Burma coup resistance notes December 3, 2022
The junta's all-out offensive shows signs of flagging in the face of PDF, Karenni, Kokang, Karen, and other Revolutionary forces' counter-offensive.
Revolutionary activity not only killed hundreds of junta troops during November, it also killed officers. A colonel, 10 lieutenant colonels and majors, 4 captains, and 2 police chiefs died during November in attacks by ethnic armies and People’s Defense Forces. (Khit Thit Media)
Ethnic regions-------------------
Karenni forces spent the past 5 days clearing junta troops out of 4 villages north of Demawso town. The invaders had dug trenches and built bunkers in people’s yards and compounds, and they left the area full of landmines to kill and maim the residents when they return. Karenni soldiers are keeping civilians out until they can remove the mines. (People's Spring)
Karenni defense forces also captured a junta supply vehicle carrying food, weapons, and drugs for troops yesterday. It was driven by 6 pro-junta BGF operatives carrying full weapons, and was stopped in Palaung, Loikaw township. The BGF were arrested on drug transporting charges and supporting the illegal regime, and were handed over to the pro-Revolution Karenni State Police for prosecution. (People's Spring) Junta troops are issued methamphetamines to drive their performance on the front line without any leave or down time.
The Kachin army blew up a junta convoy last night in Hpakant town, destroying a truck and killing 15 troops and wounding 7. Witnesses describe pieces of junta troops scattered by the bomb.
In Beit-Tavoy District of Kawthoolei (Tanintharyi Region on Burmese maps), PDFs attacked a junta border post yesterday at Yadanapon near Kawthaung, mainland Burma’s southernmost point. Five junta troops were killed and several others wounded. (Ayeyarwaddy Times)
Update on the 5-hour PDF attack in Palaw township of Beit-Tavoy District of Kawthoolei (Tanintharyi Region on Burmese maps) yesterday: At least 7 junta troops were killed and 5 wounded, while the rest fled, leaving behind a weapon and ammunition.
Karen army Brigade 5 in Mutraw District of Kawthoolei (Hpapun township on Burmese maps) issued its November combat statistics: 116 clashes with junta/BGF invasion troops, in which 69 of the enemy were killed and 51 wounded; a sergeant was killed and a captain wounded. Nine Karen soldiers were killed and 26 wounded. A junta truck was destroyed. Junta airstrikes destroyed homes, schools, and churches, and caused the displacement of refugees. (Mutraw News)
A junta soldier defected to Karen army Brigade 6 in Dooplaya District (Kyainseikgyi township on Burmese maps) on Dec. 1 with full weapons, and was given safety and material support. (Khit Thit Media)
Junta scorched earth village terrorism campaign---------------
Pyu Saw Htee terrorists shot 2 farmers returning to the village in Tanzin, Yinmapin township of Sagaing Region on Dec. 1. Armed PDF soldiers then rescued the farmers. The wounds aren’t fatal, but one man will lose his hand. (Ayeyarwaddy Times)
During November, the junta torched nearly 5,000 homes and burned 24 people alive during its village terrorist assaults. (Khit Thit Media)
People’s Defense Forces (PDFs)-----------------
In Sagaing Region, a Monywa township PDF fired on two vans full of junta troops yesterday, killing 5 troops in one of the vans; they were prevented from capturing the weapons in the van by return fire from the other van, and withdrew unharmed. A video documents the action. (Khit Thit Media)
Similarly, another van carrying 5 police on the Chaung Oo road in Monywa township yesterday was blasted by roadside bombs, killing 2 and wounding the other 3. Then another van came to pick up the dead and wounded, and on its way back it, too, was bombed, killing another junta police and wounding one more. The PDF captured the first van and the weapons of the first 5 police. The van shows many perforations from the first explosion. (Mizzima)
Three PDF soldiers died in an accident in Tamu township as they were removing landmines they had set for junta troops. They were removing them because civilians began entering the area and they needed to avoid collateral casualties. (People's Spring)
In Mandalay Region, 4 commandos from a PDF in Nyaung Shwe township surprised and killed 5 junta police including a commander in Detmamaw on Dec. 1, capturing their weapons. These police had been extorting money for the junta from the local population. The attack took a month to plan. (Khit Thit Media)
A junta administrator in Aungthah, in Taungtha township of Mandalay Region, had taunted PDFs, challenging them to come and kill him if they dare. On Nov. 30 they did that, and his death was announced yesterday. (Ayeyarwaddy Times)
In an illustration of how thinly junta troops are stretched, when the troops in Ma U Pin, Irrawaddy Region were redeployed to the front lines elsewhere, the regime drafted civilian dalans (local regime spies) to wear uniforms, carry weapons, and man the junta’s checkpoints, with no training. (Ayeyarwaddy Times) Ma U Pin sees little fighting and is considered a rear area, but this new vulnerability could invite PDF attacks.
In Bago Region, junta troops and Pyu Saw Htee operatives have been standing guard at night at a railroad crossing at the entrance to Yetashei in Taungoo township, so a local PDF blew them up 2 nights ago, killing 3 of them. (Ayeyarwaddy Times)
Urban warfare------------------
In Yangon, an urban PDF bombed junta admin offices in North Dagon township last night during a meeting of junta admin staff. Two bars in Hlaing township that are considered supportive of the junta were bombed last night also. (Khit Thit Media)
Political and economic-------------------
National Unity Government interim President Duwa Lashila appeared on Reuters international television news program yesterday, saying the popular forces need anti-aircraft weapons to be air-dropped to them, and that if the air strikes could be prevented, the Revolution would in within 6 months. When asked whether negotiations with the illegal military regime would be possible, he cited prerequisite conditions for discussions, including a cessation of the killing, the total withdrawal of the old military from politics, the scrapping of the 2008 constitution, and the non-interference of the old military in humanitarian aid distribution. While the setting of conditions may give the impression that there are scenarios in which the Revolution might accommodate the junta in some measure, political observer U Than Soe Naing said these conditions would never be acceptable to the junta, and that the Revolution therefore needs to continue fighting to remove all vestiges of the illegal regime. (People's Spring)
Khin Maung Shwe has been beaten and kicked to death by junta guards in Insein Prison. He was cited by Sean Turnell, Australian economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi, as a fellow prisoner who helped save his life during his nearly 2 years in unlawful detention by the coup regime in Burma. Khin Maung Shwe was a Muslim imprisoned for anti-junta sympathies; Sean Turnell praised him upon his release by the regime in November, so the junta murdered him. (Chindwin News Agency)
Farmers in Paletwa township of Chin State are typical in that harsh junta controls on the movement of people have prevented at least half of them from planting their rice crop this year. Junta house checks require residents to be present during the checks, and because they are often done during the day, farmers can’t spend the day working in the field, so they stay home. (Than Lwin Khet News) This, along with the depopulation of the rice belt through terrorist attacks, and the scarcity of seeds and fertilizer since the coup, has dramatically reduced Burma’s food supply.
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