SAGAING DIVISION – The junta soldiers reportedly burnt down Pwal Uat Ward in Chaung U Township and forced the local people they were holding hostage to shout that the People’s Defence Force members had torched the village and took a video in order to spread propaganda, reported the locals.
It was said that innocent people’s houses from Pwal Yat Ward were set on fire by the terrorist junta soldiers at over 7:00 p.m. on Thursday (May 11) and abducted the people as hosatges, took them to Yadana Shwe Gugyi Pagoda and threatened them to shout.
“More than five houses were burnt down to ashes by the junta soldiers. The detailed amount of damage is not yet known. The streets are blocked and the internet is also cut off in the town,” said a local.