The situation in Chin State and Sagaing is escalating. The military regime is struggling in Chinland, despite the reinforces. A huge military convoy has been trapped by Resistance fighters on the Falam-Hakha Road. I am not an expert, but I guess the knowledge of the terrain and the agility of the Resistance fighters is playing a huge role.
In Khin U, Sagaing, over 60 regime troops have been killed in a landmine attack carried by local resistance groups.
The military regime reacted to the ASEAN’s decision to not invite general Min Aung Hlaing to the summit at the end of the month. It complains that ASEAN acted ignoring “good traditions of fostering Unity in Diversity through consultation and consensus”. It also said that ASEAN is acting under the pressure of foreign interference. I wonder how much Guterre’s decision to cancel the UN-ASEAN meeting influenced the decision to exclude the regime from the summit. One way the international community can put pressure on ASEAN countries to do more, is to punish the whole bloc for not being able/willing to solve the crisis. If they want to side with the Tatmadaw, let them sink with it.
A total of 7 students in Shan State have been sentenced to 3 years of prison. Their crime? Protesting the coup.
A teacher in Sagaing has been sentenced to 2 years of prison. Her crime? Breaking the Covid social distancing act.
3 people have been arrested in Kalaymyo, Sagaing. Their crime? Taking a picture of a military convoy that went viral online.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested for importing walkie talkies. President U Win Myint’s (and DASSK’s) lawyer has been barred from speaking to the media, because he caused “alarm”.
This is life under the military regime. People only want a normal life and their human rights. Before judging Burmese people for resisting the coup, even with the use of violence, think about what living like this could be.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS
• Unverified rumors of Lieutenant-General Than Hlaing being killed during the attack on a military convoy in Chin State (see report below). Than Hlaing, Chief of the police forces and deputy minister of home affairs, is in charge of military operations in Chin State and Sagaing. His predecessor allegedly tried to defect. Thain Hlaing’s brother, a prominent pro-democracy activist, was killed by the regime in Bago after the coup.
• Daw Khaing Zar Aung, chairwoman of Myanmar Industry Craft and Services Trade Union Federation (MICS-TUsF), president of Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) and treasurer of the Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) says a factory worker average daily wage has fallen from 3.50 USD to 2.00 after the coup. She highlighted that workers are facing increasing violations of rights; approximately 27 workers’ rights activists have been killed and 116 have been arrested since the coup. (Source: DVB)
• According to DVB in Ayeyarwady region, the military regime ordered local administrators to find the equivalent of 240,000 usd in monthly funds. Soldiers with the help of these administrators started to arrest wealthy civilians and ask their families to pay a ransom.
• According to the Chinese embassy in Myanmar, 4 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine are going to be delivered soon. Myanmar has ordered 24 million doses of it. (Source: DVB)
• The BBC has reported that Daw Yamin Yu, third secretary at the Myanmar Embassy in London, has joined the democratic movement CDM (Civil Disobedience Movement). The embassy was the site of a famous takeover by the junta in April. (Source: DVB)
• Almost all hotel rooms in the Ngwe Saung and Chaung Tha beach resorts have been booked for the coming Thadingyut holiday, according to the Myanmar Hotelier Association (Source: DVB)
YANGON
• Kyimyindine: regime soldiers fired at a car yesterday and abducted 2 people. Unverified rumors say one of them is a UN employee
• Khayan Township: regime soldiers tried to spread terror by shooting in the air in a town where almost all military-appointed local administrators haver resigned after receiving threats from Resistance fighters.
• Hlaing Thar Yar: a local administrator with the help of armed civilians is forcing families to pay electricity bills, cutting electricity wires to those who refuse. The majority of civilians is refusing to pay bills after the coup as a part of a boycott/protest campaign.
MANDALAY
• Su Phyu Kone village, Nwahtogyi Township: Resistance fighters of the ZERO group attacked regime forces in a school, killing 12 soldiers
SAGAING
• Khin U: over 60 regime forces reportedly killed by 20 landmines placed by Resistance fighters in 8 different places. The dead bodies were loaded onto trucks headed to Ye U. 20 innocent civilians have been arrested following the attack.
• Myaung: 15 regime soldiers, including a major, killed as Resistance fighters blew up to military vehicles
• Myinmu Township: Resistance fighters ambush regime soldiers heading to Myaung. 10 soldiers injured.
• Katha: Resistance fighters burn down a police station. One policeman killed.
• Kalay: another 50 military families evacuated with a flight, as the conflict intensifies in the region
• Kalay: regime forces arrested 3 people for taking pictures of a military convoy with two tanks, crossing the town last week.
• Yonetaw, Shwebo: Pyu Saw Htee killed a 30 year old civilian with mental health problems, spreading fake news that he was a member of the armed Resistance
• Sagaing: Daw Htay Htay Wai, a CDM teacher , has been sentenced to 2 years of prison for breaching the Covid safe distancing act.
• Ye-U: local PDF intercepted 11 tonnes of illegal teak inside Mahamying Forest
KAREN (KAYIN) STATE
• Kawkareik Township: clashes between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and regime soldiers
• Kyaikto : KNLA attacked a military vehicle killing one soldier
• Myawaddy: Covid vaccination campaign for youths aged 12-18 will start tomorrow. School will probably reopen once the campaign is successful.
KACHIN STATE
• Mankan south, Muse Township: intense clashes between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and regime soldiers
• Kachin National Organization (KNO) President Duwa Bawmwang La Raw died
CHIN STATE
• Regime troops are reportedly trapped on the Falam-Hakha Road, after several ambushes by Resistance fighters of the Chin National Army (CNA), Chin National Defense Force (CNDF) and Chinland Defence Force (CDF). 7 military vehicles have been destroyed and several soldiers killed.
• Matupi: regime soldiers fired indiscriminately at civilians, killing a 6 year old child and an adult (some report a woman, some a man). Another man was killed by a landmine placed by regime troops.
• Hakha: the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) office has been raided by regime forces. CHRO is playing a huge role reporting what is happening in China State.
KARENNI (KAYAH) STATE
• A member of the Free Burma Rangers Karenni Group, died in a car accident while delivering aid to displaced people. According to UNHCR over 85,000 people have been displaced by conflict in Karenni State alone (Oct 4th report). In the last few days, over a 1,000 people had to flee from Hpruso township
SHAN STATE
• Mone Koe: battle between MNDAA and regime soldiers continues
• Keng Tung: 3 young students have been sentenced to 3 years of prison unde section 505(A) for participating in anti-coup protests.
MAGWAY
• Resistance fighters attacked 3 regime forces bases, injuring several policemen with RPGs. An unclaimed explosion in Salin killed a child.
NAYYPYITAW
• Myawaddy Bank bombed, 2 guards killed
MON STATE
• Theinzayat, Kyaikto: a local administrator has been assassinated by Resistance fighters. It’s th 7th administrator killed in the township.
• Regime soldiers raided several mosques in Ye, Asin Sanpya and Zeephyu Thaung villages
AYEYARWADY
• Maubin: 3 bombs exploded in Myoma Police Station. Martial law declared following the attack
• Pathein: the regime imposed a curfew from 10pm to 4am, and a ban on gatherings of more than 4 people
COVID DAILY (real numbers are believed to be much higher than officially reported)
1,205 new cases and 32 new deaths
AAPP Burma update (does not include victims of armed conflicts)
1178 (+0) civilians killed since February 1st
7355 (+14) still under detention
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