The National Unity Government (NUG)

• According to the NUG, they have provided the IDPs with food on an urgent basis due to heavy battles in Karenni State. They have also supported initial funds for food and other emergency items for the increasing number of the IDPs.
• The NUG announced that for constant support, they had been networking with related organizations such as Karenni State Consultative Council (KSCC), Coordination Team for Emergency Relief (CTER), Committee Representing Kayar (Karenni) State Hluttaw and local volunteers.
• For the revolution fund, the NUG have been selling their bond locally and abroad. They announced that it was now available in Norway.
• According to the right to self-defence, the public have been taking part in a People’s Defensive War. The NUG announced that 71 members of the junta armed forces had died, 15 others had been injured and 4 others had been caught alive on Friday.
• According to the Facebook page of Spring Lottery, the lottery winner of December donated the prize money worth of 100 lakh MMK, returning it to the NUG.
• According to Ministry of Women, Youth and Children’s Affairs-NUG, they have been providing the IDPs with food and medicines.
• U Bo Hla Tint, NUG’s Ambassador to ASEAN, said that it was worth asking the question how the Cambodian leader, who could not guarantee even democracy and human rights of his own people, would help in the fight against the military dictatorship destroying the desire of Myanmar people for a federal union with full enjoyment of democracy and human rights.

Revolution Activities

• With the public’s support, MG.6 Guerrilla Force (Myingyan) and YLK Guerrilla Force (Yesagyo) led an operation to reconstruct village streets.
• On Pathein-Monywa road section, a military convoy was attacked with mines by a combined force of 3 local PDFs at about 9:30 am Sunday. Reportedly, 4 military trucks were hit and there might be many casualties among junta soldiers.
• Monywa-based Special Force called on the townspeople to turn their indoors CCTV cameras towards houses or shops.
• As a 336-day protest, Kalay people marched against the military dictatorship on Sunday.
• As a 305-day protest, a combined rally of Salingyi North and Yinmabin East marched for the end of the military dictatorship on Sunday.
• In a village of Shwebo Township, there was a march on Sunday morning, chanting ‘Fighting, Loikaw! We, Shwebo, are with you.’
• In Tantsi Township, the junta army raided the public’s houses in Shwe Maungkan religious community at about 10:45 am Saturday and thus, local residents had to run away.
• Monywa Satan announced on Sunday that they had cleared 4 administration staff providing Pyusawti training in Taungmadaw village of Monywa Township.
• According to local PDFs, trains were attacked with mines in Mandalay and at least 5 members of the junta armed forces might have died.
• With protection of local PDFs, anti-junta talks were organized in Yinmabin and Pale.
• In Yinmabin Township, junta soldiers on foot entered Kyayzargya village at about 12:00 pm Sunday, opening gunfire. They then set fire to the public’s houses.
• On the road to the east of Tantsi Township, two university students were arrested by the junta army. Reportedly, Mg Min Kant Zaw, a first-year student of Sagaing Educational College, lost his life due to the ill-treatment of junta soldiers.
• In Myingyan of Mandalay Region, the junta army raided the house of Ko Pai Phone Maw, Chair of Meittila Economic University Students’ Union, at about 10:00 pm on 6th January. As they did not find him there, they arrested his younger brother Mg Aung Myo Thant, a first-year English major student of Myingyan University, as a hostage.
• On Saturday evening, a civilian was hit with the mortar shot by the junta army and died in Kamaigone village of Kawkarait Township.
• On Saturday, Yangon International Schools Students' Union shared OWai journals and conducted OWai sticker campaign.
• In Taninthayi Region, a large number of the junta armed forces invading Pulaw Township were attacked with mines and 4 junta soldiers died. They also had two battles against local PDFs. On their retreat with a great loss, they set fire to the people’s houses.
• While the junta Shan State Chief Minister was in Tachelait, there was an event of issuing National Registration cards under Pankhin Project at Aungmyat Hall. 15 minutes later, there was a bomb explosion.

Ethnic Armed Organizations

• KNDF (Pekone Zone) announced on Sunday morning that two power-supply towers to Nay Pyi Taw had been demolished by two of their combined forces near Hikwi village on Shan-Karenni border on 3rd January.
• According to Karenni State Police (KSP), they would keep their investigation on the case in which many civilians had been killed by the junta armed forces in Moso village of Fruso Township in Karenni State, including a young woman aged under 15 and a CDM forestry staff member with disability.
• In Karenni State, there were heavy battles in Dimawso Township and Loikaw Township on Saturday. Reportedly, 30 junta soldiers died and weapons were confiscated. KNDF officially announced that a military helicopter had also been shot down and an armoured vehicle had been burnt.
• In Taninthayi Region, there were battles between the junta armed forces invading Pulaw Township and a combined force of KNLA+Pulaw PDF on Friday and Saturday. Reportedly, 4 junta soldiers died, 20 others were injured and 8 of them had to receive emergency treatment.
• According to KNU, KNLA provided the IDPs with food and other necessary items in Dwelo Township of Mutraw District under KNU on Saturday.
• In Kutkai Township of Shan North, TNLA inspected shops in their operation areas and destroyed military products.

The Military Council

• At about 7:25 am Sunday, passenger cars had to draw back as they had been shot at by the junta army on their way to Sisai and Taunggyi of Shan State from Loikaw of Karenni State.
• In Sisai Township, Pao self-administered area in Shan South, two cars, which had carried the IDPs from Loikaw, were set on fire by the junta armed forces.
• U Myo Swe Win, the junta chief minister of Bago Region, said that a biking festival of Tharekittara Pyu ancient city, one of the world’s heritage, would be held.
• According to the junta media, U Zawana, abbot of Pyidawtha Monastery in Sintkai, was arrested by the military junta.
• At the meeting hall of Pullman Mandalay Mingalar Hotel, there was an event by Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) regarding the payment with Chinese Yuan accounts in China-Myanmar trade.
• There was the first coordination meeting on editing scriptures in Roman to be placed in the compound of Sitting Buddha Image in Dekkina Thiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw.

Summary on 9 January

• In Loikaw of Karenni State, there was a heavy fighting between the junta armed forces and Karenni Forces+PDFs. Despite using fighter jets and armoured vehicles, the military junta had a great loss there. As usual, the junta armed forces turned to civilians as targets in their attacks. They blocked off the area so that local people could not run away. It seems to be the sign of using human shields at the time of their loss.
• As for Kayin, Chin and Sagaing, they had battles on a daily basis. In Sagaing, PDFs became more and more powerful. With their protection, anti-junta talks were organized.
• In Yangon, Mandalay and Magwe, there were frequent activities of guerrilla revolution. As for Taninthayi Region, their powerful PDFs began to fight against the junta armed forces. Judging from these facts, it is likely that more and more soldiers would desert the junta army, led by Min Aung Hlaing, and the military junta could collapse in the near future.