Pro-military Pyu Saw Htee militiamen and anti-junta People’s Defense Force (PDF) paramilitaries are engaged in what will likely become a protracted conflict in Myanmar with no formal process in place to mediate between the two civilian proxy armies, an analyst said Wednesday. In September, Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) declared war on the junta
Junta troops torched more than 500 homes in five villages over the past three days in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, residents said Thursday, where nearly three-fourths of townships have been cut off from internet access since early March amid ongoing military raids. The arson attacks occurred between April 25 and April 27 in the Sagaing townships
close ties in the past with the monk leaders of the Pyu Saw Htee group in Sagaing– Wah Thawa, Wira Raza and Pandita. ” Now they are taking weapons training for killing others. Learning and holding weapons how to shoot is totally unsuitable for our religion.” Ultranationalist Buddhist monk Wirathu was charged by the deposed
Widely seen as military stooges. Zaw Min Tun also dismissed reports of the Pyu Saw Htees presence, although he acknowledged that the military is currently “forming native militia groups” in action to “internal insurgency motions” in play given that Myanmar acquired its self-reliance from Britain in 1948. ” The groups found in areas with heavy
