Who trusts Min Aung Hlaing calling for Peace talks?
The Burmese military has been calling for ceasefires and peace talks for decades, and never respected them. Ethnic Armed Organizations know this very well. This is an attempt to create divisions among the Resistance and to pretend the junta is seeking peace, while trying to buy some time given the multiple fighting fronts the Burmese military has to deal with.
The fact that Min Aung Hlaing excluded the National Unity Government and its armed wing People’s Defence Forces (PDF), is proof that there is no real intent to find a long lasting solution.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS
• Amid rising armed resistance against his rule in Myanmar, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has invited the leaders of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) for talks “to end armed conflict”. (Source: The Irrawaddy)
• At the same time he announced that the military regime will retaliate if there will be Resistance activity during the peace talks.
The military regime set May 9th as the date of this meeting. The National Unity Government (NUG) and the People’s Defence Forces (PDF) have not been invited
• Junta troops flee with their families from Yangon to Naypyitaw. Families of personnel working for the military council are relocating to the junta stronghold as strikes by urban resistance forces increase in the commercial capital (Source: Myanmar Now)
• Campaign Group Justice for Myanmar is encouraging individuals to report people and companies breaking EU sanctions against Myanmar using the EUs new Sanctions Whistleblower Tool. (Source: Mizzima)
• Former Mandalay Electric Power Minister Zar Ni Aung sentenced to six years in prison for corruption
SHAN STATE
• Ywaman Township: 6 civilians have been shot dead by the Burmese military in Perein Taung village
KAREN (KAYIN) STATE
• Lay Kay Kaw: unta troops clashed for over four hours on Thursday night with a combined force of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and local resistance groups in Lay Kay Kaw in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township, according to the Cobra resistance group. (Source: The Irrawaddy)
MAGWAY
• Pauk: according to Khit Thit Media, more than 50 houses have been burned in Bo Mae village
BAGO
• Htantabin Township: clashes between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and regime troops
COVID DAILY (as reported by the military-controlled Ministry of Health. Real figures are believed to be higher than officially reported)
• 17 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:
• 1,782 killed (+3)
• 13,334 total arrests (+8)
• 1,977 evading warrant (+0)
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