commission established by the military junta requested by letter to political parties,  to send them research on “Proportional Representation (PR) Systems”. The military claims that such a system  will be used in their promised new election.

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Yarmanya Times Chief Editor arrested: Whereabout unknown

March 2, 2021

HURFOM: On February 28, 2021, during his live broadcasting about a protest in Phep Khin Ward, Mawlamyine, the Chief Editor of the Mon State based Yarmanya Times News Agency, Ko Lin Tun, was arrested by police forces. The incident took place at about 1 pm.

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Press rejects pressure from military council to not use term –“military junta”

March 1, 2021

HURFOM: On February 11, 2021, the military council controlled the Ministry of Information informed the Myanmar Media Council not to use the term “military junta”, rather to use “State Administrative Council”.

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MUP to meet with the newly formed Union Election Commission

February 24, 2021

HURFOM: On February 22, 2021, a new Union Election Commission (UEC) was formed by the State Administrative Council, and the military has  invited political parties to join a first meeting which will be held at the Office of the UEC in Naypyidaw on February 26.

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Activist say MUP should not join military council

February 24, 2021

HURFOM: Activists in Mawlamyine, are critical of the Mon Unity Party (MUP) decision to join the newly created military council.  They argue the MUP is a political party that has been elected by the people, and as such does not have any legitimacy to join the military council.

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