POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS
• US authorities said Thursday that they had arrested a Japanese yakuza organized crime leader and three Thai men who trafficked heroin and methamphetamine and tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar (UWSA, the Karen National Union and the Shan State Army) and Sri Lanka. (Source: The Irrawaddy)
• Reuters published 14 sketches smuggled from Insein Prison in Yangon and interviews to former inmates, offering glimpses of what life inside a Burmese prison looks like.
SAGAING
• Wetlet: the junta attack against Ywanan village has killed five people – 2 men and 3 women, including an old woman – all of whom are reported to have been burned alive and around 500 houses are reportedly burned to the ground (Source: The Chindwin News Agency)
• Pinlebu: heavy clashes between Resistance fighters and regime troops
• Kalay: Resistance fighters attack regime troops with landmines, reportedly killing 6 of them
• Ayadaw: regime soldiers fired heavy artillery at Shiokha village, killing 1 civilian
• Chaung-U: Resisstance fighters attacked a military convoy
MAGWAY
• Ngaphe village: the Burmese military launched airstrikes
• Pakkoku: regime troops raided Myit Phya village, burning several houses
• Pauk: regime troops raided Kyaung Kone village. An airstrike has been reported
COVID DAILY (as reported by the military-controlled Ministry of Health. Real figures are believed to be higher than officially reported)
• 92 new cases and 0 new deaths
AAPP Burma daily update (arrests and killings connected to the attempted military coup only, does not include events related to armed conflict). Since February 1st:
• 1,735 killed (+2)
• 13,171 total arrests (+39)
• 1,976 evading warrant (+0)
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