A 3-week battle has left six folks lifeless and round 600 civilians trapped in Kayah state’s Ywathit township, native support teams informed RFA Tuesday.
Banyar, director of the Karenni Human Rights Group, informed RFA that junta troops detained some villagers in a monastery and wouldn’t allow them to depart.
“In line with the checklist we acquired, there are greater than 1,200 folks in Ywathit city,” stated Banyar, who goes by one title.
“Due to the battle, greater than 600 folks had been capable of flee.
“There are nonetheless roughly 600 folks. Nobody is allowed to depart the city. Six folks had been shot lifeless,” stated Banyar, including that the killings occurred on June 27.
He stated Ywathit had been underneath junta management since June 27 and the city’s exit roads had been closed.
A member of the help group informed RFA that the victims had been killed after being turned again on the Thai border.
“A lady was killed. The remainder had been males from … Hpasaung township and Ywathit township who escaped to the Thai border throughout the preventing,” stated the help employee, who didn’t need to be named for safety causes.
“Nevertheless, the Thai aspect rejected them. Lots of them had been detained and killed whereas they had been returning. Some persons are additionally lacking.”
Junta media haven’t talked about the three-week battle and Kayah state’s junta spokesperson Aung Win Oo didn’t return RFA’s calls.
The mixed Karenni Nationwide Folks’s Liberation Entrance and Karenni Folks’s Protection Forces stated on June 13 they captured a junta outpost on the Thai border.
Nevertheless, the junta introduced on June 27 that the army base had been taken again.
In line with Banyar, there are about 2,000 folks in search of shelter close to the border and one other 9,000 individuals who have fled to Thailand because of the continuing battle.
Translated by RFA Burmese. Edited by Mike Firn.