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YANGON DIVISION – Yangon Division People’s Defence Organisation (PDO) announced that they detonated the jet fuel tanker of the junta council in the Yangon River on Friday (March 1) early morning.
At around 2 a.m. on Friday, the MV jet fuel tanker waiting to unload at Hteedan Port of the junta council owned Myanma Economics Corporation (MEC) was detonated with timed TNT explosives by Yangon Division PDO (Special Diving Force), confirmed an official from the PDO.
“This tanker has arrived at the mouth of the river since two days ago. We received news that jet fuel tankers that usually go to Thilawa Port were coming to Hteedan Port. So, our soldiers skilled in diving have been preparing for the mission since the ship arrived. At around 8 p.m. yesterday on February 29, we managed to send them to the ship and set up 1 kg of timed TNT near the vapour tank. We set the timer to five hours to avoid detection by security forces and for safety of our soldiers. We timed the explosion to go off at 1:45 a.m. To be able to approach the vapour tank out of seven tanks, we had to discuss with specialists and prepare with much effort,” explained the official from Yangon Division PDO.
It is said that the revolutionary soldiers are now at a safe place.
“We only released the news after our soldiers have arrived at a safe location. This mission could have dealt a huge blow to the junta council and it could have run out of jet fuel. So, we urge the revolutionary forces to focus on their works. The detonated tanker was reportedly pulled by a tugboat back to the mouth of the river to hide it from view,” continued the PDO official.