Junta burns down 40 houses and arrests 20 villagers in Yebyu
June 25, 2024
HURFOM: On June 19th, 2024, a battle between the military junta and the resistance forces took place in Yar Phu village track, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim which is the area under the control of the New Mon State Party.
On June 20th, the junta responded with artillery and air assaults and burnt down more than 40 houses.
Read moreJunta arrests five residents in Tha Yet Chaung
June 25, 2024
HURFOM: On June 14th, 2024, a military operation took place in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division resulting in the arrest of five residents from two villages.
On June 8th, 2024, an armed group tried to arrest the Administrator of Eain Shay Pyin village, Tha Yet Chaung Township at his house, but he escaped.
Read moreArtillery explosion injuries four residents including two monks in Kyike Hto
June 25, 2024
HURFOM: On June 21st, 2024, the 310th artillery regiment based in Thane Za Yat, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State launched two 120-mm artillery attacks on Kha Ywelve village. There was no active armed clash and the artillery shells exploded near “Taung Kyaung” monastery and residential houses.
The explosion injured Kha Ywelve Abbot, his fellow monk, 75-year-old U San Tin and 62-year-old Daw San Myint and destroyed three houses.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
June 24, 2024
Political Prisoners Protest Denial of Care and Neglect
Life for the people in Burma continues to be increasingly challenging. However, the junta’s terror tactics have not silenced or deterred the ongoing movement in the country for peace and democracy, including in the target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region. Even in the junta-run prisons where thousands of political prisoners remain unjustly detained, they continue to demand their rights and freedoms.
On the evening of June 12th, protests erupted inside Kyaikmayaw Central Prison in Mon State due to the denial of care for an injured prisoner who was ordered to perform welding work on a two-story building during a rainstorm. The inmate was electrocuted, fell, and lost consciousness.
Read moreFamily members arrested in Bilin
June 20, 2024
HURFOM: On June 16th, 2024, political activists from Zote Tote village, Bilin Township, Mon State were arrested by the junta, according to local sources.
Read moreSocial workers and residents arrested after being accused of supporting PDF
June 20, 2024
HURFOM: On June 13th and 14th, 2024, four social workers who are members of “Kaw Sa Nine” Social and Charity Association in Kaw Sa Nine Ward, Kyike Hto Town, Mon State and other four young residents from the same town were arrested by the junta after being accused of supporting the People’s Defense Forces.
At about 7 pm on June 13th, U Mya Aung was arrested in Kaw Sa Nine Ward. Then, his daughter Ma Chit Su Yadanar and co-workers U Soe Hline and Ko Chan Thar Aung were arrested at their houses.
Read moreJunta 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.
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