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🟥 Military junta killed civilians by airstrikes in Mogok

According to sources on the underground, the military junta has tightened security in Mogok, which it controls, after fierce battle near Mogok.

After the military junta reclaimed Mogok, which was captured during Operation 1027, from the TNLA with the help of China, it began deploying large numbers of troops and weapons in and around Mogok from the end of November.

In addition, the military junta has extended its military lines to the areas where the Spring Revolution forces retreated outside Mogok, so there are clashes and fierce attacks by the revolution forces on the military junta’s bases.

During these clashes, the revolutionary forces captured an important military base in the west of Mogok, and after losing the junta base, the military junta has tightened security and conducted more inspections in Mogok town.

“Since the 5th November, these guys have tightened security in the town. They are checking all motorbikes and cars, in front of the school, near the Min Bridge, and they are also conducting random inspections. Yesterday, they arrested in all the people passing by at the traffic light,” a source on the ground told BBM.

In addition, there are frequent patrols in Mogok town with vehicles loaded with jammers, and there are also people walking around in civilian clothes.

Like Mogok, the military junta has also been dropping terrorist bombs from the air in Mogok, which was taken over from the TNLA, and the source added that at least 10 civilians were killed in the bombing.

“There have been two consecutive days of bombing in Momeik, yesterday at 9am, today at 10am. We know that 11 people died yesterday, but today we don’t know yet. We also hear that there are refugees.”

Since the news that the military junta will take over Mogok and Momeik from the TNLA came out, the revolutionary forces have announced that they will defend these towns.

Similarly, on November 6, the NUG’s Ministry of Defence has gathered the PDFs and People’s Defence Forces in Mogok and Momeik townships and is closely monitoring them through a unified command and control system.

In addition, since November 30, when the military junta troops began to invade, there have been at least nine major and minor clashes between the revolutionary forces and the military junta.

🟥The military junta is patrolling in the city with heavy weapons and conducting artillery experiments

The revolutionary forces have captured a military junta camp near the western entrance to Mogok, and the military junta is conducting patrols and conducting artillery experiments inside the city.

Since the last week of November, a large number of military junta troops have entered Mogok with the TNLA and have set up camp in their previous positions, important places and government offices.

After that, the military junta troops extended their lines to the outskirts of Mogok where the revolutionary forces retreated, which led to contact with the spring revolutionary forces and fierce battle.

During these clashes, it is known that ba clashes broke out not only in the west of Mogok, where the revolutionary forces were already strong, but also in the east of Mogok. In recent days, the revolutionary forces have captured a military junta-based camp west of Mogok, an underground revolutionary comrade confirmed to BBM.

“I can confirm that a military-based camp has been captured in western Mogok. I am not allowed to talk about the current situation of the battle. Some things are complicated. Please understand for the sake of information security. Overall, the situation is good,” said an underground revolutionary comrade.

The camp in the west of Mogok, in the direction of Baw Lone Gyi village and Baw Lone Lay village, which were attacked and captured by the revolutionary forces, is only about 5 miles from Kyauk Phar village, which is the entrance to the city west of Mogok.

In addition, the military junta troops in Mogok have been patrolling the city frequently with four vehicles using jammers, since the battle with the revolutionary forces began.

In addition, armored vehicles and howitzers that were brought in at the same time when the military junta troops returned to Mogok are also being positioned in the city and are being test-fired, according to an underground source.

“There are four (4) cars in the city, three of which are full of people, and one (1) is using jammer. It seems like they are afraid to drive around. I also hear the sound of artillery fire from time to time. Even if there is no sound of firing on the ground, they are firing one by one, so I think they are testing,” he said.

The military junta has also entered Momeik, as in Mogok, and similar battles are taking place in Momeik.

In addition, during the battle near the currently occupied Baw Lone Gyi village and Baw Lone Lay village in Mogok, a civilian was injured by the military junta’s artillery and was taken to Pyin Oo Lwin for medical treatment on their own, according to local residents.

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🟥Similarly, the Pyu Saw Htee are also carrying out abductions in Kalay, Monywa, and Mandalay

Between Meiktila and Mahlaing Township, the military junta and the Pyu Saw Htee under their command allegedly kidnapped two young men and refused to be ransomed for 50 lakhs kyats.

In the last week of November, two young men from Magyi Su village, located in the northern part of Pyi Thar Yar, bordering Meiktila Township, were arrested by the military junta and Pyu Saw Htee when they were returning from work.

A local source told BBM that the parents of the two young men had offered to pay 500 lakhs kyats each to the military junta, but the military junta did not accept their offer.

“The two men from Maggi Su village were forcibly recruited from their jobs and were not offered 50 lakhs kyats immediately after they were recruited.”

In addition, the military junta is also arresting the public as porters by patrolling in villages in the northern part of Pyi Thar Yar Township after 5 p.m., so people are being warned.

In addition, in Kalay, on November 27, a young man returning from a car repair shop was forcibly dragged into a car by Pyu Saw Htee near the Thaphanaing intersection in Kalay.

“I saw a car parked at Thaphanaing intersection and the Pyu Saw Htee forcefully dragged a boy on the car. The passersby didn’t help him. Then, a person from the military junta who knew the child met him and negotiated with the junta and he was released.”

The military junta is collecting money from neighborhoods and hiring porters to recruit new soldiers for the upcoming 20th batch military service training course, so people are reportedly being cautious.

🟥 A total of (15) people, including women, were forcibly taken to the office.

A young man returning from the industrial zone in Mandalay City was arrested by the Pyu Saw Htee group members at knifepoint and is being forcibly recruited into the military junta on drug charges.

In the last week of November, Ko Arkar was forcibly arrested by the Pyu Saw Htee group under the military junta as he was returning from work at a car repair shop in the Mandalay Industrial Zone.

After that, they took Ko Arkar’s mobile phone, added and followed accounts related to the revolution, and then took evidence and accused him of supporting the PDF.

Not only that, they also found drugs in Ko Arkar’s bag, and after putting the drugs in the bags theirselves and taking a photo with Ko Arkar, they took them to the Ward Administration Office in Pyigyi Tagon Township and detained them.

“It happened around the end of November. They forcibly took phones and posed for pictures as they wanted, and then posed with him with drugs. He couldn’t do it because there are many junta police and soldiers. After that, they asked him if he would go to prison or join the military junta,” a person familiar with the incident told BBM.

In addition, he added that a total of (15) women and men, including Ko Arkar, were arrested in the Pyigyi Tagon administration office and were pressured to join the military junta for various reasons.

“Initially, there were not many people, and then they arrested one by one, a total of (15) people, including girls.”

The military junta has recently announced that the military junta soldiers and police are no longer recruiting porters in Mandalay Township, but rather Pyu Saw Htee.

These Pyu Saw Htee are often seen roaming around Mandalay on cars and motorcycles, targeting factory workers and people who come from the countryside to work.

“In Mandalay, the junta police and soldiers are no longer recruiting porters, they only raise the Pyu Saw Htee to forcily arrest the youths as porters, and these Pyu Saw Htee also roam motorcycles around the city. The main target is factory workers and the lower classes who come from the countryside. After that, they are recruited into the military junta for various reasons.”

The military junta has been carrying out recruiting porters more recently to recruit for the upcoming military service batch-20, and there have been increasing many lists of people who disappeared in major cities like Yangon and Mandalay.

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🟥A large-scale force of military junta has been deployed the areas controlled by revolutionary forces

After the military junta troops entered Mogok, the TNLA has closed all roads in and out of the city, and is not even allowing the remaining people to move around.

Since the last week of November, some military junta advance troops have arrived in Mogok and are said to have been investigating some parts of the city in civilian clothes.

Then, after 10pm on November 27, military troops entered the TNLA-controlled Naung Cho-Mogok road in large numbers.

After the arrival of the junta troops, the TNLA increased security on all roads in and around Mogok town starting on November 28, and restricted all entry and exit, a military source on the ground told BBM.

“The military junta started to enter on the night of the 27th, probably in trucks. After they arrived, the Ta’ang police closed all roads. Vehicles from outside the town were not allowed to enter the town, and those inside the town were not allowed to cross at intersections.”

In addition, the areas where the TNLA police are currently providing special security are not only key locations in the city, but also areas where the military junta’s government offices were previously based and where the military junta had previously been stationed.

The people are worried because of the chaotic situation in the city, and Mogok is quiet and there is no traffic, the source added.

“The roads that are currently closed are near the traffic lights in the city center, around the road near high school, around the areas from Shan Taw monastery to Uyin monastery near Chan Thar Gyi, and along the road to the police station. I heard that people are not being given food, and some people who are not healthy are being driven back to buy medicine and other things.”

The military junta said that as soon as it entered Mogok, it immediately set up a large force in the areas where the military junta was present.

In addition, some military junta forces are entering the city in convoys, and some supporters of the military junta are writing on social media about the fact that all public servants are expected to work by December.

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🟥A civilian was injured as the military junta used heavy weapons and drones

In Hpakant Township, Kachin State, the battle between the military junta and revolutionary forces is intense again, with casualties on both sides.

On November 25, the military junta troops advanced into the Nyaungpin Kone camp near Sankywe village in Hpakant Township, where revolutionary forces are located, and into the Lone Khin and Kuday Maw areas.

The revolutionary forces ambushed the military junta troops as they advanced, resulting in clashes starting at 6:30 p.m. yesterday.

A military source on the ground said that many of the military junta’s members including commanders were killed in the clashes.

“The battle took place at Nyaungpin Kone near Sankywe, and another took place at Lone Khin and Kuday Maw. The battle began at around 6:30 p.m. I heard that the platoon commander was among the dead,” he said.

In addition, during the battle near Kuday Maw, the military junta was said to have used heavy weapons and drones to bomb the area.

The heavy weapons fired by the military junta hit the fire station, the spirit house and the Baptist church in Kuday Maw, causing an explosion. The heavy weapons were hit and a firefighter named U Ye Htun was injured.

“Yesterday, heavy weapons and drones were used a lot. In Kuday Maw, three shells fell on the people, and firefighter U Ye Htun was injured. He is currently medical treatment,” he added.

Because military supporters’ gave information to military junta, the military junta had dropped drone bombs on the areas where the revolutionary forces were located in the morning, killing a revolutionary comrade.

Due to the battle and clashes, the military junta is currently camped at the temple in Kutday Maw village and is conducting more interrogations of local residents.

🟥People are facing difficulties due to high fares as the number of refugees are increasing

According to local residents, the military situation in Mogok is complicated and various reports are coming out, so many people are panicking and fleeing the city again.

On October 29, after the TNLA and the military junta met in Kunming to discuss the military situation with China, the TNLA announced that it would withdraw from Mogok and Momeik.

Following the TNLA’s statement, the MDY-PDF, Mogok Strategy, TRI Strategy, Myingyan Black Tiger and other revolutionary forces that are conducting military operations around Mogok and Momeik have made statements to defend Mogok and Momeik, and have also sent reinforcements to these areas.

However, there are also reports that the TNLA will bring their own military junta troops to Mogok and will withdraw after the military junta has already stationed.

Due to the various reports and the complicated situation, most of the residents of Mogok are worried and are fleeing the city again, a local resident told BBM.

“People in Mogok have already displaced it, about 80 percent have displaced it. They are fleeing every day. There are not many people in the city anymore. In Kyauk Waing (Jade and Gemstones Market), there used to be many motorcycle lanes, but now there are only two lanes. Those who cannot flee it have to make preparations to stay at home,” he said.

The people who have fled the war are mainly moving to big cities like Yangon and Mandalay, but they have also fled to Mong Lon, Ma Bein, Kyaukme, Naung Cho and Laiza.

In addition, because there are so many people who have fled the war, car and transportation fees are high, and the cost of traveling from Mogok to Mandalay is about 5 lakhs kyats per person, he added.

“Most of the people who are fleeing the war are mainly from Mandalay and Yangon. Some who cannot go far, go to Mong Lon, Ma Bein, and Laiza. The car fare is around 5 lakhs, 5.5 lakhs, and 6lakhs kyats for AD Vans. It is 2.5 lakhs kyats for light trucks and mini trucks to Mandalay,” he said.

People fleeing the war to areas controlled by the military junta face concerns, from the guest registration list to being dragged by military servicemen and porters, and locals said that those who are fleeing to liberated areas are also worried about military junta’s air force.

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🟥 Military junta and Kokang Army met again at Two Elephants Hotel

In Lashio, northern Shan State, the military junta is beginning campaigns for the election, but most local residents are not interested.

The military junta is hanging election-related banners and vinyls near the city hall in Lashio, which was recaptured from the Kokang MNDAA, in recent days.

In addition, election-related activities and preparations have begun in the relevant ward offices of 12 wards in the city.

“Yesterday, I saw election-related vinyls in the city. They are hanging them near the city hall and in the ward offices. But only ten to a hundred household heads from the ward went there where is holding campaigns, and there were also area chiefs. It seems like the people are not very interested anymore,” a local resident told BBM.

After the military junta took control of Lashio, it was reported that not only goods from China but also some goods from Thailand were not allowed to enter the city.

In addition, the number of checkpoints along the road to and from Lashio has increased, causing the prices of goods to rise even further.

In addition to the scarcity and high prices of goods, most local people still lack basic necessities such as electricity, telephone lines and water, the local resident added.

“Food prices in Lashio have increased, and we don’t have enough supplies. Transportation is still the same as before, but the high fees mean that the work for people is unstable, it makes people as hard as they should. People are no longer interested in anything other than their living,” he said.

The military junta took back Lashio from the Kokang army in April, but it has not yet been able to properly implement the city’s administration.

In addition, in the second week of November, the military junta met with the Kokang army in the compound of the Two Elephants Hotel in Lashio.

“No one is not allowed to pass around the hotel during their meeting, the rest of the places are allowed, I don’t know what they are discussing, I think it’s about the Theinni issue. We will have to wait and see whether Theinni is returned by the end of this year, I can’t say what will happen,” the local resident added.

Like Lashio, the military junta is also demanding the return of Theinni from the Kokang army, and there are reports that the Kokang army (MNDAA) will hand over Theinni by the end of this year, but BBM has not been able to confirm this yet.

The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) office in Launglon town, Tanintharyi Region, was fired after being bombed and attacked, and military junta troops are also conducting a thorough interrogation in the town, according to a local resident.

At around 8:30 a.m. on November 8 (today), a loud explosion was heard from the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) office in the town, and it caught fire.

Shortly after the explosion, military junta troops arrived at the office, but the office was also destroyed in the explosion.

“The USDP Party office in Launglon town, Tanintharyi Region, was destroyed into pieces and set on fire at 8:30 a.m. on November 8. I’m so happy. When I heard the explosion from my house, it was the USDP office in the town. We
didn’t go out because the dogs (military junta soldiers) were there,” a resident of Launglon told BBM.

In addition, the military junta’s police and soldiers have also been deployed to the area around the USDP Office where the explosion occurred, questioning suspects, and taking photographs.

The military junta often arrests and tortures local residents who are not involved in such explosions, so most of the residents have been forced to stay indoors after the explosion.

“The dogs (military junta soldiers) interrogated the person who they suspected,so the people are scared, and they are patrolling and conducting a thorough search , so we don’t dare to go out again,” the local resident said.

After the military junta announced that the election will be held in December, it has been asking for the submission of representative lists, publishing the lists of townships where the elections will be held, and announcing election regulations.

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