Two men arrested by Mawrawaddy Navy not released yet

December 8, 2023

HURFOM: At night on November 30, 2023, the Mawrawaddy Navy Command using excessive force,  arrested two individuals from Kan Bauk Town, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim.  37-year-old,  Ko Aung Khat from Ward #1,  and 30-year-old Ko Pie Pie from Ward #2, were both arrested.

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Arrested Pyin Gyi resident found dead from gunshot wounds

December 8, 2023

HURFOM: On November 30, 2023, a 60-year-old man U Myint Oo from Pyin Gi village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim was arrested by an unknown armed group. On December 4, 2023, villagers found U Myint Oo’ near a cemetery in Kyauk Sin village. It appears he died from gunshot wounds.

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Junta targets villages with artillery attacks

December 7, 2023

HURFOM: In the morning of December 5th, 2023, the military check-point on the Thet Kaw – Three Pagoda Pass Road in Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State was hit by an aerial bomb.

In response, the 315th artillery regiment based in Well Ka Lee village, targeted nearby villages with indiscriminate artillery attacks.

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Residents from 20 villages flee homes due to heavy armed clash in Kaw Ka Rate

December 7, 2023

HURFOM: Beginning on December 1st, 2023, the military junta and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army engaged in heavy fighting in Kaw Ka Rate Town, Karen State.

The armed clashes have forced residents from Maung Ma Yaw Tit, Kaw Nwe, Yaw Tan Shay, An Pha Gyi and Noe Phoe village tracts, in the township and about 26 villages alongside Asia Highway Road, all to flee their homes.

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Ye Township gets limited access to electricity due to gasoline shortage

December 6, 2023

HURFOM: Ye Township, Mon State has to buy electricity from private companies, due to a gasoline shortage.  Electricity providers announced that service will now be available in rotation.

Myat Thura Company provides electricity to southern Ye Township,  Southern Myanmar Development (SMD) provides electricity to northern Ye Township.

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Junta’s air assault kills 11 residents and forces thousands to flee

December 5, 2023

HURFOM: The armed clash between the military junta and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army has intensified in Kaw Ka Rate Town, Karen State since December 1, 2023.

The junta launched air assaults that killed 11 residents and injured many people, according to a local source.

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Seven residents arrested within two days in Thanbyuzayat

December 5, 2023

HURFOM: Local sources reported to HURFOM that at least seven residents from Thanbyuzayat Town, Mon State were arrested by the military junta on November 30th and December 1st, 2023.

On November 30th, while conducting interrogations the military junta arrested 44-year-old, U Mya Than who lives in the Aung Zay Ya extended Ward.  A pistol and some bullets were confiscated from him.

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Kyikemayaw farmers face trouble due to armed clashes in harvest season

December 4, 2023

HURFOM: Between November 10th and the 30th, 2023, the military junta and revolutionary forces engaged in armed clashes in Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State.  Junta forces have targeted villages with both artillery and air assaults.

People including children have been killed and houses destroyed. As of today, more than 20,000 residents have fled their homes.

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Monk killed by artillery attack: Kyikemayaw Township Residents from five villages flee 

December 4, 2023

HURFOM: On December 1, 2023, the junta’s artillery attack killed a 42-year-old monk from the “Vendar Dana” monastery in Mi Ka Tit village, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State.

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Kaw Ka Rate resident sustains injury from landmine explosion

December 1, 2023

HURFOM: On November 28, 2023, a resident from Wall Lay village, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State stepped on a landmine and sustained an injury, according to the statement of the Karen National Union.

45-year-old U Min Min Oo went outside the village to pluck branches from a  “Eugenia” plant for their livelihood.  He stepped on a landmine that exploded causing injuries in both legs.

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