Three internally displaced persons shot: Two die in Kaw Ka Rate
January 12, 2024
HURFOM: The military tension in Kaw Ka Rate Town, Karen State has been on-going for the last 40 days. On January 9th, 2024, the military junta battled with the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army and the People’s Defense Forces in downtown Kaw Ka Rate.
Three internally displaced persons (IDP) who were from Ward #6, had returned to their homes to collect household items when they were shot. Two died, while the third sustained an injury.
Read moreMore than 100 houses burnt down by junta in Nyaw Pyin village, Long Lone Township
January 12, 2024
HURFOM: On January 8th, 2024, a military regiment entered Nyaw Pyin village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division and burnt down more than 100 houses.
The military regiment burnt down about ten houses belonging to plantation workers in Phoe Phoe Kyoud Beach and then entered Nyaw Pyin village. The regiment arrested ten villagers and burnt down more than 100 houses.
Read moreThree injured by junta’s artillery attack in Kyone Doe
January 12, 2024
HURFOM: In the first week of January, 2024, the military junta targeted villages in Kyone Doe Township, Kaw Ka Rate District, Karen State with an artillery attack. The Central Karen National Union reported that two nuns and a local villager were injured by the artillery explosion.
Read morePersistent armed clashes in Kaw Ka Rate force 40,000 residents to flee homes
January 11, 2024
HURFOM: The armed clashes in Kaw Ka Rate Town, Karen State which started on November 30th, 2023, continues up to today, forcing more than 40,000 residents from 30 nearby villages to flee from their homes.
The junta launched military attacks in an effort to take back control of the Kaw Ka Rate – Myawaddy Asia Highway, and on January 8th engaged in a battle with the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army.
Read moreVillager arrested by military regiment found dead
January 11, 2024
HURFOM: On December 28th , 2023, a military regiment entered Lay Toon Khan village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division and arrested some villagers. One of them was found dead on a pomelo plantation near Yet Thane village on January 7th, 2024.
“Ko Hla Tun Win suffered from a stroke and he had a mental illness. Those who were arrested with him were released. But he did not return home at the same time, he simply disappeared,” said a Lay Toon Kan villager.
The dead body did not have a gunshot wound and no one knows the cause of death.
“The body had significantly decayed when we found it. It looks like he died four days ago,” said one of his relatives.
The military junta terrorized residents in Long Lone Township beginning on December 27th , 2023 to January 6th , 2024, by burning down 30 houses and arresting villagers.
Junta conducts constant arrests in Thanbyuzayat over December and January
January 11, 2024
HURFOM: Since December, 2023, the military junta has arrested nearly 70 residents of Thanbyuzayat, accusing them of promoting terrorism by providing financial support to the People’s Defense Forces (PDF).
The junta continues to arrest individuals on a constant basis into January, 2024, and have put in place mobility restrictions, as well as interrogating rubber plantation workers who have to go to their workplaces at night.
Read moreCouple sustains injury in armed clash in Bilin
January 10, 2024
HURFOM: On January 6th, 2024, an armed clash took place between the military junta and the Karen National Liberation Army in Ah Lu Lay village, Bilin Township, Mon State. The fighting injured at least two plywood factory workers.
The victims were 40-year-old U Zay Yar Min and 36-year-old Daw Ne Ne Aye.
More than 30 military junta troops entered Ah Lu Lay village in the morning, which led to an exchange of gunfire with the KNLA in the village.
Read moreMore than 30 homes in Long Lone burnt down during 11-day military operation
January 10, 2024
HURFOM: During an 11-day military operation that ran from December 26th, 2023 to January 5th, 2024, the military junta burnt down more than 30 houses in Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division.
Read moreWoman dies in shooting incident in Kyike Hto
January 9, 2024
HURFOM: On January 4rth, 2024, a shooting took place near the village market in Moke Pa Lin village, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State that accidentally killed a local woman.
Two unknown gunmen on a motorbike shot 40-year-old Nyi Nyi Lwin who was a notorious informer for the military and the police. He was shot at a betel nut shop near the village market.
Read moreAbout 3,000 refugees in Thaton District in urgent need of humanitarian aid
January 9, 2024
HURFOM: Roughly 3,000 residents from Thaton District, Mon State who fled their homes for nearly a month are urgently in need of food, medicine, shelter, blankets and sweaters, according to social workers.
On December 13th, 2023, about 1,600 residents from Upper Win Tar Ban and Win Tar Ban Gyi villages had to flee their homes due to armed clashes at the Win Tar Ban military base.
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