According to some unverified sources, the military regime is planning to cut mobile internet off tomorrow in several townships. The generals are planning to celebrate Union Day with big marches, despite the state of economical and political crisis and the rising number of new Covid infections.
74th Karen National Day
Since after World War II, Karen people have been requesting the formation of an independent Karen State, but the central government always refused. On this day in 1948, over 400,000 Karen people marched peacefully all over Myanmar with 4 requests:
(1) Give Karen State, At Once! (Freedom);
(2) Show Karen One Kyat, Burman One Kyat, At Once! (Equality & Democratic Rights);
(3) We Don’t Want Communal Strife! (Communal Harmony);
(4) We Don’t Want Civil War! (Peace).
(Source: Karen News)
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS
• Taiwan giant Evergreen Marine announced that it will stop using the military-owned Hteedan Port Terminal in Yangon. A growing number of foreign companies are cutting ties with the junta.
• Australian Sean Turnell’s hearing has been postponed due to illness of a lawyer involved in the case.
• The Rangoon Times reports that the military is deliberately trying to spread Covid. Out of the 3,282 employees working at the Myanmar Asia Optical factory in Yangon, at least 718 have been infected by Covid-19 at the end of January. Despite knowing this, the military regime allowed 906 employees to return home for the Chinese New Year.
• According to Myanmar Labour News, workers of the Likes ViewTex garment factory, have been threatened by the military, after requesting the factory to pay the unpaid salaries
SAGAING
• Kawlin: 5 Resistance fighters have been killed by regime troops in Hpa Le on Tuesday
• Yinmarpin : Resistance fighters attacked regime troops with a drone
• Tangse: regime soldiers burned houses in Karpaung Kya and Kyauktaw villages
KARENNI (KAYAH) STATE
• Loikaw: the burned bodies of 2 civilians have been discovered today after a military raid
• Loikaw: 10 regime soldiers have been reportedly killed by Resistance fighters
KAREN (KAYIN) STATE
• Papun: several civil servants left the city, after the Karen National Union issued an ultimatum requesting those who work for the military regime to leave
MANDALAY
• Maha Aung Myay: the military regime closed a local charity accused of supporting the armed Resistance
COVID DAILY (as reported by the military-controlled Ministry of Health. Real figures are believed to be higher than officially reported)
• 1607 new cases
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:
• 1,547 killed (+1)
• 12,098 total arrests (+25)
• 1,974 evading warrant (+0)
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