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Junta kills nearly a dozen in Sagaing Region over span of 11 days

July 20, 2023/in News

On a rampage through more than ten villages in Ayadaw and Myinmu townships, a column of soldiers torched houses as well as executing unarmed civilians and a captive resistance fighter Maung Shwe WahJuly 19, 2023 Ten civilians and a resistance member were killed during raids and arson attacks by the army in Sagaing Region’s Myinmu […]

Urgent Statement: More Extrajudicial Killings from Daik-U Prison

July 19, 2023/in Member statements

Date: July 19, 2023 On June 27, 2023, 37 political prisoners from Daik-U (Kyaiksakaw) Prison went missing. Thereafter, on July 7 and 8, a Daik-U Prison Officer sent letters to the families of Khant Linn Naing (aka Ko Khant, aka Let Wel) and Pyae Phyo Hein (aka Ko Pyae) to inform them they had died […]

Junta kills nearly a dozen in Sagaing Region over span of 11 days

July 20, 2023/in News

Urgent Statement: More Extrajudicial Killings from Daik-U Prison

July 19, 2023/in Member statements

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Junta kills nearly a dozen in Sagaing Region over span of 11 days

July 20, 2023/in News

On a rampage through more than ten villages in Ayadaw and Myinmu townships, a column of soldiers torched houses as well as executing unarmed civilians and a captive resistance fighter

Maung Shwe WahJuly 19, 2023

Ten civilians and a resistance member were killed during raids and arson attacks by the army in Sagaing Region’s Myinmu and Ayadaw townships this month, according to resistance forces active in the area.

Starting on July 6, according to the Myinmu Township People’s Defence Force (PDF), a column of around 300 soldiers assaulted more than 10 villages on the border between the two townships over the course of less than two weeks, while detaining and executing villagers and members of the PDF. The names and ages of some of the victims are still unconfirmed.

Junta troops also torched five villages in Myinmu Township and one in Ayadaw Township, resulting in the destruction of as many as 1,000 houses, Myinmu Township PDF spokesperson Khin Thaung said. The junta attacks on the villages occurred from July 6 to July 17.

“That column advanced into the villages. They burned only the villages that they already knew about by reputation,” he said, referring to the military’s suspicion that villagers are connected to or supporting PDF forces.

“Last night, they set fire to Mu Mandalay village and then went into Ayadaw. By noon, the military column had completely vanished. We couldn’t find it, even using a drone. Then they reappeared in the evening and started setting fires again,” he said.

Junta troops had initiated their assaults on the morning of July 6, at the village of Na Be Kyu, about nine miles east of Myinmu. While they were ransacking houses in the village, several local defence groups including the Myinmu PDF attacked them using long-range weapons.

The junta troops returned fire, then captured one of the defence group members, who had been hit by a bullet in the leg.

The next day, the junta column raided and set fire to the villages of Ma Gyi Kan and Gon Hnyin Seik, located in Myinmu Township north of Na Be Kyu.

According to Khin Thaung, while junta troops were setting fires in Gon Hnyin Seik, a village of around 400 houses, local residents discovered the bodies of three Na Be Kyu villagers and the defence group member who had been shot in the leg and captured during the Na Be Kyu raid.

The slain resistance fighter was 24 years old, and the three civilian men had ranged between 20 and 60, Khin Thaung said.

On July 9, the column raided the villages of Htein Kan, Ngar Kin (North), Ngar Kin (South), and Ngar Kin Ywar Ma.

Soldiers torched Ngar Kin (North), which contained some 800 households, and Ngar Kin Ywar Ma, according to Khin Thaung. Around two-thirds of the houses in the two villages were destroyed in the arson attack, he added.

Two days later, soldiers shot and killed a civilian they found heading west from Ngar Kin (North). The man, who was around 30 according to Khin Thaung, had been fleeing to a forest outside the village of Kan Thone Sint, where he lived.

The column then raided and torched Ayadaw Township’s Nyaung Pin and Ma Le Thar villages, destroying at least 100 houses. The bodies of a woman about 60 years old and two men aged about 50 and 80 were discovered while the junta troops conducted area clearing operations in the villages, the PDF spokesperson said.

On July 13, the column crossed back into Myinmu Township and raided villages near the Ayadaw-Myinmu Road, killing three civilian men in the village of Khwet Khwin, according to Khin Thaung. The victims were three men, one estimated to be about 30 and the others to be in their 40s.

“The identities of only two of them could be confirmed. One dead body has not been claimed. They also disfigured the face, cut off the ears and put them in a raincoat. We can’t confirm who it is yet,” he said.

The column continued raiding in the days afterwards, according to Khin Thaung, entering the village of Sat Pyar Kyin about three miles north of Khwet Khwin, and stationing there for three days before advancing into villages near Myinmu and Sagaing.

The junta forces carried out their arson attack on Mu Mandalay, a village of around 400 houses, on Monday evening, but further details about the damage are unavailable.

Rumours that arrests occurred in Mu Mandalay have not yet been confirmed, and the military council has not released any statements about area clearing or other operations in Myinmu Township.

About 70,000 homes have been burned throughout the country since the February 2021 military coup, according to estimates available as of Friday, and 3,805 people had been killed as of July 18 according to figures maintained by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.

On July 13, military regime leader Min Aung Hlaing expressly called on his subordinates to step up offensives against resistance forces in Sagaing Region and in Chin and Karenni states.

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Urgent Statement: More Extrajudicial Killings from Daik-U Prison

July 19, 2023/in Member statements

Date: July 19, 2023

On June 27, 2023, 37 political prisoners from Daik-U (Kyaiksakaw) Prison went missing. Thereafter, on July 7 and 8, a Daik-U Prison Officer sent letters to the families of Khant Linn Naing (aka Ko Khant, aka Let Wel) and Pyae Phyo Hein (aka Ko Pyae) to inform them they had died on June 27. In response to these letters, our organization, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), released a statement on July 10.

AAPP has increasingly been documenting letters being sent to the families of these missing political prisoners informing them of their deaths. This is not only an act of extrajudicial murder upon political prisoners, but severe psychological torture against family members of the political prisoners in question.

Of all the political prisoners who went missing on June 27, 2023, AAPP has been able to confirm the deaths of the following prisoners, along with Khant Linn Naing, son of Than Soe Naing, and Pyae Phyo Hein, son of Kyaw Oo, as of today:

Yar Lay (aka Zin Myint Tun), son of Myint Thein
Jar Gyi (aka Wai Yan Lwin), son of Aye Lwin
Zin Win Htut (aka Ba La Gyi, aka Ta Yote Gyi), son of Pyant Maw
Aung Myo Thu, son of Maung Sein
Bo Bo Win (aka Htan Taw Gyi)
Nay Aye (aka Arkar Htet Paing Myo), son of Myo Linn

Moreover, the number of people who have lately been killed from torture during interrogation following arbitrary arrest, being burned alive due to military attacks into towns and villages, and other deaths inside prisons, is rapidly increasing.

The killings by the junta of people in flagrant disregard of human life is an act that should challenge the domestic and international pillars of justice.

In regards to the deaths that occurred within prison and interrogation, AAPP Secretary U Tate Naing has said, “In the recent days, we have been hearing quite frequently about the deaths taking place inside prisons. Two political prisoners in Daik-U Prison, Aung Soe Moe (aka Mae Lone) and Hluttaw Representative of Waw Township, Bago Region, Maung Dee, died on July 16 and 17 respectively. Similarly, the family of Middleweight Lethwei Fighter Tue Tue (aka Naga Marn) was informed about his death on July 13 when they were called to Magway Police Station. However, Tue Tue (aka Naga Marn) had already been tortured to death in interrogation on April 26. Moreover, last month, on June 26, labor activist Thet Hnin Aung, was re-arrested while returning home upon release from Thaton Prison after having served his sentence. Thet Hnin Aung has been missing since. These events make clear, the junta is killing and disposing of the bodies of the political activists”.

Regarding current events, AAPP strongly requests governments and international institutions around the world, including the United Nations and accountability mechanisms, to carry out emergency investigations. In addition, we strongly request to take immediate and effective action against the military junta of Burma which has been carrying extrajudicial killings among other atrocities.

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)

Contact – info@aappb.org

Download link for English_Follow up statement on Daik-U prison case (19-Jul-2023)

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