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The Spring Revolution against the military council and its cohorts remains strong in different forms and colours. Not only Myanmar but also the world countries are amazed by the military council’s inhumane terrorist acts against the public during 150 days of the coup.

There are frequent fights between the People’s Defense Forces PDFs in townships of regions and states and the military council’s troops. The PDFs are carrying out attacks on the military camps and police stations in Kachin State and Sagaing Region, in cooperation with ethnic armed organizations. The military is using its all forces and making brutal crackdowns on the dissidents, including airstrikes, and those who take up arms to fight against the army.

The word countries were surprised by terrorist acts committed by the military council firing heavy weapons in the city like Mandalay, and condemned them. The Myanmar Peace Monitor’s weekly review will mainly focus on some points in the news and events occurred in the second week of June.

Incident

At around 7.30 am on June 22^nd, a fighting between the PDF and the military council’s troop took place in a house at the corner of the 54^thX111th street in Chanmyathazi Township in Mandalay. According to the statement by the military council in the afternoon same day, four people were killed and eight others detained in the shootout. Four persons were killed after a vehicle hit a transformer at the corner of 54^thX110th Street as the army shot the vehicle. According to the military council’s statement, eight PDF members were killed and eight others, detained in the shootout.

According to the statement by Mandalay PDF’s statement, two members were killed, one injured, six detained in the incident. Four victims killed in the shootout are not PDF members. They are just civilians. Around 10 military members including one officer were killed in the incident.

According to the locals and family members of the victims, those who were killed after the vehicle hit the transformer are civilians. The cause of deaths is not the car accident. It is due to the shooting by the military council’s troops.

Information to be cautious about

It is found that there were information blackouts, the release of erroneous news and the spread of fake news on purpose in the Mandalay shootout although the primary information may differ based on time and situation. Likewise, the similar situation is found in the arson attack in Kinma village in Pauk Township in Magway Region.

Especially, the military council and its terrorist troops try to hide their acts through the urgent release of information soon after committing brutal crackdowns and inhumane offenses. We noticed it since the beginning of the Spring Revolution in which Ma Thwe Thwe Khaing was shot dead in Nay Pyi Taw.

Individuals and the media should be careful that the direct spread of the statement by the military council is very dangerous for the public’s access to the correct information. Avoiding the acts of hiding the correct news become crucial at a time when the media are trying to quickly release the news during the revolution period.

All sectors need to be careful about the release of information which the public should know, with accountability and responsibility. They should be careful that their statements should not bring anxiety and fear to the public.

Matters which call for special attention

The killings of nearly 900 people during 150 days of the coup bear witness to the fact that the military council led by the coup leader military chief and his cohorts make brutal crackdowns on the dissidents with arm or without arms. Thousands of people are being detained unjustly. The military council has issued warrants for thousands of people from all strata. It seems that the leaders of the military council did not take account of protests against the coup.

The military council and terrorist troops are trying to do the brutal crackdown, the arrest and killings of all the people including the CDM civil servants, five-year-old peaceful protestor, Generation-Z youth and the elderly.

As a result of the Spring Revolution, the PDFs formed for the revolution against the military council have emerged under the different names. The PDFs become the special target of the military council. According to the daily news, the military council is tracking the PDFs.

Individuals and those included in the Spring Revolution should be especially careful about information security. The people should avoid uploading important information on the popular social media like Facebook and be cautious that all facts and photos are important for the military council.

It is found that the spread of false hopes for the people who oppose the coup may stymie the Spring Revolution.

Review

Take a look at the June 22 Mandalay Shootout, the June 15 Kinma arson in Magway, the June 5 Hlayswae village shootout in Ayeyawady, the same point is that there are the leakage of information, informants and the military council’s access to information, photos and video files via social media. There are still other incidents.

Security knowledge should be taken into account as the first priority at a time when plans are under way to clear informants and crush down the military council’s major pillars.

The people should always be careful that the PDF in Mandalay had to pay high price due to the uploading of a photo, a video file and a word on the social media in a careless manner.

In addition, it is evident that the security measures are important as the military council and its terrorist troops are using excessive forces in the brutal crackdowns on the dissidents and the shootings and killings of all the people without discriminating between the civilian or the PDF members.

It is reviewed that only the sharing of information from reliable news media on social media may help support the people’s access to correct information and the Spring Revolution rather than the direct spreads of statements from the military council. The entire people should be especially careful as there are the intentional spreads of fake video files in today’s IT age.

Part-2

What happened in the week?

The statements by the CDFs and Chin State

Since the last week of April, the fighting between the CDF and the military council have erupted. Thousands of locals from Mindat and villages have fled to the forests. Due to lack of health care, a pregnant woman, two infants and three elderly persons died. On June 23^rd, a five-point statement including the transport of rations for the IDPs and the resettlement of the IDPs, was issued after coordination between the military council and the Mindat CDF. After the ceasefire agreement, many IDPs went home. It is a significant ceasefire agreement during the current armed conflict. The ceasefire will expire on July 4.

Five youth detained in Paletwa Township were taken to Sittwe. They are unable to meet their families. Although the number of fighting in Paletwa Township has declined, the Township Development Affairs Committee’s permission is required for the purchase and transport of goods. At 7.30 am on June 29, 2021, the fighting between the military council and the Chin National Defense Force (CNDF) broke out for around two hours. At least 20 soldiers from the military council were killed and many others wounded in the fighting while four CNDF members were killed and three, wounded, according to the statement by the CNDF.

The CDF-Hakha attacked Bungzung police station in Hakha Township in Chin State from 5 am to 11 am on June 29^th. Around 20 members of the military council were killed in the fighting, according to the statement by the CDF. According to the Khumiland News, 288 dissidents were arrested in Chin State. The CNDF issued a warning statement, urging the public not to be associated with the military council. If the CDF gets evidence of having a tie to the army, those persons shall be at risk. The CDF was formed with Chin people from nine townships of Chin State and outside the State, in early April.

Some forms of Violence and Arakan State

The Arakan Army (AA) seized arms from the police members stationed in Kyauktaw Township of Arakan State. Likewise, the AA detained a person who raped a young female living with disability. An unidentified armed organization arrested the former chair of the Arakan Patriot Party. Similarly, an armed group abducted two men in MraukU Township. The Arakan Liberation Army (ALA) announced that it has nothing to do with the killing of a civilian shot dead in Sittwe on the evening of June 19^th.

Around 80 unexploded weapons were found near Ngasanbaw village in Yathaedaung Township. A Mro man died on the spot after stepping on a landmine in Maungdaw Township.

Shan State in which the bad smells of the SSPP arise

At around 6 pm on June 22^nd, the fighting between the northern alliance SSPP/SSA and the TNLA and the RCSS/SSA in Tawsan village-tract in Kyaukme Township in northern Shan State, took place for more than one hour. The fighting intensified near Tawsan village at noon on June 26^th. Some houses were destroyed by fire. Due to fighting, 137 houses from five villages in Namtu Township were burnt down and destroyed by fire. The fighting between the RCSS/SSA and the SSPP/SSA and the TNLA have been taking place in Tawsan village-tract in Kyaukme Township, for six months. Till now, there have been military tension, according to the Shan Herald Agency for News. The intense fighting took place between the SSPP/SSA and the RCSS/SSA in Mongnan village-tract in Kyeethee Township in southern Shan State, at around 10 pm on June 23^rd. The fighting which started since June 1^st in Kyethi Township have displaced more than 2,000 locals, according to the Shwe Phee Myay News Agency.

In Namkam Township in Muse District in northern Shan State, the SSPP/SSA detained Sai San Kham Aik, vice-chair of the Namkham Shan Youth Organization for nearly one month, citing that he had a relation with the RCSS/SSA. The SSPP/SSA informed his family that he died of hypertension on June 26^th. On June 27^th, the victim’s family members and around 200 villagers faced threat as they staged a protest for the return of the victim’s body in Mantsan village in Lwelhosay village-tract in Namkham Township where the SSPP/SSA is located. More than 1,000 locals from Namkham Township staged a protest against the SSPP/SSA at the center of Namkham Township. Four bomb explosions occurred near the protest column. Two people were killed by the explosions and five others, wounded. It is still unknown which organization carried our bombings. The military council’s members and the people’s militias cleared unexploded bombs about one hour after the explosions.

On March 31^st, the SSPP/SSA abducted four persons in Htonemaung region and then released three out of four detainees on June 3^rd. The problems arose as the SSPP/SSA continued to detain Sai San Kham Aik. In addition, the SSPP abducted two persons from Kwanlone village and two from Naunghin village on June 26^th. The SSPP and the RCSS are carrying out the arrests and killings of civilians in Shweli River Valley (Htonemaung) region in northern Shan State, according to the Shan Herald Agency for News.

The SSPP/SSA issued a statement, strongly denouncing the explosions. It may face accusations. The SSPP/SSA did not commit and encourage such terrorist act. But 28 Shan organizations exactly accused that it was done by the SSPP/SSA.  On June 29^th, there were the reinforcement of troops by both Shan armed groups and clashes. Col Sai Kham San, the spokesperson of the RCSS/SSA told the Shan Herald Agency for News that since June 1^st, the fighting is taking place almost every day. The main cause of the problem is the territorial dispute. Nearly 1,000 IDPs are unable to go home in Kyethi Township due to fighting while around 300 people remain in the IDP camp in Hsipaw Township. There emerged the news that the SSPP/SSA was doing the forced recruitment of males and females, with a quota of five youth from each village including Khamtain village in Theinni Township in northern Shan State. There are 32 village-tracts and 185 villages in Theinni Township.

Heroine was seized on a vehicle of Taungtan youth social organization formed by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), at Yayyar gate in Kalaw Township in southern Shan State. The military council directed the relevant police station to hide the news about the seizure of heroines. On June 27^th, two persons shot an officer from the land record department with the gun, in Mongkai of southern Shan State.  A man in Kengtung in the east of Shan State who went to the clinic by motorbike was hit by car of the head of the General Administration Department while his one-year-old daughter was ill. His daughter fell down from the motorbike. She died after her head hit the brick. The military council filed a case against her father under the murder charge.

There emerged a letter sent by the education officer to the military council. This is a warning letter sent by the KIA and the MNDAA to the mobile phone of the Non-CDM township education officer from the Theinni Township in northern Shan State. The letter covers the facts such as the shutdown of schools and the swift recall of teachers and no-guarantee if there is no swift recall of teachers. Sai Aik Kyan who performed duties in the SSPP/SSA for three years in Mankaunglwel village was shot by three persons with gun, at around 8 pm on June 26^th. There were rumours that the armed organizations were recruiting the new members including even nine-year-old children. The TNLA issued an order, banning the use of the military council’s products and services.

Kayah State where the shootings take place

One youth died on the spot as the military council shot two youth on motorbike near Moebye Township in Shan-Kayah border. On June 25^th, the firing of heavy and light weapons on the 500-acre village on the Lawpita road in Loikaw Township in Kayah State, destroying a house. On June 25^th, the graduation of military training bath-70 was held at the KNPP-controlled Taleduso (aka) Nyarmo region.

Fighting spreading to Myitkyina and Kachin State

On June 19, the armed soldiers in plain clothes detained 10 youth heading to Mohnyin from Myitkyina, near Ingyingone gate. The military council detained around 49 youth, accusing that they undergone military training, in Putao, Naungmon, Tanaing and Waingmaw Townships in Kachin State. On the evening of June 22^nd, the military council’s troops entered Khuntha and Nyaungpin wards in Bhamo Township and detained 20 youth. At around 8 pm on June 23^rd, the KIA attacked the gate near Balaminhtin bridge in Myitkyina Township. Balaminhtin Bridge is located in Mankhein ward in Myitkyina and is Ayeyawady River-Crossing Bridge linking between Myitkyina and Bhamo. This was the first fighting on Myitkyina Road although there were frequent fights between the KIA and the military council along Waingmaw-Dawphoneyan-Moemauk-Bhamo road.

In response to the KIA’s attack near Myitkyina, the military council fired heavy weapons on the base areas including the KIA Headquarters Laiza, on June 24^th, according to the NMG’s news coverage. The military council went to the Vetlin IDP camp in Myitkyina and conducted checks, citing the medical check.

There emerged the news that wives of military officers and family members from some battalions in Myitkyina fled their staff quarters as they are afraid of the KIA’s attack. There are more than 50 battalions in Kachin State. All family members of servicemen are not allowed to go outside the battalions and to take leave. Although the families of military officers are moving to other places, the husbands are jailed if the wives and families of other ranks return to their native towns, according to the DVB news.

On March 3^rd, the special praying ceremony was held under the name of the “immediate return of justice to Myanmar”, at the Naungmon culture hall. The military council and the people’s militia filed a case against three Kachin pastors from Naungmon Township, under Section 505 (a) of the Penal Code, according to the Kachin News Group. The KIA called on the public to keep a watchful eye on military and political situations.

Locals protested against China’s fencing in the place where demarcates Manwainggyi village-tract in Mansi Township in Kachin State and Shweli of China, on Myanmar-China border. Myanmar made more than 10 objections to China’s fencing during five years. Fighting took place at the 21^st mile inspection gate in Myitkyina Township, at 5 am on June 30th, leaving one police member dead, two wounded and one missing.

South Eastern Myanmar (Karen, Mon and Taninthayi)

U Than Htay, 100-household head from No.2 ward in Myawady in Karen State, was shot dead by two persons, on June 23^rd. On June 27^th, there were four bomb blasts in Myawady. According to the Irrawaddy News, there is a Chinese cheat market in Myawady, which is linked to the world.

There are guerrilla attacks on the troops of the military council in some brigades of the KNU. At the same time, the military council is doing the reinforcement of troops in these areas, said the KNU officials. The places where the military council is doing reinforcement are: Brigade (1,2,5 and 6). On June 27^th, one solider from the military council died as a sniper man from the KNU shot Peinnaltaw military camp in Thaton Township.

On June 27^th, the military council fired more than 30 shots to the farmers with sniper in Hpapon District of the KNU, according to the statement by the Thoolei News, the KNU Information Center. Some officials of the KNU have said that the fighting against the military dictatorship may take place far and wide. Fighting took place in four places in Hpa-An Township located in the KNU Brigade-1, leaving eight members of the military council dead, according to the KNU.

The KNU said that it would help innocent civilians amid the ongoing fighting across the country, as much as it can. An unidentified armed group abducted U Saw Win Soe Myint, Hninsone village administrator in Yay Township, from his house and killed him. A civilian was shot dead near Hangan village in the south of Yay Township. Theinzayat PDF has warned the military council to release innocent detainees in Theinzayat in Mon State.

A civilian was shot dead while he was clearing traffic jam in the front of the middle-level school in Yay in mid-June, according to the Mon News Agency. The military council seized six AK-47 guns, two M-16 guns, one M-16 with 40 MM, one 82 mm mortar and 43 different magazines.

Hideous Mandalay, Sagaing where the battles are raging and the upper Myanmar (Mandalay, Magway and Sagaing)

Fighting took place between the PDF members and the military council, at the Apex private school building at the corner of the 54^thX111th in Mandalay on June 22th. At the same time, four civilians were killed as the military council shot a vehicle on the 53^th road. Likewise, one police member was killed and three other injured as a group of people shot the office of Mandalay Region Police on the 66^th road in Mandalay. According to the statement by the military council, eight PDF members were killed and eight detained in the Apex private school shootout.  According to the statement by the Mandalay PDF, nine persons including the Lt-Col died in the shootout.

The NUG issued a statement about the fighting which started at 7.30 am on June 22^nd. In its statement, the NUG said the Mandalay PDF carried out it in self-defense. The military council was committing war crimes like unlawful acts, violence acts with the use of excessive force and inhumane shootings and killings. The NUG would take action against the military council, in accord with the law. The military council said four PDF members were killed and eight, detained in the fighting at the PDF office in Chanmyathazi Township in Mandalay Region. Two of four deaths are KIA members, namely Tu Phoe and Ko Rine. After this incident, the military council seized more than 100 arms and more than 10,000 ammunitions in Warkone village in Thabeikkyin Township. The seizures are owned by the KIA. The KIA denied the army’s accusation.

The arms seized in Mandalay are: 64 K2.5 rifles, 40 M-79 launchers, 10 779 Pading III-S launchers, 10,000 bullets, 499 hand-grenades, 1,473 40-mm grenades, 35 remote switches used in remote mine, 4.9 kg of gun powder, 150 gun-slings, one coil of electric detonator and around 300 detonators.

There is a leakage of news that the military council shot a video about the arrest of the PDF at Arkarmin teashop in Mandalay. At night on June 26^th, five civilians in Mandalay were detained by the military council. The military said the detainees were linked to the case in Mandalay Arkarmin Teashop. On June 28^th, an informant of the military council built a house on a vacant land in Pyigyitagon Township. While there was a dispute between the landowner and the squatter, the military council did the shootings. A woman was killed and one injured due to the shootout. On June 22th, the Myingyan Zero Guerrilla squadron issued a statement that it carried out attacks on Minnaygone police station. On June 29^th, sub-police inspector Shwe Sein Oo was shot dead by police constable Thet Paing. He died of six gunshot wounds. The group named ‘Thunder Storm” cleared 30 informants in Sagaing Region from June 24^th to 27^th. According to the statement by the PDF, 20 members of the military council were killed in the Tayawkyin fighting at the border of Kani-Yinmarbin Township. Pinlebu PDF issued a statement on June 23^rd, warning the people within a five-mile radius of Pinlebu Township to make necessary preparation. On June 23^rd, the military council entered Phale village in Kawlin district and destroyed the public properties, inspected women at gunpoint and took gold, money and properties. The army detained eight men and later released seven detainees.

At night on June 23^rd, a 24-year-old man died in Kalay Township in Sagaing Region, due to the military council’s shooting. A 19-year-old female was killed by the army in Kalay. She was cremated by the army soon after the army knew that she tested positive for Covid-19. On the afternoon of June 25^th, the army detained a 26-year-old man and his father in TatOothida ward in Kalay Township. The next day, the army informed his family that the 26-year-old man died of Covid-19.

The Covid-19 case was first detected in Kalay on May 1^st. Although the total number of deaths caused by Covid-19 has exceeded 100 on June 26^th, the military council is unable to solve it yet. At around 1 pm on June 26^th, a military convoy with more than 20 vehicles heading to Kalay to Gangaw was ambushed by the Kalay PDF, in the south of Panmonchaung bridge beyond Natchaung-Chaunggwa. Five soldiers were killed in the ambush attack, according to the statement by the PDF (Kalay).

A man who has received the excellence award conferred by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in Kanbalu Township in Sagaing Region, was shot dead by gun. Fighting took place between the army and Minkin PDF near Thanpauk village in Minkin Township in Sagaing Region on June 24^th, killing 19 soldiers and one PDF member. Yimarbin PDF carried out ambush attack on two military vehicles in Pale Township on June 26^th. The army carried the bodies of soldiers killed in the attack by Faw vehicle. On June 24^th, nine people including Sagaing No.6 Upper House MP were sentenced to two years in prison each by the military council.

The Committee Representing Sagaing Region Hluttaw (Parliament) warned that it would take action against the judges who are making verdicts favored by the military council. The army detained Ko Di Myat Nyein and Ko Saw Pyay Chantha from the Zayar Times News Agency based in Sagaing Region, on June 26^th. Between 14 and June 26, the total number of detained journalists has reached 87. On the morning of June 28^th, a bomb blast occurred at the junction of Bogyoke and Amyint in Monywa, leaving one soldier and one police member injured. On the morning of June 28^th, one person was killed and one severely injured by a bomb blast in the front of the USDP office on Pyidawthar-4 road in Shwebo in Sagaing Region.

At 1 pm on June 26^th, the KIA attacked Panglong ship loaded with arms and military equipment leaving Katha jetty, near Moedar village with heavy weapons. Fighting between the army and the (KIA and PDF) took place in Katha for five times within two days, according to the NMG. On the morning of June 28^th, the PDF members grabbed guns from the soldiers at the Minkin Hospital. On June 29^th, the Kawlin PDF attacked Mandalay Region Chief Minister U Maung Ko’s 11 vehicles loaded with gold, with four RPG launchers.

Four soldiers got severe injuries in the Depayin PDF’s mine attacks on the military convey near Ywarthitchaung bridge between Kyi and Ywathit village in Depayin Township. On the evening of June 26^th, Htigyaing PDF carried out attack on three military vehicles in Htigyaing Township, Katha District in Sagaing Region, in cooperation with the KIA. 14 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taze PDF has called on the public to form the ward/village disaster response team as they may face the military council’s terrorist acts at any time.

Lower Myanmar (Yangon, Bago and Ayeyawady)

There emerged a news of the recruitment of enlistees through a lucky draw system in Wahkhema Township in Yangon Region. A 52-year-old man was shot dead on Thirimyaing-10 road in No.13 ward in Hlaing Township in Yangon. On June 27^th, five explosions occurred consecutively in Insein Township. On the same day, 100-household head from No-2 ward in Dagon Myothit East Township, U Myo Aung was shot dead. U Myint Htwe who is regarded by the public as an informant from Patheinnyunt ward faced knife attack. A total of 16 persons were sentenced to death by the military council in connection with homicide in North Okkalapa Township in late March.

On June 29^th, the PDF was formed in Kyaiklat Township in Ayeyawady Region, to give the protection to the public. On the same day, four bombs exploded near Township Education Officer’s Office and No.1 Basic Education High School, leaving four persons injured. A bomb exploded near the assembly office in No.3 ward in Kangyidaunt Township on June 29^th.

A staff from the General Administration Department was wounded in a bomb explosion at the COVID-19 inspection camp at the entrance to Thaegone Township, Pyay District in the western Bago Region. There were more than three bomb blasts in Thaegone, between April and early June, and unexploded bombs were found. The military council has threatened the public to quickly pay development affairs taxes in Thaegone, Padeegone and Inma Townships.

On June 23^rd, the army took 13 villagers as porters from Thatkhawhtar village in Swehti Township in the KNU Brigade-3 in Nyaunglebin District in Bago. It was done by over 70-member military group led by Lt-Col Thaung Soe from Light Infantry Battalion (Khamaya)-549 under the Division-44 and an unnamed officer from the Khamaya-402. After this incident, 1,691 people from 275 households in 11 villages in Nyaunglebin District, are concerned that they would be taken as porter.

National Unity Government (NUG)

• NUG is preparing for opening the case against the military council
• Dr. Zaw Wai Soe has warned that the public should be ready as the DDay is approaching.
• The NUG changes the name of the vicepresident as “Acting President”
• The NUG issued a warning urging the public to make preparations for disaster.
• The NUG announces that it would blacklist and take action against company owners who make cooperation with the ministries under the military council.
• The military council’s declaration of 16 labour organizations as illegal ones amounts to the violation of the Geneva Convention, the NUG’s the Ministry of Labour.
• The court rejected Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s objection to proofs.

Military Council (MC)

• Region Military Command has issued a directive for the arrest of those who completed the PDF training.
• The military council was on foreign trip to buy arms despite the UN’s arm embargo.
• The team led by U Wunna Maung Lwin is tasked with facing against the ICJ trial.
• the military council sold off mineral products worth over 50 million USD.
• The military council has banned the online education when the number of Covid19 cases continues to rise.
• Myanmar will extend military cooperation with Russia, said Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, in an interview with the Sputnik media.
• President Office’s exspokesperson U Zaw Htay was released.

Protests and others

To commemorate the 45^th anniversary of the death of Chin ethnic student leader Salai Tin Maung Oo who was hanged in the history of Myanmar student, the protests were staged in Yangon, Mandalay and many townships across the country on June 26^th. Protestors chanted Salai Tin Maung Oo’s words “You can kill me alone”, “But you cannot kill our belief,” “I shall never kneel down to your military boots.”

Urban Guerilla Revolution Front announced on June 22^nd that it would revolutionize the terrorist military council in cooperation with the PDFs in Mandalay, Kyaukse, Bago and Pyin-Oo-Lwin. Under the 11-point common agreement to protect the public from the danger of the military council, the formation of an allied force with the PDFs in Bago, Theinzayat and Mawlamyine was declared on June 23^rd. The PDFs in Magway, Bago and Yangon issued a joint statement that it would make response for the PDF members killed in the Mandalay shootout. The 16 student unions sent a suggestion letter, saying that the NUG should behave like a revolutionary government and listen to the suggestions.

Seven organizations issued a warning letter urging the military council to totally stop the tortures as it amounts to committing the international crime. On June 25^th, six PDFs made cooperation to jointly root out the military council, according to a joint statement on June 25^th. The merged organizations are: the PDF, Mandalay Special Task Force (MSTF), the PDF (Magway), the Kyaukse PDF, the Sagaing PDF and Magway PDf.

Ko Nathan Maung, Chief Editor of the Kamayut Media, revealed that the military council tortured the detainees to get the news during the interrogation and target and crackdown Myanmar’s democratic institution.

IDPs

More than 2,000 locals in Kanpetlet Township of Chin State remain in the IDP camp. Around 10 children from two IDP camps in Kyauktaw Township of Arakan State suffer from skin diseases. They are in need of medical treatment. The Arkan State Administration Council said it has planned rations for the IDP camps in Arakan State despite many difficulties. More than 300 locals displaced by the fighting between ethnic armed groups remain in the IDP camps in Thibaw Township. Despite the ceasefire between the military council and the PDFs in Kayah State, more than 1,000 displaced locals from Liwow village in Demawso Township are in urgent need of shelters and medicine.

As the army raided more than 20 villages in Minkin Township in Sagaing Region, more than 10,000 locals have fled to safer places. The IDPs are facing difficulties. Due to the Covid-19, the IDPs in Myanmar may face more difficult situation, the UN agencies have warned. The IDPs fleeing the fighting cannot pay attention to the spread of Covid-19, UN OCHA says. The NUG’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management provided the IDPs and vulnerable families with over Ks-140 million across the country.

International

To protest against the military coup, the Myanmar diplomatic officers formed the international diplomatic front.  The US, Canada and France embassies issued statements, expressing concerns over the Mandalay shootout. Norway’s KLP will withdraw its investments in Myanma Ports. The UN diplomat and the US’s Deputy Secretary of the State held a talk on Myanmar crisis. There emerged the news that China was not happy with the international condemnation of Myanmar affairs. There is a criticism that Facebook helps the army make its propaganda more effective. The UN spokesperson said at least 60 children have been killed during the current conflicts.

The UN special envoy has warned about the sexual violence committed by the soldiers. Indonesia again called for the immediate appointment of the special envoy to Myanmar. The Asean supported efforts to appoint the special envoy to Myanmar. The UN spokesperson confirmed that the military council has killed at least 883 civilians. The Global Witness warned that Myanmar gem industry is in the hand of the army. India has tightened security at India-Myanmar border gates due to the Covid-19.