1. The Acting President of the National Unity Government stated that the military junta’s attempts to cause division would not succeed
Acting President of the Government of National Unity, Duwa Lashi La, said that he believed that the military junta’s continuous attempts to cause division would not be successful.
At the 32nd cabinet meeting held on October 3, the Acting President spoke about the activities of the terrorist military council holding the eight-year anniversary of the voided NCA Treaty.
“The military council is trying to deceive some leaders of the ethnic forces in an attempt to ease the political and military crisis as much as possible, and it is certain that it will continue to work to divide the unity between the ethnic forces and the National Unity Government, so we need to pay special attention to this.
Therefore, the unity and trust between the National Unity Government and the allied ethnic forces must be built more and more firmly.
In building that, only on the basis of political goodwill, honesty, transparency, and great vision can we have true and lasting trust and strong unity,” the Acting President Duwa Lashi La said.
2. The Interim Local Administration Central Committee (ILACC) held a meeting with the township people’s administrative bodies in Yangon Division
On October 3, at 1:00 p.m., the meeting between the NUG’s Interim Local Administration Central Committee (ILACC) and the township people’s administrative bodies in Yangon Division (19/2023) was held.
At the meeting, Union Minister for Labour U Nai Tun Pe @ U Nai Suwunna, a member of ILACC, gave an opening speech.
Following, officials from ministries explained the activities of relevant ministries, and then members of the township people’s administrative bodies exchanged views with relevant officials regarding policies, directions, activities, and challenges encountered on the ground.
Led by Union Minister U Nai Suwunna, the meeting was attended by Permanent Secretaries, Associate Secretaries, officials from ministries, and members of the township people’s administrative bodies in Yangon Division. The meeting was successfully finished at 2:00 p.m.
3. Since the military coup, opium cultivation has risen 33 percent in Myanmar, making it a center for online cyber fraud and human trafficking
U Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s permanent representative to the UN, said that after the military seized power, opium cultivation in Myanmar has increased by 33 percent, the production of opium and methamphetamine has increased, and it has become a center for online fraud and human trafficking.
U Kyaw Moe Tun spoke at the meeting of the Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs being held at the 78th United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.
“We all were encouraged that the cultivation of opium poppy in Myanmar shifted towards a downward trend since 2014.
However regrettably, progresses made earlier have been reversed by the illegal military coup in February 2021. According to UNODC reports, there was 33 percent growth in the opium cultivation, and opium production has nearly doubled in the past year, along with rising methamphetamine production and trafficking across Myanmar’s border.
Clearly, the illegal military coup not only triggered an unprecedented nationwide revolt against the military junta but increasingly precipitated challenges to global security. It has resulted in the rise of cross-border human trafficking and cyber scams, which have impacted almost every corner of the globe.
Alarmingly, Myanmar has become a destination for transnational organized crimes for the first time in history. From huge spike in opium and methamphetamine smuggling, to the violent trafficking to Myanmar of tens of thousands of people from over 46 countries, to the expansion of sophisticated cyber scams victimizing people around the globe, the military dictatorship made Myanmar became a major regional and global exporter of crime and instability.
Undoubtedly, the only way to end this scourge is to end the violent and lawless military junta and establish a civilian federal democratic government in Myanmar that is fully committed to the rule of law.”
4. In September, 6 civilians were killed and 8 were injured in the area of KNU Brigade 5 due to the terrorist military’s airstrikes and firings
It was announced on October 3 that 6 civilians were killed and 8 were injured in the KNU Brigade 5 area during September due to airstrikes and small arms fire by the terrorist military.
It is said that between September 1 and 15, the terrorist military came and fired 10 times with military jet fighters, dropped 23 cluster bombs weighing more than 500 pounds, and also fired 20 heavy weapons from the ground.
The statement also stated that the terrorist military carried out airstrikes on 6 locations in the area of the KNU Brigade 5 in Mutraw District.
As a result of these attacks, 3 students and a member of Htee Kay Thar school committee were killed and a total of 8 students, teachers and villagers were injured.
In addition, an old woman was killed by heavy weapon fire, and a civilian from Hpa-pun Township was also shot dead by junta soldiers.
The KNU Brigade 5 announced that there were 84 clashes between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the terrorist military troops and Border Guard Forces (BGF) in September, in Mutraw District, the area of the KNU Brigade 5. On the side of the military council, 39 people were killed and 46 were wounded, including 2 officers. 5 comrades from the KNLA Brigade 5 had sacrificed their lives and 13 were injured.
5. More than 5,000 villagers are fleeing the war as the terrorist junta’s column invaded with firing heavy weapons into Ye-U Township
According to local news sources, more than 5,000 residents of 9 villages were forced to flee as the terrorist junta’s column invaded with firing heavy weapons on villages in Ye-U Township, Sagaing Division.
On the morning of October 2, the terrorist military council column that came out of Depayin Township arrived at Nyaunghla-Muusone through Aung Thar Village in the western part of Ye-U Township and opened fire with heavy weapons, as well as firing small weapons inside the villages, forcing the residents of the village to flee, according to the Ye-U Township War Refugees Support Group.
Because of this column, more than 5,000 local people from villages such as Ma Soe Yein, Aung Thar, Chon, Kyikone, Zeekone, Ya Meittha, Mokesi, and Ngyote Ton are fleeing the war.
Ye-U Township War Refugees Support Group has appealed to the out-of-disaster zone villages to help and care for these war refugees.
6. Around 60 houses burned down when the junta column conducted arson on Puzun Myaung Village in Nyaunglebin Township, where the military situation is tense
According to the Spring Warriors Column, about 60 houses were destroyed because the terrorist junta column burned down the village of Puzun Myaung in Nyaunglebin Township of Bago Division, where there is military tension.
Since September 27, the military council column with a strength of over 200 has been invading near the village of Puzun Myaung, Nyaunglebin Township, and there have been clashes with the local people’s defense forces.
It is reported that the military council column, which was damaged in the fighting by the local people’s defense forces, burned and destroyed Puzun Myaung Village for 2 days on the nights of October 2 and 3.
About 15 people from the terrorist military council were killed and about 10 were wounded, including an officer, in the battle that took place on October 1 near Puzun Myaung Village in Nyaunglebin Township. The people’s defense forces were also able to burn down an excavator backhoe that was brought to destroy the village roads that connect Puzun Myaung Village and the surrounding villages.
It is also reported that the military situation is still tense as the military council column is currently unable to move forward.
7. During September, the terrorist military council committed 57 arsons, 2 people were burned to death, and a total of nearly 1,400 buildings, including schools, clinics, religious buildings and houses, were burned down
According to a report released by the Fire Service Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration of the National Unity Government (NUG), the terrorist military council committed 57 arsons, 2 people were burned to death, and a total of nearly 1,400 buildings, including schools, clinics, religious buildings and houses, were burned down in September 2023.
The arson attacks included 3 schools, 1 dispensary, 1 religious building, and 1,374 civilian houses, and 2 people were also burned to death.
The highest number of arson attacks is in Sagaing Division, with 32 times of arsons, and 529 civilian houses, 2 schools, 1 hospital/dispensary and 1 religious building were destroyed by fire.
In addition, two people from Kachin State and Magway were also burned to death by the terrorist military council, according to a statement from the NUG Fire Service Department.
It is said that the information listed here is from the data collected as far as possible, and the violence of the military council troops may be even more on the ground.
- The Acting President of the National Unity Government stated that the military junta’s attempts to cause division would not succeed
- The Interim Local Administration Central Committee (ILACC) held a meeting with the township people’s administrative bodies in Yangon Division
- Since the military coup, opium cultivation has risen 33 percent in Myanmar, making it a center for online cyber fraud and human trafficking
- In September, 6 civilians were killed and 8 were injured in the area of KNU Brigade 5 due to the terrorist military’s airstrikes and firings
- More than 5,000 villagers are fleeing the war as the terrorist junta’s column invaded with firing heavy weapons into Ye-U Township
- Around 60 houses burned down when the junta column conducted arson on Puzun Myaung Village in Nyaunglebin Township, where the military situation is tense
- During September, the terrorist military council committed 57 arsons, 2 people were burned to death, and a total of nearly 1,400 buildings, including schools, clinics, religious buildings and houses, were burned down
