BAGO DIVISION – The junta council propagandised using the junta controlled media and the junta lobbyist telegram channel that three PDF comrades defected from the PDF and joined their side in Yedashe township, Bago division. Yedashe People’s Defense Organization (Yedashe PDO) announced that the junta council’s statements are just propagandas.
They (junta council) announced that they held the ceremony of awarding money to three PDF comrades who deserted their side and handed over them to their parents, at Yedashe general administration department office.
The accountable person of Yedashe PDO mentioned that “It’s just a concoction of the junta council. They want to show that they can convince the members of PDF. The other fact is that they would like to propagate to the civilians that the PDF comrades are demoralised and joined their side.”
He continued that the comrades who served for PDF will never surrender to the coup council. “We will fight against the junta council until the military dictatorship is eradicated and till the end of our live,” he said.
Moreover, three people whom the junta council mentioned as the comrades who joined their side are not the members of PDF. Their identities are still under investigation.
It was known that there is only one comrade who deserted from the PDF army. His name is Mr. Mya Mya, he joined the civil disobedience movement (CDM) with the rank of corporal from Taung Kyar artillery battalion and joined PDF. He did a bunk two and a half months ago.
The junta lobbyist telegram channel propagandised that the members of PDF defected their side and joined them along with the weapons in Monywa town on June 14. They mentioned that the coup council met with them at the hall of the northern military regional headquarters and awarded money to them.