12th May 2021 A newly formed EAO is causing problems for the army. It has been formed in a previously peaceful ethnic area. At least 15 junta soldiers died during two clashes with the Tamu People’s Defense Force (T-PDF) in Sagaing Region’s Tamu on the Indian border on
11th May 2021 This could be my last piece for a few days as sources are drying up and as a result, the news is only filtering through in dribs and drabs. It doesn’t mean nothing is happening, it’s just getting increasingly difficult to get credible, confirmed updates
10th May 2021 Informants are making a reappearance in Myanmar. In all the previous uprisings informants have made a major impact. They are again leading the military to people they wish to abduct/intern and this has resulted in civilians being arrested and detained. Unlike the previous insurrections, the civilians
9th May 2021 I scratched around for a suitable responsible heading for today’s second update but in the end, I can’t think of a better one than the one I have used. By closing down the internet and mobile phone services the military put great pressure on a
9th May 2021 First of all, my apologies for missing a couple of days of updates. Two of my sources have had section 505 orders issued against them and have gone into hiding. I just wanted to make sure they were ok and not push too hard for further information
6th May 2021 Nearly 200 Myanmar military troops, including a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, were killed in clashes between the regime’s troops and the military wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) in Karen State. Military tension has risen in Hpapun area, Shwe Kyin and Thaton Districts, in
5th May 2021 After three months of the coup, I can do no better than to quote a complete article from the Irrawaddy which is as good a summary of the position that you will get anywhere. The Irrawaddy is struggling along, but still managing to get quality information out
4th May 2021 The EAOs are ramping up action against the Junta. They have started to inflict casualties at officer level to the Tatmadaw and now the police. The Mansi Township police chief was killed in an attack by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on the central police station in
3rd May 2021 The above picture shows who is controlling the shots at the Global New Light of Myanmar. (No pun intended). Information on detained Myanmar Journalists: 1. Detained Journalists – 73 2. Released Journalists – 30 3. Arrested Journalists- 43 4. Prosecuted Journalists – 42 5. Arrest Warrants – 22 6. Prosecuted Media
2nd May 2021 A wanted poster has been put up with a reward of 50 Pyar for the capture of an alleged criminal. There are 100 Pyar to the Kyat and about 1,000 kyat to the NZ dollar. The wanted poster in the southern city of Dawei on May
1st May 2021 Today’s update is devoted to a piece from Charles Petrie, the former UN Assistant Secretary General, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator Myanmar (2003-2007). In November 2007, he was declared persona-non-grata by the then regime for having exposed publicly the underlying socio-economic causes of the Saffron Revolution
30th April 2021 More and more “ordinary” people are being abducted by the regime. This coup is affecting everyone in the country, even non-revolutionary people, and public servants. They are silent heroes, each, and every one. Dr Zaw Min Aye, Medical Superintendent of Bhamo Hospital was found dead in the
29th April 2021 Cash is in increasingly short supply and few ATMs are open and withdrawals are limited to a few dollars. There were four bomb blasts in Hakha, Chin State around 4 am this morning. Locals said that the incidents happened near the house of the Chin state military
28th April 2021 The view of Mindat shows how difficult the terrain can be for the Junta troops to assert their authority. It is why a guerrilla war could keep going for years, as it has done for 70 years, but with more intensity. Following on from the intensive firefight
26th April 2021 The Tatmadaw has upped the destructive capability of the weapons being deployed against the civilians. It took a couple of weeks for the army and police to start getting serious about violence against the demonstrators when they realised that the demonstrations weren’t going to stop. As
25th April 2021 Stanley Baldwin, the British Prime Minister said in 1932 “The only defence is in offence, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves.” He was referring to aerial bombardment, but it is a
