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Informers and Junta-Backed Militias Increasingly Abusing Civilians in Mon State Ahead of Sham Election

HURFOM: Local people in Mon State report that so-called dalan (informers/collaborators), often operating with the junta-backed and armed Pyu Saw Htee militias, are becoming more abusive and exploitative of civilians. Acting as the Junta’s shadow police, these groups collaborate closely with soldiers and police, spying on neighbors, reporting “suspicious persons,” and using intimidation to control communities.

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Schools in Yebyu close due to intense armed clashes

HURFOM: Since August, 2025, the junta’s army has reinforced their troops and is conducting a military advance in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division, creating heavy and constant armed conflict with the joint revolutionary forces. The army has also launched indiscriminate artillery attacks targeting residential areas forcing residents to flee their homes.

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Junta increases “conscription fee” to 10,000 MMK per household in Chaung Zone

HURFOM: The military junta has issued an order that wards and villages in Chaung Zone Township, Mon State must send at least two conscripts to every military training.

According to local sources, local administration teams are struggling to meet the order,  including having to hire substitutes for conscripts.

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97 undocumented Burmese citizens arrested in first week of September

HURFOM: In the first week of September, 2025, more than 97 undocumented Burmese citizens who tried to enter Thailand via the Three Pagoda Pass border route in Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State were arrested by the Thai authorities.

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12 political prisoners confined and tortured in Hpa-An Prison:  One dead

HURFOM: On June 14^th, 2025, 12 political prisoners serving their prisoner terms in the “Kyoe Kyar” Dormitory of the Hpa-An Prison, Hpa-An Township, Karen State were confined and tortured by the prison authorities after being accused of creating instability in the prison.

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Local Resident Arbitrarily Arrested by Mawrawaddy Naval Forces in Kanbauk, Still Detained After Five Days

HURFOM: A resident of Magin Ward, Kanbauk village tract, Yebyu Township, Dawei District, was arrested at his home by Mawrawaddy Naval forces on the evening of 5 September and has not yet been released, according to local sources.

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The man was identified as Ko Aye Ko, a construction worker originally from Kanbauk village. Residents said the reason for his arrest remains unknown.

“At first, even his neighbors didn’t know he had been taken. When he disappeared, people started asking questions and then found out he had been arrested. He hasn’t been released yet and the family has not been allowed to see him,” a Kanbauk villager explained.

Locals also reported that Mawrawaddy troops have been operating frequent security checkpoints in the Kanbauk area. “If you arrive near the gates, they order everyone to get off the cars and motorbikes and continue on foot,” another resident said.

This incident follows earlier arrests on 20 August, when six young men from Kanbauk and Taung Yin Inn villages were detained by the naval forces under accusations of links to drug use. They were released about a week later, according to those close to the families.

Junta Burns 18 Houses and Arrests Villagers in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: In Taung Yin Inn village, Yebyu Township, Dawei District, junta soldiers stationed near Phar Chaung village tract have left a trail of devastation. Between August 24 and September 2, the troops torched homes and carried out arbitrary arrests.

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Junta Troops Burn Down More Than 30 Houses in Thayet Chaung

HURFOM: Fear and devastation spread through Yan Taung and Thin Kyun villages in Thayet Chaung Township, Dawei District, after junta troops torched dozens of homes on the morning of September 7.

At around 9:30 a.m., over 100 soldiers moved into the area from their base near Moe Shwe Kone village. Residents said the troops set fire to houses in Yan Taung and Thin Kyun shortly after being ambushed by resistance forces while traveling in passenger vehicles.

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Junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks kill child in Yar Phu village

HURFOM: On September 8^th, 2025, despite there being no active armed clash in the area, the military junta targeted Yar Phu village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a three-year-old child and severely injured a 40-year-old man.

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Truck Driver and Assistant Killed, Vehicle Burned in Junta Shooting on Kalein Aung–Ma Hlwe Taung Road

HURFOM: On September 6, along the Kalein Aung–Ma Hlwe Taung road near Mayan Chaung village, ordinary travelers once again paid the price of the junta’s brutality. A cargo truck came under heavy fire from soldiers, leaving the driver and his assistant dead as their vehicle burst into flames. Local drivers described the terrifying scene: the sound of gunfire echoing, vehicles stranded on the road, and no one daring to move until the shooting stopped. By then, the truck was already reduced to ashes.

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