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KARENNI STATE – Mobye People’s Defence Force informed on July 5 that the fighting continues in Mobye Township.
As the junta council had cut off the telephone and internet lines in the Mobye area, it was not possible to report the news of the battle in a timely manner, but it is said that the fighting is still going on.
“The situation has not been stable since it started. The fighting is still going on. Unlike before, we don’t immediately receive the updated information. As the battle has been going on, we receive updates when the comrades in the front line return to the rear. Even then, they can only share details from the area around where they were deployed. But the communication between our soldiers is not affected as we have icons (walkie-talkies),” the Mobye PDF member said.
He added that currently, the military junta troops are stationed in residential houses in Mobye Township and are stealing goods belonging to the people and destroying properties that they could not take away.
“The houses are also damaged and in a mess,” said the PDF member who also mentioned that although the comrades witnessed the casualties of the military junta soldiers during the fighting they could not approach to get a close look nor pick up the weapons.
During the fighting, Mobye based junta battalion 422 has been continuously firing heavy weapons, and although the People’s Defence Forces were not harmed, some civilian houses were damaged.
According to a local, at least 11 people were killed during the month of June when junta forces abducted or murdered people who returned home to check the condition or grab food.
Because of the difficulties in the internet connection, the People’s Defence Force could not publish military situations. So, Mobye PDF has requested the people not to return home and take food after assuming on their own that the situation has stabilized.