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TANINTHARYI DIVISION – Residents reported that military soldiers raided a tea shop at the intersection of Thaukyarpyin Village on Saturday (September 9).
At around 10 a.m. on September 9, about 20 junta soldiers arrived in cars and stormed into the tea shop at the Thaukyarpyin Road intersection.
“The junta soldiers claimed to be looking for a fugitive. Everyone at the tea shop was ordered to lie face down as they inspected the whole house,” said a resident.
After that, a man who was at a nearby restaurant was arrested and reportedly taken in a car to the Kamyaw King Bridge Security Gate.
The identity of the arrestee is not yet known.
The junta troops also raided a shop and forcefully took away money and mobile phones. The soldiers had reportedly been deployed along the village road and inside the school compound before they raided the tea shop and finally left the village around 3 p.m.
It is said that the junta soldiers cleared the road and inspected the area around the Thaukyarpyin intersection two days ago.
Recently, a large force of military soldiers has been taking population census and tightening security in Launglon Township.
The junta forces had taken a census for three days in Moungmakan Village, and were taking a population census in Ywarhaung Wa Village on September 9.