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Parents Forced to Draw Lots for Military Service on Behalf of Their Children Amid Threats of Legal Action

Thanbyuzayat, Mon State

HURFOM: On 26 June, local administrators in Thanbyuzayat Township summoned nearly all neighborhood leaders and parents to the administrative office and ordered them to draw lots for mandatory military service on behalf of their children. The event reportedly began at 10:00 AM and was led by the ward administrative heads and local junta-aligned conscription teams.

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Indiscriminate Shelling by Junta Forces Prevents IDPs in Yebyu Township from Returning Home

Yebyu Township, Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM: In southern Burma, the lives of hundreds of displaced villagers remain in limbo as junta forces continue indiscriminate artillery shelling across Yebyu Township. Despite no active fighting in the area, the Junta military has deliberately launched repeated heavy weapons attacks into civilian zones, forcing families—many of whom had hoped to return—to remain in hiding. The shelling has created a climate of terror in villages such as Minthar, Zardee, Yapu, and Natkyisin, where fear, trauma, and displacement have become a daily reality.

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Residents in Mon and Karen States frightened by junta’s aerial patrol

HURFOM: The military junta has been conducting frequent aerial patrols and indiscriminate artillery attacks in Mon and Karen State and residents are worrying about their security and safety.

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Body of Villager Tortured and Killed by Junta Troops Found Near Palm Plantation in Laung Lon Township

Laung Lon Township, Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM : The lifeless body of a local villager who was forcibly taken by junta soldiers during their retreat from Kanyone Kyun village has been discovered, according to residents in the area.

On June 24, as junta troops from a joint column were withdrawing from Kanyone Kyun village, local sources confirmed that they had abducted several villagers. Today, the body of U Myo Zaw Aung, also known as U Myo Kyan Aung, aged 46, was found dumped in a palm plantation between Sit Pyae village and Laung Lon town.

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Elderly Woman Repeatedly Raped by Junta Soldier in Laung Lon Township During Occupation of Kanyone Kyun Village

Laung Lon Township, Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM: A horrifying case of sexual violence has emerged from Kanyone Kyun village, where a Junta soldier repeatedly raped a 72-year-old woman during the military’s occupation of the village in mid-June.

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Junta Forces Families in Thanbyuzayat to Draw Conscription Lot on Behalf of Sons Abroad, Threatens Legal Action for Non-Compliance

HURFOM: Thanbyuzayat, Mon State – Fear is spreading across nearly every ward and village in Thanbyuzayat Township, as families are being summoned by local administration offices and pressured to draw conscription lottery lots on behalf of their sons, many of whom are currently working or living abroad.

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Junta’s army arrests plantation workers and extorts them

HURFOM: In the second week of June, 2025, three family members from R Yu Taung village, Ye Township, Mon State enroute to their rubber plantation, were arrested by a local regiment of the military junta. The regiment demanded three million MMK or they would be sent to military training for conscripts.

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Arresting owners of unlicensed vehicles halts ambulance services

HURFOM: On June 1^st, 2025, the driver of an ambulance picking up a patient from the Hpa-An General Hospital, Hpa-An Town, Karen State was arrested and the vehicle seized by the military junta.  Currently, all the ambulance services in the Hpa-An District have been halted since the arrest, according to the Hpa-An Social and Rescue Team.

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Contagious Skin Disease Outbreak Spreads Among IDPs in Kyaikto Township

HURFOM: A contagious skin disease outbreak is spreading among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kyaikto Township, Mon State, as ongoing conflict forces thousands of civilians into unsafe and unsanitary living conditions.

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Junta Prepares for Sham Elections in Mon State by Deploying Paramilitary Units and Expanding Surveillance

HURFOM: In preparation for the junta’s proposed sham election later this year, the military authorities have begun deploying paramilitary forces under the banner of “Public Security and Anti-Terrorism Squads” to polling station sites across Mon State. According to local sources close to township administration committees, these squads are being mobilized according to population size and township needs, with assignments coordinated at the district level.

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