DEADLY REPRISALS: REGIME STEPS UP ATTACKSON CIVILIANS IN RETALIATION FOR CONFLICTLOSSES IN NORTHERN BURMA

An update by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand

Published in June 2021

Deadly reprisals: regime steps up attacks on civilians in retaliation for conflict losses innorthern Burma
SummaryThis briefing paper provides an update of human rights violations by the regime’s security forces in urban andrural areas of Kachin State and Muse District of northern Shan State during April and May, 2021.
Due to the previous deadly crackdowns, anti-coup protests have mostly been small flash mobs, but the security forces have continued to use live ammunition against unarmed protesters, killing two men, in Bhamo andHpakant. They have also continued hunting out activists in urban areas, arresting sixty-one people during thetwo months, including NLD members, doctors, journalists, and youth leaders.
In rural areas, in response to losses inflicted by the KIA, the regime’s forces have stepped up brutal reprisals
against civilians, including torture, arbitrary shooting, and shelling of residential areas – in flagrant violationof international humanitarian law.
Youth in Myitkyina, Mohnyin and Kamaing have been arbitrarily arrested and tortured for suspected links to
the KIA. This included three boys under 18 returning from playing football, who were detained in a militarybase for 12 days, beaten in the head with guns and burned with cigarettes.
Random shooting by security forces of innocent civilians has taken place in several areas. There were four
such incidents in Mogaung township alone, where civilians were shot at while riding motorcycles, buying
betelnut, and attending a funeral ceremony; the shootings left two villagers dead, and three injured.
There has been a sharp escalation of shelling into civilian areas, particularly along the Dawhpumyang-Momauk highway in southeast Kachin State. This was in direct retaliation for KIA gains in the area, including
the recapture of the Alaw Bum mountaintop base on March 25, and the shooting down of a regime helicopter
on May 3. Between April 10 and May 24, artillery attacks on five villages and on Momauk town killed ninevillagers – including three women and a 14-year-old boy -- and injured fifteen, including three children.
These direct attacks on civilians have caused large-scale displacement, with over 6,000 new IDPs fleeing toMomauk and Bhamo towns. Their former homes are now occupied by Burma Army troops from the notorious
elite infantry divisions 77, 88 and 99, who have been looting villagers’ property, livestock and food.
There are growing numbers of IDPs in other townships, including Injanyang, where about 600 IDPs are sheltering in a KIA-controlled area. These IDPs are in urgent need of aid, as the regime is blocking all humanitarian access from within the country to areas under KIA control.
As civilian casualties and displacement figures continue to mount, we appeal urgently for concerted international pressure on the illegitimate coup regime to end violence against civilians, release all political prisoners
and pull back troops across the country.
We reiterate our call for foreign governments to impose economic and diplomatic sanctions on the regime, andto endorse the National Unity Government as the legitimate government of Burma.
We call for a global arms embargo on Burma, and also for a no-fly zone over the country. We urge neighbouring countries, including China, to stop the regime from using their airspace to launch attacks.
We urge foreign donors to provide humanitarian aid cross-border to the IDPs in ethnic areas.

Analysis of violations by the regime’s security forces in April and May, 2021
Ongoing shooting of unarmed protesters, arrests of activists
The mass arrests and violent crackdowns on anti-coup protests in February and March led to many youth
activists going into hiding, and no longer openly leading demonstrations, which during April and May havemostly been organized as small flash mobs, dispersing quickly before security forces arrive.
However, brutality towards unarmed protesters has continued, with military and police using live ammunition
and killing two men during protests: one in Bhamo on April 4, and one in Hpakant on May 2.
Security forces have carried out sweeping searches for activists, raiding homes, religious buildings, restaurants and karaoke bars – particularly in the Shatapru area of Myitkyina, a main Kachin residential quarter.
During the past two months, KWAT has documented the arrest of 61 people, including 21 women and sevenboys under 18, mainly in the towns of Myitkyina, Mohnyin, Muse, Hpakant, and Bhamo.
The authorities are using devious means to entrap activists in hiding. On May 21, plain-clothed officers lay inwait in two civilian cars for activist Seng Nu Pan, who was travelling by car with another activist Lum Zawng
to the funeral of her grandfather in a village near Myitkyina. The officers rammed their car into the back ofSeng Nu Pan's car, and then arrested them both.
They are currently being held incommunicado at the Northern Region Military Command base in Myitkyina.
To block news of protests, journalists have been targeted and arrested. On April 14, three journalists – twomen and one woman -- working for the Myitkyina News Journal were arrested. They were taken first to theNorthern Regional Command, and then imprisoned in Myitkyina Jail under Article 505 (A). On May 2, thelicences of the Myitkyina Journal and Myitkyina-based 74 Media were revoked.
Citizen documenters have also been traced and arrested. Two youth who uploaded images to Facebook of abomb blast at a Kanbawza Bank in Myitkyina on May 14, were traced to their homes near the bank, and arrested that evening.
Torture of youth for suspected links to KIA
Due to the escalation of conflict with the KIA, the regime’s security forces have increasingly arrested andtortured youth, including boys as young as 15, accusing them of links to the KIA.
At Kamaing, Hpakant Township, three boys under eighteen were arrested on April 15, and tortured to admit tobeing KIA soldiers. They were detained at a military base for 12 days before being released on April 27, after
the intervention of community leaders.
One of these boys, aged 15, described his experience: “I went with two friends to play football. Soldiers arrested me on the way home. We were on our way back from Lawa to Hkasan village, when about seven Burma
Army soldiers checked us and took all of our phones. A soldier phoned to the local base (in Kamaing) and aftera few minutes ten soldiers came and took us to the base. We got there about 10 pm. They took us to a hall andblindfolded us with cloth. They made us kneel down. They beat us in the head with guns. One of us got badly
injured in the head. Then they separated us and asked: “Are you a KIA soldier?” I said I wasn’t, so they burned
my neck with a lighted cigarette, and put a stone in my mouth, and hit me in the mouth with a gun. Finally, we
all had to admit we were KIA, even though we weren’t, because we couldn’t stand the beating.”
On May 1, eleven Kachin youth – six men and five women – were arrested at In Jang Dung Street in Myitkyina
while donating food to the public. They were taken to the Northern Regional Command base and interrogatedabout whether they were KIA members, if their fathers were KIA, and if they had received military training
from the KIA. The men were slapped in the face as they were questioned. After two weeks, six were released,
but three men and two women were transferred to Myitkyina Jail.

Three young men arrested in Mohnyin on May 8, were similarly interrogated about being KIA members. They
had gone to drink beer at a restaurant in the evening, when ten plainclothed men arrived in two cars, and ordered them outside, took their phones, and made them sit on the ground. They were asked if they had planted
a bomb in Mohnyin and if they were KIA, and kicked in the face and chest. They were then taken to Mohnyinpolice station, where they were again interrogated and beaten. Around 11 pm, they were blindfolded and taken
to a military camp, and locked up in separate rooms in hand and leg-cuffs for three nights. They were finallyreleased on 11 May by the help of local community leaders, after being forced to sign a statement in Burmese
which they were not allowed to read.
Arbitrary shooting of civilians
There has been an increase in arbitrary shooting of civilians by security forces, particularly in Mogaung township. On April 5, at around 9 pm, soldiers patrolling around Mogaung town shot at two people on a motorbike.
The motorcyclists managed to escape, but the gunfire seriously injured a 35-year-old woman in her roadsidehouse. In a similar incident on May 10 in Nammati, Mogaung township, two men were returning home on a
motorbike at night, when troops in a military patrol car shot at them in front of a restaurant. When one man,
Laju Ja Gun, fell to the ground, four soldiers pulled him from the road and shot him three times. The troops
then called an ambulance and took him to the Namti general hospital, where he died early the next morning.
Troops have also deliberately opened fire into people’s houses. On April 6, at around 11:30 am, soldiers shot ata house where a funeral was being held in Loi Li Yang village, Mogaung township. A male villager attending
the funeral was shot in the head and died instantly.
On April 8, troops arriving in a military truck at Sam Pali village, Mogaung township, saw three male villagers
buying betel nut. They shouted out to them, causing one of the men to run away in fear. The troops shot after
him, injuring him, and then kicked and beat the other two villagers.
On April 24, after the KIA attacked a military convoy of 10 trucks travelling from Bhamo, the Burma Army
troops in the convoy began shooting at villagers working at a nearby farm, seriously injuring three of them,including a 75-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman.
Deliberate shelling of civilian areas
The regime has suffered significant losses due to KIA attacks, and has responded with aerial bombing andground artillery assaults, with shells being deliberately fired into civilian areas. The most intense air and artillery attacks have taken place in Momauk, due to the KIA’s seizure on March 25 of the strategic Alaw Bum
mountaintop base in southeast Kachin State, occupied by the Burma Army since 1987.
Alaw Bum is the highest mountain in Bhamo District, overlooking the stretch of mountainous territory along
the Chinese border between the KIA’s two major administrative centres in Laiza and Maijayang. Alaw Bum
was formerly a KIO district, comprising eight Kachin villages -- Mai Chyen, Hka Tsu Kawng, Machyang,
Ding Gram, Npawn, Nga Nga Yang, Be Htu and Gan Lan. However, fierce Burma Army offensives prior to
seizure of Alaw Bum in 1987 caused the area to become deserted, with most of the former population fleeing
down to lowland villages in the west, including Dawhpumyang, Num Lang, Myo Thit and Kone Law.
The KIA’s capture of Alaw Bum has triggered a fierce response from the regime, which on March 26 began
carrying out daily airstrikes on KIA positions on and around the mountaintop. Alaw Bum is only about two
kilometers from the Chinese border, and villagers reported seeing Burmese aircraft flying through Chinese
airspace to launch bombing raids from the east.
At the same time, the regime launched artillery attacks and sent in reinforcements on the ground to try andregain Alaw Bum. On top of hundreds of troops already stationed in bases along the Momauk-Dawhpumyang
highway, about 1,000 elite combat troops from ID 77, 88 and 99 have been deployed to the area.

When the KIA blocked ground advances, carrying out pre-emptive attacks on the regime’s bases at the foothills of Alaw Bum, the regime responded by deliberately shelling civilian areas. Between April 10 and May
24, artillery attacks on five villages along the Momauk-Dawhpumyang highway and on Momauk town itself,
killed nine villagers – including three women and a 14-year-old boy -- and injured fifteen, including threechildren.
One of the most lethal shelling incidents occurred on the night of April 11. On that day, the KIA seized theBurma Army base at Salawng Kone, east of Myo Thit village. In retaliation, Burma Army troops fired multiple shells (60 mm and 120 mm) into the villages of Myo Thit, Sihat and Shwe Myaung, killing four people,
including an 83-year-old woman and an 84-year-old man, and injuring three, including two monks.
A villager from Myo Thit described her experience: “At around 10 pm, we started hearing shelling. At 11 pm,
a shell exploded in front of our home and some shrapnel came through the roof and hit Ma Aye Pu in the upper
legs. She was 19 years old, with a 4-month-old baby. We covered her with a blanket, and her father took herbaby and ran to hide behind the house. I also ran and hid in a trench. My 10-year-old child was injured in theknee. Even though Ma Aye Pu was seriously injured, we could not help her because the shelling was ongoing.
After three hours, her father took her from upstairs to downstairs, but she died at 2:30 am. Now her baby isbeing taken care of by her father and aunt.”
Another deadly artillery attack took place on May 3, after the KIA shot down a helicopter over Salawng Kone,
east of Myo Thit. In retaliation, LIB 387 based at Kone Law, and LIB 320 based at Myo Thit fired shells directly into Kone Law village, killing three civilians, including a monk, and injuring six villagers. On the same day,troops of IB 142 also fired about 20 shells into Dawhpumyang town, destroying a villager’s car and damaging
the wall of the public hospital.
Most residents of villages along the Momauk-Dawhpumyang road have fled since the shelling of their areas
began in April, seeking shelter in Momauk and Bhamo towns. However, a few villagers have travelled backand forth to their homes, to look after their livestock and farms. On May 21, LIB 320 and LIB 387 again
shelled into Si Het village, seriously injuring 2 villagers, a 56-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman, who
had temporarily returned.
The IDPs seeking shelter in Momauk town have not even been safe from shelling. On 24 May, troops from
LIB 437 shelled into Momauk town three times. One shell exploded in Hka Nan quarter, fatally injuring a
14-year-old boy in the head, who was feeding chickens.
Looting, ransacking of property
With most of the villagers along the Momauk-Dawhpumyang road having fled, the Burma Army reinforcements have been camping in the empty villages. The troops – from the notorious elite units of ID 77, 88 and99 have been staying in houses, churches, schools and hospitals, and have looted villagers’ property, livestockand food supplies.
On May 13, troops broke down the door of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) church in the empty villageof Num Lang, and ransacked the contents of the building.
The military have also looted property in towns. On 18 May, about five trucks of soldiers drove to Bhamo
Market No. 1 and No. 2 at about 9 pm, and ordered the market guards to open the doors. They then raided
foodstuff from the market shops, including dried fish, oil, and onions.

Location of human rights violations by regime security forces (April-May 2021)

China

Hpakant
KhamaiMogaung

Waimaw

Mohnyin

Bhamo

MomaukMuse
Kutkai

Location of violations by regime security forces
Victims of human rights violations. One figure
represents 2 people
Victims of human rights violations. One figure
represents 5 people
TownShelling of civilian areas in Momauk (April-May 2021)
PantsunMountainNawng Cho
Alaw Mountain
Ma Hkoi
Num Lang
Nawng Gawn Tar Li
Nawng Ing
Taw PeNam Tein
Pan Cho KhaiMin Chyan
Shwe Myaung

Nawng Laik

Madang Yanglocation of fighting between Burma Army and KIA
Burma Army airstrikes
Burma Army shelling of civilian areas
Villages which have fled to Bhamo, Momauk IDP
camps
Villages

Si HatNawng Hpalan

ChinaBurma Army shelling of villages in Momauk township
Burma Army LIB 320
Burma Army LIB 438

Direction of Shelling
Num Langႏြမ္းလန္း

Village

Burma Army
Burma Army IB 387

Over 6,000 new IDPs from Momauk
By May 31, over 6,000 villagers had been displaced from 16 villages along the Momauk-Dawhpumyang road.
The percentages of the villagers who fled are shown in the graph below:

the brackets show the estimated percentage ofresidents who had fled
120%
100%
80%

100%

90%

90%

90%

60%
40%

0%

Num
Lang

100%

90%

90%

100%

60%

50%

20%

100%

40%
20%

10%

Tar Li Taw Pe Nawng
Ing

Nam
Tein

10%
Kone
Law

Sihat

30%

Min Myo Thit Shwe Nawng Pan Cho Nawng Ma Hkoi Nawng Nawng
Chyan
Myaung Laik
Khai Gawn
Cho Hpalan(or NaChyu
Nawng)

Displaced Kachin villagers have taken refuge in existing IDP camps in the towns of Bhamo and Momauk,
while the Shan have sought shelter in temples or with relatives.
There were already over 10,000 IDPs in Momauk and Bhamo towns, displaced since the renewal of conflictwith the KIA in 2011. These new IDPs have therefore significantly swelled the IDP totals in this area, adding
to the existing humanitarian needs.
Urgent need for cross-border aid
While international aid agencies working in Burma have managed to provide aid to the new IDPs in Momauk
and Bhamo, this has not been possible for IDPs displaced into KIA-controlled areas, where the regime iscompletely blocking humanitarian access. The only way to provide aid to such areas is through cross-borderchannels.
One group of new IDPs who are in urgent need of aid is sheltering at the village of Bumrayang, under KIA
control, in Injanyang township. There are about 600 IDPs from six villages -- Pung Swi Yang, Sut Ngai Yang,
Bum Tse Zup, Hpaw Lam Hpya, Tsing Sau Yang, Kawng Ra Yang -- who fled to Bumrayang after fighting
between KIA and the Burma Army at Gwi Htau village, north of the Myitsone in March 2021. These IDPs arein need of shelter materials, food and medicine.
Conclusion and recommendations
KWAT’s documentation shows ongoing killing of unarmed protesters by the regime’s security forces, andcontinued widespread arrest of activists in urban areas of northern Burma during April and May. We have also
documented increased human rights violations by the Burma Army against civilians in rural conflict areas, indirect response to losses inflicted by the KIA’s escalated resistance operations. The regime’s forces have deliberately targeted civilians for punishment, carrying out torture, arbitrary shooting, and shelling of residential
areas – in flagrant contempt of international humanitarian law. These attacks on civilians have caused fresh
large-scale displacement, adding to the existing humanitarian crisis in northern Burma.

As civilian casualties and displacement figures continue to mount, we appeal urgently for concerted international pressure on the coup regime to end violence against civilians, release all political prisoners, and pullback troops across the country. The 2008 Constitution must be abolished, a new federal constitution approved
and a new federal democratic government elected.
We reiterate our calls to the UN Security Council to impose a global arms embargo on Burma, and to refer thesituation in Burma to the International Criminal Court.
With the escalation of air attacks in Kachin and other ethnic areas, we also call on the UNSC to impose a nofly zone over Burma, and urge neighbouring countries, including China, to stop the regime from using theirairspace to launch attacks.
We urge all foreign governments not to recognize the coup regime, and to endorse the National Unity Government as the legitimate government of Burma.
We reiterate our call for economic sanctions on all businesses giving revenue to the regime, and urge all foreign companies to suspend operations in Burma until the regime is ousted, and there is a new federal democratic constitution in place.
We again urge all foreign donors to ensure that their aid is not legitimizing or subsidizing the regime, and toprovide humanitarian aid through cross-border channels to IDPs in ethnic areas. We ask for direct support ofethnic social service structures, which are the building blocks of a future devolved federal governance system.
We also appeal to all Burma’s neighboring countries, including China, to provide safe refuge to those fleeing
conflict and persecution, and allow them access to humanitarian aid.
Appendix
List of arrests, torture, killing by regime’s security forces, mainly in urban areas (April 1-May 31, 2021)
Date

Location

Details

1 Apr, 2021

Myitkyina

1 Apr. 2021

Mohnyin3 Apr, 2021

Mohnyin

4 Apr, 2021

Bhamo

5 Apr, 2021

Mogaung

8 Apr, 2021

Hpakant

Ms. Daw Hkaw Mar Wu (Saw Law Township NLD MP)
was arrested in Pammati Quarter.
A male protester from Mohnyin was tortured and arrestedby the police and military during a demonstration.
Military and police arrested 5 civilians, including a woman
and a 17-year-old boy, in their home in Mohnyin town,
accusing them of having weapons and bombs.
A protester, Mr. Hpu Tar (or Win Naing Oo) (27 yrs) fromMin Manai quarter, Bhamo, was shot dead by the militaryduring a demonstration. He was shot in the chest and leg.
The military took Ko Hpu Tar’s body away, and returned itin the afternoon.
Around 9 pm, the military went around Mogaung, inChyun Taw Quarter, and shot two people on a motorbike.
Those two escaped, but a female villager (35 yrs) in herhouse was seriously injured in her arm, and was sent to
Myitkyina Military Hospital.
The military arrested 8 male protesters during a demonstration in Hpakant. The protesters were charged under
Article 505, and detained in Hpakant Jail, but three protesters under 18 years old were released. A citizen journalist from Hpakant, Ko Naung Yo, was also arrested.

No. arrested,
injured, killed
1 woman arrested
1 man arrested
and tortured
3 men, 1 woman
and 1 boy arrested
1 man killed

1 woman injured

6 men, 3 boys
arrested8 Apr, 2021

Myitkyina

14 Apr, 2021 Myitkyina

15 Apr, 2021 Kamaing

17 Apr, 2021 Muse
19 Apr, 2021 Mohnyin

27 Apr, 2021 Muse

27 Apr, 2021 Muse
1 May, 2021

Myitkyina

2 May, 2021
5 May, 2021

Lone Khin,
Hpakant
Myitkyina

8 May, 2021

Mohnyin

10 May,2021

Nammati,Mogaung

12 May,2021

Myitkyina

2 protesters, Ms. Magawng Doi Nan (22 yrs) and Mr. Lai
1 man, 1 woman
Lai (20 yrs) were arrested during demonstrations; they
arrested
were released that night around 10 pm.
3 journalists from Myitkyina News Journal were arrested
2 men, 1 woman
by the military, including one female journalist, Myu Myat arrested
Myat Pan (22 yrs) and two male journalists, Ah Je (22yrs) and Christopher (22 yrs). They were first taken to theNorthern Region Command, then sent to Myitkyina Jail,charged under Article 505 (A)Three boys (2 aged 15 yrs, and 1 aged 17 yrs) from Hka San 3 boys arrested
village were arrested by Burma Army soldiers and tortured for 12 days, andat the Kamaing LIB 119 post (under ID 33). They were
tortured
forced to confess to being KIA soldiers. They were releasedon April 27.
A male protester, Nan Ye Mung Oo (22 yrs) from Muse
1 man arrested
town was arrested by the military when he was sitting at acoffee shop.
Two protesters, Ms. Myat Noe Wai and Mr. Kyaw Myint
1 man, 1 woman
Htun, were arrested during a demonstration at Mohnyin,arrested
and have been detained at Mohnyin Jail, under Article 505(A).
Two medical doctors, Mr. Sai Sai Maung and a female
1 man, 1 woman,
doctor from Kaung San clinic, Muse, were arrested by the arrested
military. The woman doctor was released at 11 pm thesame day.
3 female and 3 male shop workers were arrested by the
3 women, 3 men
military at Muse. They were charged at Muse police station. arrested
The military arrested 11 youth (6 men and 5 women) who 6 men, 5 women
were donating food at In Jang Dung street, Myitkyina. They arrested
were held and interrogated at the Northern Region Command base. On May 14, 3 men and 3 women were released.
3 men and 2 women remain in detention in Myitkyina Jail
A male protester, Ko Wey Phyo, was shot dead at Lone
1 man killed
Khin, during a demonstration
4 women protesters were arrested and detained in the
4 women arrested
Northern Region Command base; one was released on
May 6
3 young men were arrested at Ar Man Thit restaurant in
3 men arrested,
Mohnyin at around 8 pm. They were taken to Mohnyintorturedpolice station, and interrogated and tortured. They were
imprisoned in a military camp for 3 nights before being
released.
Mr. Laju Ja Gun and a friend were shot at by a military pa- 1 man shot andtrol car while returning home on a motorbike. Laju Ja Gun killed
fell off and then was shot again by the soldiers. He diedearly the next morning.
2 female protesters were arrested by the military on their
2 women arrested
way back from a photocopying shop, carrying copies to be
used at a demonstration.

13 May,2021

Hku Livillage,Bhamo

14 May,
2021

Bhamo

14 May,2021

Myitkyina

15 May,2021
17 May,2021

Waimaw

21 May,2021

Myitkyina

31 May,
2021

Bhamo

MohnyinA man (47 yrs) from Bhamo Robert IDP camp was building a house at Hku Li village. He can’t speak or understandthe Burmese language. On 13 May, he was arrested by the
military on his way to a shop and asked if he was a KIA
soldier, and if he had joined demonstrations. He answered
yes because he couldn’t understand. He was sent to the IB
237 base at Bhamo, and released on May 14 by a religious
leader and camp leader. He had signs of torture on his
body.
The military arrested Fr. Columban La Di in front of No.2
High school, accusing him of supporting the CDM. He wasreleased on 17 May.
Two youths who recorded and uploaded to Facebook abombing in front of Kambawza Bank Branch 1 in Myitkyina, were arrested at their homes in the evening by police.
A male protester was arrested and released on 17 May.

1 man arrested,tortured

The military arrested a nurse who had joined the CDM,
and charged her under Section 505 (A). She is being detained in Mohnyin Jail.
2 activists, Mr. Lum Zawng and Seng Nu Pan were arrestedon the way to the funeral house of Seng Nu Pan’s grandfather, in Nawng Nang village, Myitkyina. They are being
detained at the Northern Region Command base.
An NLD member, Mr. Ko Hing Lat, was arrested by thepolice at Nyawng Pyin quarter, Bhamo. No one knows
where he is being held.

1 woman arrested

1 man arrested
2 men arrested
1 man arrested

1 man, 1 womanarrested
1 man arrested

List of shooting, shelling of civilians by regime’s troops, mainly in rural areas (April 1-May 31, 2021)
Date
6 Apr, 2021
6 Apr, 2021

8 Apr, 2021

10 Apr, 2021

Location
WarazupHpakant

Details
No. of casualties
village, IB 297 from Jahtu Zup shelled 4 times into
Warazup village. The shells fell in the village,
but fortunately there were no injuries.
Loi Li Yang vil- Around 11:30 am the military came and shot at a 1 man shot deadlage, Mogaunghouse where a funeral was being held in Loi Li
Yang village. One male villager in the house wasshot dead in the head.
Sam Pali village, After some military trucks were attacked by a 1 man shot and inMogaung
KIA bomb at Maran Kahtawng village, one of jured; 2 men torthe trucks arrived at Sam Pali village. The troops tured
saw 3 men buying betel nut, and shouted at them.
One villager, aged 42, ran away, so the troops
shot after him and injured him. They kicked andbeat the other two villagers.
Num Lang village, LIB 370,320 and ID 88 shelled Num Lang vil- 2 women injured by
Momauklage. One 50-year-old woman was injured in the shellingback and suffered psychological shock; another
woman suffered damaged vision.

11 April 2021 Myo Thit, Si Het, Burma Army shelled Myo Thit, Si Het and Shwe 2 women, 2 men
Shwe Myaung vil- Myaung villages at 10-11 pm, killing 4 villag- killed; 2 men, 1 boylages, Momauk
ers: Ma Aye Pu (19 yrs.) in Myo Thit; Sai Aik injured
Lin (23 yrs.) in Si Het; Yar Hau Ko (83 yrs.) andLai Aye Lai (84 yrs.) in Shwe Myaung village. A
10-year-old boy and two monks were injured in
Myo Thit.
24 Apr, 2021 Nam Hpa village, After a clash with KIA, the Burma Army shot at 2 men and 1 woman
Bhamopeople working at a farm near Nam Hpa village. injured
3 civilians were seriously injured: 2 men (75 yrs
and 24 yrs); and a woman (21 yrs).
28 Apr, 2021 Myo Thit village, LIB 437 based in Momauk and LIB 320 based 1 man injured; I man
Momaukin Myo Thit shelled Myo Thit village. Mr. Law arrested
Oo (30 yrs) was seriously injured, and 4 houses
were destroyed. After this incident, the village
head was arrested, and released the same day.
29 Apr, 2021 Num Lang village, LIB 438 shelled Num Lang village multiple 1 man killed, 1
Momauktimes, killing one male villager (72 yrs) and se- woman injured
riously injuring a female villager (27 yrs), who
was treated at Myitkyina military hospital.
29 Apr, 2021 Hang Kai village, IB 123 from Nampaka village shelled Hang Kai 2 women, 1 man, 2Kutkaivillage, injuring 5 civilians: 1 woman (53 yrs); 1 boys injured
woman (43 yrs); 1 man (27 yrs); 1 boy (11 yrs)
and 1 boy (8 yrs).
3 May, 2021 Kone Law village, LIB 387 and LIB 320 shelled Kone Law village. 2 men and 1 womMomauk
An explosion in front of the village monastery an killed; 6 injured
killed 3 people: a woman (40 yrs), a man (60 yrs) (3 men, 1 woman, 1
and a monk. 6 were seriously injured including boy, 1 girl)3 family members - a boy (13 yrs), a girl (8 yrs)
and a woman (33 yrs), who received treatment at
Bhamo Hospital; The 8-year-old was transferred
to a private hospital in Mandalay because her injuries were so serious.
3 May, 2021 D a w h p u m y a n g IB 142 at Hkang Kai post shelled Dawhpumyang
town, Momauk
town at night about 20 times. One shell cracked
the wall of Dawhpumyang public hospital. One
civilian car was damaged.
21 May, 2021 Si Het village, LIB 320 and LIB 387 shelled into Si Het village, 1 man, 1 woman inMomauk
seriously injuring 2 villagers: Mr. Hpu Lai (56 juredyrs) and Mrs. Ni Lar (36 yrs), who had returned
to look after their livestock and farms.
24 May, 2021 Momauk town
Troops from LIB 437 shelled into Momauk town 1 boy killed
3 times. One shell exploded in Hka Nan quarter,
fatally injuring a 14-year-old boy in the head,
who was feeding chickens. Another shell fell ina field and didn’t explode, and the farm owner
now doesn’t dare farm there.

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