Locals worry about coal fired power plant project in Chaung Zone
July 19, 2024
HURFOM: On June 24th, 2024, Mon State Chief Minister U Aung Kyi Thein met with the Chinese Ambassador to Burma to discuss construction of a coal fired power plant in Chaung Zone Township, Mon State.
The military junta has bought 50 acres of mangrove forest between Ka Lawi and Da Yell villages, Chaung Zone Township and paid compensation to landowners at the rate of 5 million MMK per acre.
The junta has moved very quickly on this project.
Read moreSome displaced villagers face difficulties filing registration form for monetary support
July 18, 2024
HURFOM: Between July 13th and the 19th, 2024, domestic and international donors, monks and Mon charity groups have been providing monetary support to displaced persons and those who lost their houses in artillery attacks from Kyaing Rivier area, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State.
Each household of displaced persons will receive 150,000 MMK and other household items.
Read moreJunta’s limitation on cash withdrawal disturbs business operations
July 18, 2024
HURFOM: On July 2nd 2024, the military junta announced they would penalize high-ranking officials from seven popular private banks. Following this announcement, trust in banks has dropped significantly, and clients began to withdraw their cash from their bank accounts.
In response, the junta limited cash withdrawal from banks, ATM machines and Mobile Pay apps on July 9th.
Read moreJunta artillery attack kills woman in Tenasserim Township
July 18, 2024
HURFOM: On July 15th, 2024, the military junta targeted East Maw Tone village tract, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a local woman.
Read moreGang Theft on the rise in Ah Nin village
July 17, 2024
HURFOM: Since June, 2024, the number of cases of theft by a gang of thieves has been on the rise in Ah Nin village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, local people reported HURFOM.
Local people reported to HURFOM that gangs of thieves holding knives have been entering homes to steal lawnmowers, televisions, batteries, bicycles, clothes and other valuables. Villagers have experienced cases of theft every night.
Read moreJunta’s indiscriminate artillery attack injures local man
July 17, 2024
HURFOM: On July 15th, 2024, the military junta targeted villages in Long Lone Township, Dawei District, Tenasserim Division with indiscriminate artillery attacks injuring a local man.
According to local sources, a regiment consisting of 100 troops entered Pan Da Lell and Inn Sought villages on the evening of July 14th and stationed themselves within the villages.
Read moreThree killed and fifteen injured by reckless artillery attacks in Kyike Hto in just over month
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: According to data collected by HURFOM, from the start of June to the first week of July, 2024, three civilians were killed while another fifteen, including children, were injured by the junta’s reckless and constant artillery attacks.
In June, a 10-year-old novice, a 14-year-old girl and 20-year-old lady were killed by junta’s reckless artillery attacks while two monks and other four civilians were injured by the attacks.
Read moreJunta’s air assault injures two civilians in Tenasserim
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: On July 13th, 2024, the military junta targeted Thar Ra Phone and Pa Wa villages, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division with reckless and multiple air assaults that injured two innocent civilians.
The military junta dropped at least 18 bombs using jet fighters, the local villagers reported HURFOM.
Read moreJunta forces arrest four villagers: Uses them as human shield
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: On July 13th, 2024, the military junta launched a military operation targeting villages in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. Four villagers including a 16-year-old child were arrested and used as a human shield.
Beginning July 11th, the regiment consisting of about 200 troops moved through Sin Ku, Sin Kyan and Chauk Chaung villages, which are beside the Dawei-Myeik Highway Road.
Read moreRice farming declines in Kyikemayaw due to armed conflict and security concerns
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: Rice farming in the rainy season usually starts in May in Burma, but due to armed conflicts and security concerns, only a small number of farmers in Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State are starting their rice farming.
Mon State has nearly 700,000 acres of rice farming in the rainy season and Kyikemayaw Township has 56,000 acres of farming. making it a major contributor.
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