Junta’s artillery attack kills plantation worker and injures five family members
August 22, 2024
HURFOM: On August 15th and 16th, 2024, armed clashes took place between the military junta and the local resistance forces near the new village established by Nai Khway and Daw Yane. The fighting took place beside the Thanbyuzayat-Three Pagoda Pass Highway Road, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State.
The 315th artillery battalion based in Well Ka Lee launched numerous artillery attacks and one shell hit a hut in the rubber plantation.
Read moreAdministrators imposes monthly extortion fee on villagers for compulsory military service
August 22, 2024
HURFOM: Since May, 2024, some village or ward Administrators in Chaung Zone Township, Mon State have been imposing a monthly extortion fee on villagers claiming they must support conscripts for compulsory military service. The Administrators claim this is a direct order from the Director of Chaung Zone Township General Administration Department, U Zaw Win Nine Win.
“He said it’s a direct order from the Director and forced us to make a compulsory contribution. Each household started to pay 10,000 MMK three months ago,” said a Chaung Zone resident.
Read moreJunta extorts motorbike riders in Paung
August 22, 2024
HURFOM: The military junta banned two men from riding the same motorbike in Paung Township, Mon State and imposed a curfew. Junta’s security forces manipulate the restrictions to arrest and extort money from residents who breach the restrictions.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack kills newborn infant and injures five residents in Kaw Ka Rate
August 22, 2024
HURFOM: On August 9th, 2024, the military junta’s “Swel Taw Gone” regiment targeted Htee Muu Hto village, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State with artillery attack even though there had been no armed clash in the area. The attack killed a newborn infant and injured five other residents, according to the central Karen National Union.
Read moreJunta seizes and seals a house and tea shop in Thaton
August 22, 2024
HURFOM: Local sources reported to HURFOM, that on August 15th, 2024, the interdepartmental authorities of the military junta seized and sealed the house and teashop of 41-year-old U Chit Lin Nine from Lake Inn Ward, Thaton City, Mon State.
U Chit Lin Nine was arrested on July 10th, 2024 and charged under Sections 50(J) and 52(A) of the Anti-Terrorist Act.
Read moreJunta kills two residents and injures five others in Bilin
August 22, 2024
HURFOM: On August 17th, 2024, the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army and the People’s Defense Force attacked junta’s forces stationed at the “Ma Saw” Bridge in Bilin Township, Mon State. Soon after the attack, the junta responded with four indiscriminate artillery attacks on nearby villages.
The artillery explosions killed 24-year-old Naw Moe Moe Aye from Taung Kalay village and injured five residents from Taung Kalay and Shwe In Don villages.
Read moreTheft on the rise in Ye: Authorities fail to respond
August 20, 2024
HURFOM: Since the third week of July, 2024, due to the shortage and high price of gasoline, the private companies that deliver electricity to Ye Township, Mon State have limited their distribution from 5 am to 10 pm. Locals report to HURFOM that with increasing darkness, incidents of theft from residential houses, monasteries and pagodas in Ye Town are on the rise.
Read moreDisplaced woman steps on a landmine in Maung Mell Shaung
August 20, 2024
HURFOM: On August 14th, 2024, an 18-year-old girl “Mi Gan” was returning from the plantation to her house in Maung Mell Shaung village, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division to pick up clothes and food when she stepped on a landmine hidden by Burmese troops.
Read moreForced Conscription Drive Takes Toll on Local Communities
August 19, 2024
In response to record losses of Burma Army soldiers by the opposition forces and defections of soldiers and commanders, as well as economic turmoil and rising poverty as a result of nationwide conflict, it was declared that the 2010 People’s Military Service Law, mandating conscription, would be enforced for the first time since it was passed.
Since this announcement, young men and women have fled to neighboring countries for their safety. However, countries like Thailand have enforced stricter screening mechanisms for Burmese citizens entering. For those remaining inside Burma, the junta has taken additional steps to prevent young people from leaving by denying individuals between the ages of 23 and 35 the opportunity to depart from Yangon by air. This action follows a similar enforcement in May when the military junta temporarily banned all men from working abroad.
Read moreResidents experience prolong and frequent telecommunication cutoff in Mon and Tenasserim
August 16, 2024
HURFOM: Since May, 2024, there have been more and more armed clashes in Southern Ye Township, Mon State and Dawei, Long Lone, Tenasserim and Tha Yet Chaung Townships in Tenasserim Division, and the military junta has cut off telecommunication networks in villages in the townships.
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