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PEACE Info (May 13, 2021) PEACE Info (May 13, 2021) − ChinTeenager Killed as Myanmar Regime Bombards Resistance Town − Student Tortured to Death After Myanmar Junta Forces Raid Mandalay Village-Tract − Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against junta − Myanmar Junta Forces Detain Dozens of Civilians in Village Raid − Martial law order imposed in township of Myanmar's western state − UN Panel Calls on Int’l Business Community to Take Stand on Myanmar Junta’s Abuses − With conflict escalating, Karen BGF gets back to business − KIA Launches Attack to Seize Major Road from Myanmar Junta − �ကအ�န�ယ� ဥက�ဌ �စ�မ�တ���စ�ဖ���၏ ထ�တ��ပန�ခ�က�အ�ပ� အ�မင�သ�ဘ�ထ�� − ဖက�ဒရယ��ပည��ထ�င�စ�တည��ဆ�က�ရန� ည����င���ဆ������အ��ဖရ��သည��နည��လမ��သည�သ� ���င�ငံသ��မ���အတ�က� �က�င��က�����ဖစ��စ�ပ�� �င�မ��ခ�မ��သ�ယ��သ� �ပည��ထ�င�စ��ဖစ�တည��စမည�ဟ� KNU ဒ��ပလ�ယ�ခ���င�ဥက�� သ�ဘ�ထ��ထ�တ��ပန� − KNU ဥက�ဌ၏ သ�ဘ�ထ��က�� ထင�ဟပ�သည�� ထ�တ��ပန�ခ�က� ၂ ခ� ဒ��ပလ�ယ�ခ���င�ဥက�ဌ ထ�တ��ပန� − �ဆ������ပ��ပ�က��ပ���န�က� မင��တပ��မ ���က�� စစ��က�င�စ�တပ�က အ��မ�က���င��ပစ� − မင��တပ�တ��က�ပ�� �ပည�သ��က�က�ယ��ရ�အဖ���က တစ�ဦ��သဆ�ံ�၊ ခ�နစ�ဦ�ဒဏ�ရ�ရ − ခ�င���ပည�နယ� မင��တပ��မ ���အ�� Martial Law ထ�တ��ပန� − တလ�ပ��မ ���၌ ဖမ��ခံရသည�� �က��င��သ�� စစ���က��ရ�တ�င� ညတ�င��ခ�င�� �သဆ�ံ� − တလ�ပ��မ ���တ��က�ပ��၌ အမ����သမ����င��က�လ�ငယ�မ���က�� စစ�တပ�က လ�သ��ဒ��င��အ�ဖစ�သ�ံ�ခ��ဟ� DRPA ထ�တ��ပန� − �ခ��င��ဦ� GZ လ�ငယ�မ����နရ� စစ�တပ�စ��နင��၊ ထ�ခ��က�မ�မ���ရ�� − အ�ဏ�သ�မ��မ���က�င�� က�လ�သန��န��ခ���ပ�� ပည��ရ�၊ စ��ဝတ��န�ရ� အခက��တ�� − ဆ���ပ�ပ�� �ပန�လ��သ� လ�ငယ� ၂ ဦ�က�� လက�နက�ခ�ယမ��မ�����င��အတ� ဖမ��မ�ဟ� စစ��က�င�စ�ထ�တ��ပန� − ပ���စ�ထ��ဆ��တ� ဘယ�သ��တ�လ�၊ သ�တ��� ဘ��တ�လ�ပ��နလ� − CDM လ�ပ�ရ���မ�က�န လက�နက�က��င�ဖ��� ဆ�ံ��ဖတ�ခ��သ� (အမ����သမ��က�) − �မန�မ����င�ငံ၏ အ��ခအ�နအ�ပ� စ���ရ�မ�ပ�ပန��သ��လည�� အ�ရ�ယ�ပ�တ�ဆ���မ� ခ�မ�တ�ရန� မရ��ဟ� �သစ��တ�လ� ��ပ� − လ��အခ�င��အ�ရ�ခ�����ဖ�က�မ�မ���က�� ဆန��က�င��ပ�� စစ�အ�ပ�စ�က�� ဖ�အ���ပ�ရန� က�လက�မ��က�င�သ�မ���က စ��ပ����ရ�လ�ပ�ငန��မ���က�� တ��က�တ�န�� − စစ�အ�ဏ�သ�မ��ရက� ၁၀၀ အတ�င�� �မန�မ�စစ�တပ�က လ��အခ�င��အ�ရ�ခ�����ဖ�က�မ� အ�တ��မ���မ��� က���လ�န�ခ��ဟ� က�လအ�က��အက���ပ� − စစ��က�င�စ�တပ�စခန��အခ���� ဆ�တ�ခ���ပ�� တပ�စခန���က��မ�����င�� သ����ရ�က�ပ���ပ�င��ခ��ဟ� KNU ��ပ� − နမ�တ��မ ���နယ�တ�င�� အရပ�သ��အ�မ�ယ� မ�����မ�က�� TPCC ��တ�ခ� − က�တ�ခ��င��မ ���နယ� အတ�င�� ပစ�ခတ�မ��ဖစ� − မ����မ�က� စစ��ဘ��ရ��င�မ���အတ�က� အမ���အက���င�� ထင��မ���လ��အပ��န --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 44 ChinTeenager Killed as Myanmar Regime Bombards Resistance Town By The Irrawaddy | 13 May 2021 An ethnically Chin teenager was killed and six other members of Chin State’s civilian resistance forces opposing Myanmar’s regime were injured by junta artillery in Mindat on Thursday. Fighting between junta troops and the civilian resistance in Mindat started on Wednesday night after a ceasefire broke down. Since about 6am on Thursday, civilians in Mindat have been attacked with artillery based in Kyaukhtu, Magwe Region, 33km to the east, according to a resistance fighter. “A 17-year-old was killed. They are still firing on us from Kyaukhtu. About six others were injured,” a member of Mindat Defense Force, a civilian defense group fighting the junta, told The Irrawaddy. The resistance fighters, largely armed with homemade hunting rifles, face junta troops with automatic rifles and artillery. On Wednesday night, shootouts between junta troops and resistance fighters occurred at Mindat’s police station and a government office near the headquarters of the military’s 274 Battalion. “The artillery battalion is in Kyaukhtu. We agreed a ceasefire with the military after they agreed not to deploy more troops to the town and not to pass through the town in military vehicles,” said a Mindat resident. Civilians later agreed that 17 vehicles carrying around 270 junta troops could pass through from Matupi Township in exchange for the release of five young protesters being held by the security forces. The ceasefire ended after the military regime reportedly claimed it would release only four of the five. “Our demands were not met. Shootouts are ongoing. They are firing continuously from Kyaukhtu. We also hear planes,” said a Mindat Defense Force member. “There will be no more talks. We will protect our town as best we can.” The use of artillery on civilian targets has led to talk of possible genocide being committed against the mountainous community. On April 24, a nighttime shootout occurred when junta forces broke promises to release seven young anti-regime protesters. Page 2 of 44 On April 26 and 27 the newly formed Mindat Defense Force attacked military reinforcements approaching the town using homemade weapons, leaving at least 20 junta troops dead. The military casualties led to talks with residents and the ceasefire. In early May, civilians allowed military troops to pass through the town. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/chinteenager-killed-as-myanmar-regime- bombards-resistance-town.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Tortured to Death After Myanmar Junta Forces Raid Mandalay Village-Tract By The Irrawaddy | 13 May 2021 Ko Zin Ko Tun was a first-year IT student from Myingyan. A university student was tortured to death in military custody after being detained during a raid by junta forces on Talokmyo Village-tract in Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region on Wednesday, according to sources close to him. Family members were told on Thursday morning to collect the body of Ko Zin Ko Tun, who was arrested with five other students during the raid on Talokmyo on Wednesday afternoon. “He was struck by a bullet in Talokmyo and arrested. And he died in military custody,” a source said. Ko Zin Ko Tun, a first-year IT student from Myingyan, had only an arm wound when he was taken away by the junta forces. “He was still alive when he was arrested. All six were beaten with rifle butts as junta forces arrested them. He died during interrogation. Another one who was hit in the leg also reportedly had his leg amputated,” said a source close to Ko Zin Ko Tun. Junta forces planted weapons on the six when photographing them immediately after their arrest to make the crime look more serious. When the military’s mouthpiece, Myawaddy TV, reported the news, Ko Zin Ko Tun was not shown, and more arms and ammunition were displayed instead. Page 3 of 44 “In the first photo, they [junta forces] intentionally added their weapons. And more weapons were added in the photo published by Myawaddy. They are attempting to make it appear as if a more serious crime occurred,” a source close to Ko Zin Ko Tun said. The six detained by the military regime “The pictures published by Myawaddy intend to make the crime look more serious. It was unnecessarily cruel of the junta forces to use more than 400 troops to launch a violent crackdown on unarmed civilians,” a Talokmyo resident said. Of the six, five including a woman are university students from Myingyan. The identity of the sixth is still unknown. They were in Talokmyo to help villagers with their resistance movement against the military regime. Junta troops detained between 50 and 100 civilians in the raid Wednesday morning in Talokmyo. The clash began on Tuesday afternoon when more than 100 regime troops attempted to enter Talokmyo. Faced with unexpected resistance from the villagers, some 400 more soldiers were brought in on Wednesday morning to attack the village-tract. Two junta troops were killed and three injured in the shootout. Three civilians were injured. Locals have fled their villages following the raid, but junta forces are searching for them in nearby forests. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/student-tortured-to-death-after-myanmar-junta- forces-raid-mandalay-village-tract.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against junta By AFP | 13 May 2021 Photo: Htar Htet Htet/Facebook A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the country's military junta, posting photos of herself with an assault rifle. Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the military seized power on February 1, ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Page 4 of 44 Htar Htet Htet represented Myanmar in the first Miss Grand International beauty pageant in Thailand in 2013, competing against 60 contenders in swimsuit and national costume rounds. Fast forward eight years and glitz and glamour is a far cry from the jungle of Myanmar's border regions controlled by ethnic armed groups. The 32-year-old gymnastics instructor posted a picture to her Facebook page this week dressed in black combat fatigues and carrying an assault rifle.
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