12,000 displaced from 13 villages on Monywa to Pathein Highway

• Published date: 16 December 2022
• Publication title: Mizzima News

Approximately 12,000 people have been evacuated from 13 villages along the Monywa to Pathein Highway in Sagaing Region since junta soldiers started entering the villages on 14 December.

The junta soldiers entered the villages in the middle of the night at about 2:30 a.m. on 14 December, causing locals to flee.

Amongst the villages entered by the junta soldiers were Layhtankone, Phaungkar, Gonetaw, Donetaw, Shan kine and Tayar, all of which are on the Monywa to Pathein Highway.

Ko Thet Oo, a member of the Yinmarbin-Salingyi Multi-Village Strike Committee said to Mizzima: "Until now, the military council troops have raided the villages along the Monywato Pathein Highway. There have been no...