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BAGO DIVISION – In the western part of Bago, Okpho Township, a comrade who died in fighting was buried properly at 9:00 a.m. on February 15, according to Bo. Kyar Hein, the commander of the 2nd company of the Pyay District People’s Defence Force (3601 PPDF) Battalion.
It is said that the deceased was Comrade Taung Tan, Private No. P2 – 3601 397, a squad commander of the Pyay District People’s Defence Force (3601 PPDF) Battalion 3601 Company 2 Ayeyar Column, and was buried in the township of his mother battalion, Paungde Township.
It is reported that Comrade Taung Tan was killed when he was hit by a gunshot when the 5th Company of Bataillon 3802 of Tharyarwaddy District and the Joint People’s Defence Forces stormed the military junta council station stationed at the Minhla dam clearing in Okpho Township.
“Because the comrade of the battalion died, I wanted all the comrades of the battalion to see him, so we carried him back with difficulty to give him a burial,” said Bo. Kyar Hein, the commander of the 2nd Company of Battalion 3601, said.
In the video by the 2nd company, the fallen comrade was read a proclamation in accordance with the army’s custom and there were also guns fired in salute.
Comrade Taung Tan was 22 years old, single, and a Christian.