Two Children Injured and a Home Destroyed by Junta Artillery in Yam Pho Village, Myeik District
May 10, 2025
Two young children were injured and a house was destroyed after junta forces fired artillery shells into Yam Pho village, Ban Lamut village tract, Tanintharyi Township, Myeik District, despite no clashes occurring in the area, according to local sources.
On the morning of May 8, at around 9:00 AM, Light Infantry Battalion No. 556, based in Za Wae village, launched four rounds of 60-mm mortar shells. Two of the shells exploded near a residential home where goods were being sold, injuring a five-year-old and a six-year-old child who were nearby. The impact also caused the house to catch fire and burn down.
Read moreTwo Young Men Arbitrarily Arrested After Being Accused of Links to Local Armed Resistance Forces in Kyaik Hto, Mon State
May 10, 2025
Two young men were forcibly arrested by junta forces in Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State, under accusations of having ties to local armed resistance forces, according to local sources.
At around 5:00 AM on May 8, junta troops raided the home of 18-year-old Zwe Marn Oo in Taung Kalay village and arrested him without presenting any warrant. Just two days earlier, on the night of May 6 at approximately 11:00 PM, 20-year-old Minn Khant Ko from Zayar Mon Ward in Kyaik Hto was also arrested in a similar raid at his home.
Read moreGrowing Pressure on Townships in Mon State as Junta Expands Forced Recruitment Drive for Batch 13
May 10, 2025
Local sources confirm that township administrators in Mon State townships have received direct orders from the Mon State Junta to forcibly conscript at least 40 individuals each from Thanbyuzayat, Ye, Kyaikhto, Thaton, Kyaikmayaw, and Paung Townships for the upcoming People’s Military Service Training Batch 13. The training is scheduled to begin in the third or fourth week of May 2025.
According to township and village administrators, who spoke anonymously for security reasons, the junta has placed intense pressure on local administrative committees to meet these quotas without exception.
“Each township must send 40 youths. We have been told to ensure full numbers are collected, or we face serious repercussions,” said a member of an administrative committee. He also explained that local authorities are being forced to collect military service funds monthly and that failure to meet recruitment targets could result in personal punishment or dismissal.
Read moreJunta Orders Paung Township to Provide 40 Recruits for Upcoming Conscription Training Batch 13
May 9, 2025
Local administrators in Paung Township, Mon State, report that the junta has ordered them to deliver at least 40 recruits for the upcoming Batch 13 of the People’s Military Service Training, expected to begin in the last week of May 2025. According to sources, village and ward administrators are under mounting pressure to meet this quota, with threats of punishment if they fail to comply.
“The order is clear: Paung Township must send 40 recruits for Batch 13,” said one local administrator who requested anonymity for security reasons. “Those of us who can’t meet the target are being threatened or blamed. Many are turning to questionable methods—some are even buying and handing over young men who have been detained for petty crimes.”
Read moreBrutal Assault on Political Prisoners Inside Hpa-An Taungkalay Prison Raises Alarm on Systematic Abuse and Impunity
May 9, 2025
On April 30, 2025, two political prisoners—Ko Kyaw Kyaw Myint, serving a 15-year sentence, and Ko Min Thu Soe, serving a 4-year sentence—were severely beaten by a group of criminal inmates inside Hpa-An’s Taungkalay Prison, Kayin State. The attack took place in full view of prison authorities and is part of a growing pattern of violence targeting political detainees under the current military junta’s prison system.
Read moreJunta’s regiment threatens to torch abandoned houses in Yebyu
May 9, 2025
HURFOM: Since early April, 2025, there have been intense armed clashes between the military junta and the joint revolutionary forces in Nat Kyi Sin and Min Thar village tracts, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim.
Thousands of residents from Sein Bone, Yay Ngan Gyi, Pha Yar Tone Zu, Kyauk Ta Lone and nearby villages have had to flee the area.
Read moreWhen It Rains, It Pours: IDPs in Southern Burma Face Compounding Crises Amid Junta Attacks
May 8, 2025
In northern Tanintharyi Region’s Yebyu Township, nearly 800 civilians from Min Thar village tract have been displaced for over two weeks. After fleeing their homes to escape fierce clashes and junta airstrikes, these families now face a second wave of suffering—food shortages, lack of clean water, and the spread of disease.
Fighting erupted on 20 April when joint resistance forces from Mon, Karen, and Tavoyan units launched coordinated attacks on junta bases in Min Thar. As airstrikes and heavy shelling followed, residents from at least five villages—Sinswe, Ye Ngan Gyi, Shin Kyi Eain, Sein Bone, and Kywe Tha Lin—fled into nearby forests, farms, and any location they believed to be temporarily safe. Many have yet to find stable shelter.
Read moreLocal man lost his leg in landmine explosion near 106th regiment
May 8, 2025
HURFOM: At about 4 pm on May 7th, 2025, a local man stepped on a landmine in a rubber plantation near the 106th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) based in Maw Ka Nin village, Ye Township, Mon State and he lost one of his legs in the explosion.
Read moreFuel Transport Ban in Dawei Deepens Hardship for Locals Amid Ongoing Military Restrictions
May 8, 2025
Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region — Since April 24, 2025, the military junta has imposed a ban on transporting fuel from Dawei town to surrounding areas, according to local fuel distributors. This sudden restriction has caused fuel shortages and rising prices, making daily life increasingly difficult for residents in rural townships.
Fuel sellers reported that the junta ordered stations along Kamnar Road in Dawei town not to sell fuel to customers from other townships. Local sources said this directive came into effect immediately on April 24, leaving buyers from Laung Lon, Yebyu, Thayetchaung, and other areas unable to access much-needed supplies.
Read moreJunta arrests and extorts tricycle owners in Thaton
May 8, 2025
HURFOM: Since March 2025, the police have been arresting tricycle operators, extorting money from the owners, or imposing prison terms on them.
The police demanded 500,000 or 600,000 MMK to facilitate the return of the tricycles they seized. The owners who could not pay the money were detained in custody or sometimes jailed.
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