Junta extorts individuals using VPN applications on their mobile phones
June 20, 2024
HURFOM: At the moment, the security forces of the military junta are checking the mobile phones of the pedestrians in Mon State, and if they find VPN applications, security forces have extorted as much as 100,000 MMK.
Since early June, 2024, junta’s security forces from various departments who have stationed themselves at exit or entrances of towns and road junctions have been checking mobile phones of pedestrians. The forces are targeting VPN applications to extort money from the users.
Read moreDisplaced villagers from airport project face accommodation hardships
June 20, 2024
HURFOM: The military junta informed villagers who were in the project area of the new airport near Kaw Pa Ran village, Mudon Township, Mon State to move out by May 2, 2024 at the latest or they would be removed forcefully. Villagers have demolished their houses and transferred their belongings even in the rainy season.
Read moreDawei youth go abroad to avoid conscription
June 19, 2024
HURFOM: On May 24th, 2024, junta-appointed Administrators met at the hall of the compound office in Dawei City, Tenasserim Division to discuss details regarding the third batch of compulsory military service. Soon after the meeting, summons letters with exact names and ID numbers were issued.
“The letters have been delivered in every ward. After accepting the letters, parents have to go to the ward administration office and fill out the conscription form. The junta hasn’t collected candidates door-to-door but they have sent summons letters regularly,” said a local source.
Read moreSubstitutes for compulsory military service cost as much as 6 million MMK
June 19, 2024
HURFOM: The military junta has instructed all village/ward Administrators that each village In Mon State, must send at least one candidate to compulsory military service. Mon State has more than 1,100 villages or wards.
“We were instructed to send one candidate for each village. But many villages have failed to do so. The junta is applying pressure on those villages. They said we must send a candidate at any cost,” said a village Administrator from Paung Township.
Read moreOne man killed and ten men arrested in Maung Mell Shaung
June 18, 2024
HURFOM: On June 14th, 2024, the military junta battled with the local resistant forces near Maung Mell Shaung village, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division.
According to local sources, more than 100 troops were involved in a battle with the People’s Defense Force. After the fighting ceased, the local villagers found a 73-year-old man was killed in his house and ten other men were arrested by the junta’s troops.
Read moreAir assault injures child and damages two houses in Tenasserim
June 18, 2024
HURFOM: On June 13fh, 2024, the military junta launched an air assault on Ta Gu village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division, that injured a 12-year-old child and destroyed two houses.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack injures father and daughter in Kyike Hto
June 18, 2024
HURFOM: On June 12th, 2024, the junta’s targeted Pane Nell Gone village, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State with artillery attacks that injured a father and daughter, according to the Thaton District Karen National Union.
The 310thn artillery regiment based in Thane Za Yat Town, Kyike Hto Township launched four artillery attacks on the village even though there was no active armed clash. The artillery shells exploded near residents’ houses, injuring 64-year-old U Than Oo and his 31-year-old daughter Ma Ye Ye Win.
Read moreMore than 50,000 residents forced to flee homes in Tenasserim Division
June 18, 2024
HURFOM: In May, 2024, more than 50,000 residents of Dawei and Myeik Districts, Tenasserim Division had to flee their homes due to armed conflicts, artillery attacks and air assaults.
31,800 residents from Dawei, Long Lone, Yebyu and Tha Yet Chaung Townships of Dawei District and 24,500 residents from Pu Law, Myeik, Kyune Su and Tenasserim Townships of Myeik District have been forcefully displaced.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
June 17, 2024
Insecurity Caused by the Military Junta Undermine Education Pathways
The impacts of the ongoing conflict in Southeastern Burma continue to devastate communities and separate families. The junta’s forcibly enacted Conscription Law has only contributed further to the worsening state of unrest and uncertainty. In target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, local people are fearful of indiscriminate firing, including air and ground attacks, as well as landmines and the possibility of escalated tensions. In the Burma Army’s bid to lose control, they are increasingly targeting innocent people. The impacts have been consequential, including delays to student education pathways.
Read moreExam pass rate of Mon national school students drops significantly
June 14, 2024
HURFOM: The matriculation exam results for the 2023-24 academic year were released on June 11th, 2024 and only ten students from the three Mon national high schools passed the exam this year. The three schools operate under the Mon National Education Committee.
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