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Notorious Myanmar Junta Crony U Tay Za Reemerges After Year-Long Public Absence
Source: Irrawaddy
Infamous Myanmar junta crony and arms-broker U Tay Za has resurfaced after a year-long public absence, accompanying a Thai Buddhist monk said to have psychic powers on a religious trip to northern Myanmar.
Irrawaddy
Chin Resistance Destroys Myanmar Junta Reinforcement Convoy
Source: Irrawaddy
The convoy originally had around 200 troops but was reduced to about 40 soldiers and 12 vehicles before the final ambush. Resistance groups used drones and landmines, destroying an armored vehicle and the remaining trucks, according to resistance groups.
Irrawaddy
Explained: How Is Military Violence Increasing In Myanmar, What’s The Response To It?
Source: Outlook India
In the early days of a brutal 2021 military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, members of the nascent resistance movement began asking “how many dead bodies” it would take for the world community to act.
Myanmar’s Wa militia to suspend mining in its zone from Aug, tin prices jump
Source: Channel News Asia
Most of Myanmar’s tin concentrate comes from mines in the Wa state areas, according to the International Tin Association.
Reuters
Two Thingyan stages bombed by drones in Loikaw Town
Source: Mizzima
The two attacked pandals were at the central security checkpoint of the Regional Military Command’s headquarters in Loikaw and at the State Government Office.
Mizzima
Myanmar Junta Air Strike Death Toll Climbs to at Least 170
Source: Irrawaddy
A villager involved in cremating the bodies, who asked not to be identified to protect his safety, said on Friday his team had revised its death count up to 171 from 130 a day earlier. He told AFP 109 men, 24 women and 38 children were killed.
Agence France-Presse
Myanmar: Why is the junta ramping up airstrikes?
Source: Deutsche Welle
Myanmar’s military is increasingly using airstrikes to counter a fierce armed uprising against its rule. Are the junta’s changing tactics a sign that it may be losing control on the ground?
Tommy Walker
Malaysian Advisory Group denounces Myanmar junta over massacre of civilians in Pazi Gyi
Source: Malay Mail
Syed Hamid said the international community must take urgent action to put an end to this crisis and hold the Myanmar regime accountable for its actions.
John Bunyan
Indonesia ‘proactive’ but ‘slow’ in dealing with Myanmar as ASEAN chair, say analysts
Source: Channel News Asia
While ASEAN has been viewed as the key framework to find a way for dialogue and progress out of the crisis and violence, it has been “ineffectual”, said Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak from the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University.
Jalelah Abu Baker
Here’s what happens when healthcare becomes a weapon of war
Source: Bhekisisa
Health workers say they’re being attacked intentionally by Myanmar’s military, allegedly in order to prevent people from getting healthcare in rebel-controlled areas.
Rebecca L. Root, Nu Nu Lusan
AA chief to attend 2nd anniversary of Chin National Spring Revolution Day
Source: Development Media Group
Chin State is a region where the anti-junta movement is strong, and the AA has reportedly provided military training, weapons and ammunition to resistance groups in the state.
Development Media Group
Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the Burma Regime Airstrike
Source: United States Mission to the United Nations
The Security Council must support the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2669 and ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus and promote justice and accountability for the atrocities and abuses committed by Burma’s military regime.
Statement | Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Vivian Balakrishnan calls Myanmar airstrike that killed civilians ‘reprehensible’
Source: Mothership
Singapore supports the ASEAN Chair’s Statement by Indonesia which strongly condemns the recent airstrikes by the Myanmar Armed Forces in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
Tan Min-Wei
Death toll in Myanmar air strike rises to 165, while threat of attack remains
Source: Radio Free Asia
Rescue worker Nway Oo told RFA Burmese that workers are struggling to comb through unidentified remains amid the ongoing threat of a military attack. Hours after the air strike on Tuesday, junta troops again attacked the site, killing three rescue workers.
RFA Burmese
Myanmar Opposition Envoy: ‘Don’t Leave Us Here Alone’
Source: Voice of America
Myanmar’s opposition envoy to the United Nations appealed Thursday for international action to protect civilians in his country after the military junta carried out deadly airstrikes this week on villagers in northwest Myanmar.
Margaret Besheer
RCPCH condemns airstrike on Myanmar children
Source: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
We continue to be gravely concerned by ongoing human rights abuses in Myanmar and we urge the international community under the commitments of the UN charter to condemn this attack and speak out against the regime.
Press Release | Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Only supporters of the coup regime support the Inle Lake Floating Thingyan Festival Nyaung Shwe Shan State
Source: Burma News International
This floating Thingyan Festival scheduled to take place on Inle Lake, situated in Nyaung Shwe Township of Southern Shan State, has been organized solely by a minority group with the backing of the Military Council, and without any consultation or regard for public opinion.
Network Media Group
Myanmar Junta Chief Asks Thailand to Drop Daughter’s Name From Drugs, Laundering Case
Source: Irrawaddy
Min Aung Hlaing’s daughter was a co-founder of the group’s subsidiary Star Thiri Investment Limited, which is now operating as Royal Mawtaung Mining Company Limited.
Irrawaddy
Death Toll From Myanmar Junta’s Aerial Massacre of Villagers in Sagaing Tops 110
Source: Irrawaddy
The death toll from Tuesday’s horrific air strike by the Myanmar junta’s military on a civilian gathering in a village in Sagaing’s Kantbalu Township rose to 110 by Wednesday afternoon, and was expected to increase as relatives and locals continued to recover the charred bodies and limbs of the victims.
Nora
Pieces of Flesh Were Everywhere: Myanmar Airstrike Survivor
Source: Irrawaddy
A resistance fighter, who survived the attack, told The Irrawaddy about the incident.
Interview
Dancing children killed in Myanmar air strike on village
Source: The Telegraph
Schoolchildren performing dances are among 100 people feared dead after the Myanmar military opened fire on a village ceremony, in what could become the deadliest airstrikes since the junta seized control two years ago.
Sarah Newey
Military Council Burns Namlang and Naunglatgyi Villages in Shwegu Again
Source: Burma News International
According to a local woman from Shwegu who spoke to KNG, troops from the Military Council entered Namlang Village and Naunglatgyi Village, which are neighboring villages east of Shwegu Township, at 6:00 a.m. on April 11 and proceeded to set fire to houses.
Kachin News Group
ALP says it joins hands with any Arakan revolutionary organizations for liberation of entire Arakan people
Source: Narinjara News
The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) will join hands with any Arakan revolutionary organizations for the liberation of the entire Arakan people, on the 56th anniversary of the founding of ALP, which falls on 9 April.
Narinjara
The KNU breakaway “Peace Council” faction Expels Two Commanders Who joined revolutionary offensive near Chinese mafia ‘s Shwe Kokko New City Myawaddy district Karen State
Source: Karen News
Colonel Saw Lat Kai, the military strategy commander of KNU/KNLA-PC’s No. 2, and Lieutenant Colonel Saw Kyaw Kayaw, the commander of Battalion-708, have been dismissed from their positions as a result of an emergency meeting decision by the organization’s central.
Karen News
Anti-junta fighter killed during deportation from Thailand to Myanmar
Source: Radio Free Asia
The incident prompted Thailand’s opposition Commoners Party on Monday to condemn the Thai government for cooperating with Myanmar’s military regime in what it said was a violation of domestic and international law.
RFA Burmese