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25 Burmese workers returned by Thai authority arrested by junta and forced into compulsory military service

HURFOM: On July 30th, 2024, the Thai authority sent back 152 Burmese migrant workers who had finished serving a penalty for illegal entry into Thailand. The workers were dropped at Kaw Thaung seaport, Kaw Thaung Town, Tenasserim Division.

Among the workers, 25 young male workers were arrested by the Chief of the Kaw Thaung Immigration Department, and the military junta forced into compulsory military service, according to a local source.

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Three elderly residents injured in a battle in Pu Law Township

HURFOM: On August 8th, 2024, a battle between the military junta and the joint resistance forces nearby Mee Laung Chaung village, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division and the 17^th Light Infantry Battalion, injured three elderly residents.

An artillery explosion injured 70-year-old U Phoe Kyar, his wife Daw Q Aye, and another 70-year-old woman.

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Junta pursues and arrests young men claiming compulsory military service

HRUFOM: Since the first week of August, 2024, the military junta has been arresting young men in Kyike Hto Township, Mon State claiming they are on the compulsory military service list.  As a result of the junta’s pursuit for conscripts, many young men have fled from their homes.

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Young man dies in traffic accident while running away from soldiers’ attack

HURFOM: At about 8 pm on August 8th, 2024, junta security forces were conducting “stop and checks” near the “Shwe Sar Yan” Pagoda, Thato City, Mon State, and a young man riding on a motorbike made a U-turn as he did not want to be checked by the forces.

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Constant military tension forces thousands of villagers to flee Ye Township

HURFOM: Constant military tensions since late July 2024, between the military junta and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in Hnin Zone, San Pya and Done Phi villages, Ye Township, Mon State has led to thousands of the residents fleeing their homes.

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Junta’s artillery attack kills a civilian in Pa La

HURFOM: On August 5th, 2024, the joint resistance forces attacked the junta’s troops in the military check-point in front of the Pa La Town Police Station in Pu Law Township, Myeik District, Tenasserim Division.

The police station responded with indiscriminate artillery attacks and the attack killed 24-year-old Ko Zaw Win Htut who was native to Pa La Town.

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Young man arrested in Kan Bauk

HURFOM: On August 4, 2024, a young man from Zar D village, Kan Bauk area, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim was arrested by the military junta.

A local villager reported to HURFOM that a 20-year-old Ko Than Htike from Yaw Ma Ward, Zar D village was arrested by the junta’s troops who were hiding near the bridge between Zar D and Khaung Pyan villages.

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Junta’ air assaults killed 14 civilians in Kyarinnseikyi Township

HURFOM: On July 19th, 2024, the military junta launched an air assault despite no armed clashes in the Kyaw K O area, Dar Le village tract, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State. The air assault killed 14 civilians and injured four villagers, according to Saw Nanda Sue, the Advocacy Coordinator of the Karen Human Right Group – KHRG.

The junta’s aircraft dropped a 500-pound bomb and the bomb exploded near a monastery. The bomb explosion killed five men and nine women and injured four other villagers.

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Junta Targets Political Opposition Members

During the second week of August, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) reported on several cases of civilians continuing to be targeted in the offensives perpetrated by the junta. The same criminal acts of terror are being used by the Burma army to evoke fear and uncertainty. This has included the targeting of opposition members. These politically motivated arrests speak to the deep and long-held concerns of members of the regime who fear democracy more than bullets.

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Junta’s artillery attack injures mother and daughter in Yebyu

HURFOM: On August 2nd, 2024, a mother and daughter from Nyin Htwe village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division were injured by another junta artillery attack.

A regiment consisting of about 20 troops launched small and heavy weapon attacks while they entered the village. One of the artillery shells dropped and exploded on a house and the explosion injured a 50-year-old mother and 20-year-old daughter.

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