Transportation hardships prevent displaced villagers from receiving junta’s monetary support
February 27, 2025
HURFOM: On February 14th, 2025, in the State Hall, the Mon State Chief Minister, U Aung Kyi Thein claimed the military junta would support each displaced villager in Mon State, with monetary support in the amount of 20,000 MMK.
Read moreAir assaults injure four villagers from Ah Nan Kwin village
February 27, 2025
HURFOM: On February 18th, 2025, the military junta launched an air assault on Ta Nyin village which is located near Ah Nan Kwin village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State. The attack injured four villagers.
Read moreMother and son sustain injuries after stepping on landmine in Dawei
February 27, 2025
HURFOM: On February 25th, 2025, a mother and son – 43-year-old Daw Mar Lwin and 13-year-old Maung Yan Myo Myat from Wa Gone village, Dawei East Forest region, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division stepped on a landmine while walking to their plantation.
Read moreJunta tightens security and extorts plantation workers
February 26, 2025
HURFOM: In Kyone Long (old) village and Kwin Shay village, Ye Township, Mon State, the junta’s troops are imposing tight security measures targeting plantation workers. Villagers reported to HURFOM that troops are also extorting huge amounts of money from people who failed to show their ID cards.
Read moreNearly 2,000 young men conscripted in military within a year in Mon State
February 26, 2025
HURFOM: From April, 2024 to January, 2025, the military junta organized ten “military training for conscripts” sessions, and forcefully recruited nearly 2,000 young conscripts in Mon State.
1,500 conscripts have finished their training and have been sent to conflict areas where there have been intense armed clashes, according to a military source.
Read moreJunta arrests drug addicts and thieves: Forces them into military service
February 26, 2025
HURFOM: In Mudon Town, Mon State, ward Administrators and police controlled by the military junta have been arresting drug addicts and thieves and forcing them to become conscripts to earn extra money, local sources reported HURFOM.
Read moreJunta’s air assaults torch more than 30 houses in Tenasserim
February 25, 2025
HURFOM: On February 17th, 2025, the military junta launched air assaults on Nyaung Pin Kwin Ah Shay Karn village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division destroying, by fire, 35 buildings including houses and a library.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack kills woman in Yebyu
February 25, 2025
HURFOM: On February 20th, 2025, the Kyauk Ka Nyar based 304th artillery regiment indiscriminately launched at least three artillery attacks on Kya Katta Pin Inn village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.
There has been no active armed clash in the nearby area.
Read moreJunta’s constant aerial and artillery attacks force more than 20,000 residents in KNU controlled area to flee
February 25, 2025
HURFOM: Since early January, 2025, the military junta has been launching constant and frequent aerial and artillery attacks targeting Kyike Hto and Bilin Townships, in Mon State and Hpa-An Township, in Karen State. The attacks have forced more than 20,000 residents from over 50 villages to flee their homes.
Read moreLocal authorities exploit weak rule of law and organize profit making gambling events
February 24, 2025
HURFOM: Since the attempted coup in 2021, the rule of law is getting weaker across Burma. This is equally evident in Mon State and Tenasserim Division. Local authorities are exploiting the situation by organizing gambling events in pagoda festivals, music and dance shows, traditional and spiritual events, all in order to extract profit for themselves.
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