MAGWAY DIVISION – The accountable person of Yaw People Defense Force (YPDF) mentioned that the members of YPDF used only small arms while they attacked the fascist junta council troops as the locals requested them not to use the heavy weapons, in Gangaw township, Yaw region, Magway division.
YPDF issued that the alliance of YPDF, Kalay-Kabaw-Gangaw Chin Defense Force (KKG-CDF), Hakka Chin Defense Force (Hakka CDF) attacked around 80 junta council troops and Pyu Saw Htee militants which had come to ransack and heist to the villages in the western part of Gangaw township, Yaw region on August 27. But the alliance forces didn’t use the heavy weapons.
It was known that those junta council troops and the Pyu Saw Htee militias are under the control of the junta council’s battalion 50. They used to ransack to the villages located around 5 miles away from their battalion whenever when they ran out rations, once in two months.
The accountable person mentioned that “we attacked them while they were taking rest. Eight junta council troops were said to have been injured. But according to the ground information, only three were pierced to the main parts of their body. We only used small arms as the civilians requested not to use heavy weapons. At the moment, the junta council servants have returned back into their battalion.”
YPDF stated that during the attack, at least three members from the junta combination forces were killed and many injured. A comrade from the revolutionary forces was also injured.
YPDF has also warned the civilians to stay away from the junta council’s camps, outposts, offices and the junta council’s buildings as the confrontations could break out anytime in Yaw region.