1. The NUG said that it is concerned about the participation of the terrorist military group in the European Union-ASEAN Civil Society Forum to be held in Belgium
On October 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Unity Government released a statement on Myanmar junta participation in EU-ASEAN CSOs Forum to be held in Brussels.
The statement is as follows:
“The National Unity Government is deeply concerned to learn of the invitation of the representatives of Myanmar’s illegitimate junta to the EU-ASEAN CSOs Forum “Advancing Human Rights: Creating an Enabling Environment for CSOs at the Regional Level” in Brussels, which is co-organized by the European Union and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and will start on 3 October.
The Myanmar junta is brutalizing its own people, murdering civil society activists, health workers, teachers, and schoolchildren alike, and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. We are dismayed to see the participation of the junta representatives in the EU-ASEAN CSOs Forum, in place of the legitimate, democratically-elected representatives of Myanmar.
This Forum takes place days after Union Minister for Human Rights Aung Myo Min visited Brussels where he met with European Union representatives, among them the EU Special Representative for Human Rights. Minister Aung Myo Min proposed the commencement of a human rights dialogue in Myanmar, with the participation of Myanmar’s democratic institutions, the National Unity Government, the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and the National Unity Consultative Council, representatives of Myanmar’s state-level institutions, and representatives of communities and civil society.
We urge the European Union and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights to engage with the legitimate representatives of the Myanmar people in a genuine human rights dialogue.”
2. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration held a meeting with the township people’s administrative bodies of Bago, Ayeyarwady, Yangon and Tanintharyi Divisions
On October 2, at 10:00 a.m., the meeting between the NUG Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MOHAI) and the township people’s administrative bodies of Bago, Ayeyarwady, Yangon and Tanintharyi Divisions (19/2023) was held.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister U Khu Hte Bu, Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, gave an opening speech, and Director General from the Public Administration Department, Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, explained the directory and activities of the Central Complaint Committee formed by the ministry.
Following, completion status of the activities adopted in previous meeting (18/2023) and future plans of the ministries were explained, and the attending members of the township people’s administrative bodies exchanged views with relevant officials regarding the policies, direction, ground administrative activities, difficulties, and challenges encountered on the ground.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister U Khu Hte Bu, Permanent Secretary, officials from the Public Administration Department, Police Department, Fire Department, Immigration Department, and Department of Special Investigation, and members of the township people’s administrative bodies of Bago, Ayeyarwady, Yangon and Tanintharyi Divisions. The meeting was successfully finished at 11:50 a.m.
3. The Ministry of Education of the National Unity Government has strongly condemned the terrorist military’s targeting of teachers and students who are studying peacefully
The Ministry of Education released the statement regarding the terrorist military’s heavy artillery firing on Butarsu in Joehtaung, Wuntho Township for no reason, resulting in the shell exploding in the campus of the People’s Education School, and injuring a teacher and a total of 21 students.
Of the injured, 7 primary school children studying in Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 4 were seriously injured.
The Ministry has warned that the military council’s targeting of schools where teachers and students are studying peacefully is a very brutal war crime and a violation of human rights.
The Ministry of Education of the National Unity Government has also warned that both those who order and the perpetrators must be held accountable for the repeated attacks on schools with such an inhumane and degrading attitude.
The Ministry of Education of the National Unity Government announced that the military council’s human rights violations, unlawful killings, and arbitrary torture have been recorded in detail, and efforts will be made to bring about justice in various ways.
4. A meeting between people’s administration and village groups was held in Khin-U
In a village in Khin-U Township, Sagaing Division, the township people’s administrative body, township people’s defense forces, and village groups held a plenary meeting.
The meeting was held at 12:00 noon on October 1, and the township people’s administrative bodies, township people’s defense forces, affairs committee officials, circuit groups, ward/village people’s administrative bodies, local people’s defense forces and local residents participated in the meeting.
In the meeting, administrative and defense issues, strengths and weaknesses of each village, and ground conditions were mutually discussed, and the questions raised were clarified extensively by the relevant officials in accordance with the policies, instructions, and procedures of the ministries.
After that, the ceremony was successfully ended at 3:00 p.m.
5. The township people’s administration provided nearly 1,700,000 kyats to 130 displaced households in Pale Township
Township People’s Administration stated that they had provided 1,700,000 kyats to 130 households displaced by war from Zee Pyu Kone (South) Village in Pale Township. The Township People’s Administration donated USD 500–1,695,000 Myanmar kyats donated by the Away Yeik SF Bay area Raffle Event on October 1 on behalf of the donors in Pale Township.
It is also reported that about 500 people from the 130 households in the village have left the village and their farmlands because they were unable to accept that the terrorist military council had turned Zee Pyu Kone (South) Village into a Pyu Saw Htee Village.
They are also struggling to support their families while working odd jobs.
Villages that have been fleeing for years in Pale Township are Zee Pyu Kone (South) Village, Inma Htee Village, Chaung U Village, Taung Khin Yan Village and Kant That Village.
6. The military council column returning to Depayin killed a villager from Hnabehla Village
The Depayin Township Brotherhood stated that on the morning of October 2, the terrorist military council column returning from a patrol in the western part of Depayin Township arrested a Hnabehla villager and killed him next to a pepper field near Bagan Village.
That terrorist military council column also killed a villager from Letti village on September 30. That column was stationed in Pyan Kya Village for more than 2 days and returned to Depayin on the morning of October 2. As a result, the residents of 8 villages around Depayin have to flee again. Due to the return of the junta column, some local people from the villages that fled the war a few days ago have returned to their villages. The condition of the 2 local villagers who were arrested in Letti Village on September 30 is still unknown.
7. The house of Lin Min Maung Lwin who is the son of Wunna Maung Lwin, a member of the military council, was bombed
Urban Special Operation – USO announced today (October 2) that the house of Lin Min Maung Lwin who is the son of Wunna Maung Lwin, a member of the terrorist military council, was attacked with a bomb.
It stated that at around 9:30 last night, a bomb was thrown at Lin Min Maung Lwin’s house inside the Aung Myay Tharsi housing in Kamayut Township. The attack was made because Lin Min Maung Lwin is making a profit from the military council’s terrorist expenses and foreign businesses along with cronies. It is said that this attack was only possible with the help of insiders from the people’s side.
In the future, the Urban Special Operation – USO has announced that it will continue to conduct operations as a military target against those related to the economic assets of the terrorist military council who intend to do injustice to the people.
8. In September, 12 women were killed and 20 were arrested by the terrorist military council
The Burmese Women’s Union (BWU) released a report on October 2 that 12 women were killed and 20 were detained across Myanmar by the military council from September 1 to 28, 2023.
Among a total of 12 women died in September, 5 were killed by shrapnel, 4 by gunshots, 2 by violence, and 1 by interrogation.
According to the infographic table published by BWU, the women being killed are: 2 from Singu Township and 1 from Mogok Township in Mandalay Division; 2 from Palaw Township in Tanintharyi Division; 1 from Mogaung Township in Kachin State; 1 from Kyauktaga Township in Bago Division; 1 from Kale Township and 1 from Salingyi Township in Sagaing Division; 1 from Myaing Township and 1 from Gangaw Township in Magway Division; and 1 from Hpapun Township in Karen State.
In addition, 20 women from Yangon Division, Bago Division, Mandalay Division, Sagaing Division, Magway Division and Mon State were arrested during September, and this includes 9 women from 8 townships in Yangon.
From February 2021 when the military seized power to September 2023, 614 women died, 3,175 women were arrested, and 538 women were prosecuted, according to BWU’s statement.
This number is based on the data collected by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) – AAPP and Burmese Women’s Union – BWU, and the actual number on the ground may be higher.
- The NUG said that it is concerned about the participation of the terrorist military group in the European Union-ASEAN Civil Society Forum to be held in Belgium
- The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration held a meeting with the township people’s administrative bodies of Bago, Ayeyarwady, Yangon and Tanintharyi Divisions
- The Ministry of Education of the National Unity Government has strongly condemned the terrorist military’s targeting of teachers and students who are studying peacefully
- A meeting between people’s administration and village groups was held in Khin-U
- The township people’s administration provided nearly 1,700,000 kyats to 130 displaced households in Pale Township
- The military council column returning to Depayin killed a villager from Hnabehla Village
- The house of Lin Min Maung Lwin who is the son of Wunna Maung Lwin, a member of the military council, was bombed
- In September, 12 women were killed and 20 were arrested by the terrorist military council
