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SAGAING DIVISION – An information officer of People’s Defence Comrade, Mr. Htoo Khant Zaw (A Mae’s Thar) said that the terrorist junta army is advancing the villages in Ye-U Township and torching Mutharkone Village.
The junta column of 80 soldiers came from Ye-U Town on January 2 raided Kokekosu Village, ransacked civilians’ houses, and invaded Mutharkone village again and set fire and destroyed the village.
At present, more than 3000 residents from villages at the southern side of Ye-U Township, such as Ywatharlay, Kokekosu, Mutharkone, Mokesi and Pyitaw villages have fled due to the terrorist army advancing and arson attacks.
“This morning (January 2), the military column of about 80 junta troops advanced Kokekosu and Mutharkone villages. The junta thugs rampaged and destroyed the houses in Kokekosu Village. Part of the column was also split to torch Mutharkone Village. I saw the smoke rising up but couldn’t know what they were burning,” said the Ye-U based People’s Defence Comrade information officer Mr. Htoo Khant Zaw.