The National Unity Government (NUG)

• On Thursday, there was a meeting between the NUG Central Committee on the Interim Public’s Administration and Committees Representing Regional Hluttaws. Reportedly, they discussed matters for the swift and successful end of the revolution.
• The NUG Union Prime Minister claimed that it would not be an easy task to fight the junta army in political, military and international affairs over the next year, but now the general public must struggle for freedom.
• On Thursday, the Central Committee on the Interim Preservation of Cultural Heritage announced that 30 cultural sites and buildings in Sagaing Region had been designated as cultural heritage sites and legal action would be taken against any activities that harm those places will be prosecuted under anti-terrorism laws.
• In a meeting of the International Security Committee at the 77th United Nations General Assembly, Myanmar’s Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun called for sanctions on companies and countries supplying weapons to the Myanmar military.
• Secretary of the NUG Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration said that it was necessary not to have any gaps in public services.
• At 7:00 pm on Thursday, the NUG Ministry of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risks Management organised a round table discussion in honor of International Day for Disaster Reduction.
• The NUG stated that 23 members of the junta armed forces had died in the battles on Wednesday alone.
• In Yesagyo Township in Magwe Region, local administration groups and local defence groups were set up in villages.
• According to the Mindat Township Public Administration in Chin State, over 11,000 students have been receiving interim basic education, but they need more classroom materials.

Revolutionary Activities

• On Thursday, a combined rally of villages from Salingyi North and Yinmabin East marched against the military dictatorship, chanting anti-junta slogans and holding signs saying: “Accept the NUG & Our ambassador, Reject the Dictator”.
• In Sagaing Region, Chaung-U Township PDF warned the public not to use three road sections in the area, including the Monywa-Chaung U Section, starting from Wednesday evening.
• In Kyunghla Township, the junta army arrested three cow herders near to Htetpyawdaw Village on Wednesday and killed two of them after accusing them of being PDF members.
• In Phoenix in Arizona State in the United States, there will be a fund-raising sale for Kalay PDF Brigade (12).
• On the Mandalay-Monywa road section, a military truck with 30 junta soldiers was attacked at about 5:30 pm on Tuesday. According to Brave Heart Army – BHA, two junta soldiers died.
• On Thursday, the Mandalay Monks’ Union conducted an anti-junta movement.
• In Myingyan Prison, female political prisoners do not get access to proper healthcare and as a result, they have faced life-threatening conditions.
• In Pauk Township in Magwe Region, the junta army set fire to Thichaung Village on Wednesday night.
• In Kamayut Township in Yangon Region, the junta army arrested a young man crossing Hledan traffic lights on Thursday afternoon and took him to a nearby bunker.
• In Hlaing Township, there was a bomb attack using drones at the No. (1) Residence and Investigation Camp at about 6:00 pm on Wednesday.
• In Mayangone Township, the WHO carried out an explosion at the married housing quarter of the junta army on Wednesday night.
• In Nattalin Township in Bago Region, PDFs conducted an ambush on the junta army on Tuesday morning. Reportedly, two junta soldiers died.
• In Tanintharyi Township in Tanintharyi Region, there was an exchange of fire between PDFs and the junta army between Tonemakha Village and Thabawlait Village at 9:30 am on Wednesday. Reportedly, there were casualties among no less than three junta soldiers.
• On the Myeik-Dawei road section, a convoy of nine military trucks was attacked at 5:45 pm Wednesday. Reportedly, two army vehicles were hit, seven junta soldiers died and four others were injured.
• In Kayin State, Kun Aung Kyaw Moe, the Chair of Hpa An District Union Solidarity and Development Party, was shot dead at his house on Thursday morning.
• In Falam in Chin State, a police driver was shot dead near the town’s municipal market on Tuesday night.
• In Pindaya Township in Shan South, Ko Maung Lay, a social worker in Nwagwe Village, was arrested by the junta army on 18 September. Reportedly, he has been out of contact until now.
• In Geneva, Switzerland, international labor unions called for the immediate release of democracy activists in Myanmar including 60 members of labour unions.
• On Wednesday, France expressed its strongest condemnation of the military junta for the new jail sentence handed down to Aung San Suu Kyi.
• The Karenni Democratic Front announced that a soldier from the junta air defence force had joined the CDM on Wednesday.
• A short film titled ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Director Ko Pauk was shown in three cities in Japan. Reportedly, it attracted an audience and donations of over 600 lakh MMK.

Ethnic Armed Organisations

• In Hpapun District under the administration of Karen National Union Brigade (5), 19 members of the junta armed forces died in local battles from 7 to 11 October. According to the Mutraw Newsletter, three local people were injured by gunfire from the junta army and Border Guard Force (BGF).
• In Hpa An District, soldiers in a military convoy wildly fired their weapons on Wednesday morning. Consequently, five people, including three children were injured.
• On Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of the Karenni National Defence Force (KNDF) Brigade (14) was celebrated.
• To raise funds for the emergency needs of CDF – Daai in Chin State, there will be a special show performed.

The Military Council

• On Wednesday, the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing joined the selection of military right-hand men from Batch (65) of the Defence Service Academy in Pyin Oo Lwin.
• In an exclusive train decorated with teak, the junta leader might go from Pyin Oo Lwin to Lashio in Shan State.
• On Wednesday, the second junta leader Soe Win said that along with the successful implementation of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Deep Seaport Project, the Myanmar-China Economic Corridor will also be implemented and cooperation between the two countries will be promoted.
• On Wednesday, there was a meeting between the junta peace team and the delegation from the New Mon State Party led by Vice-Chair in Naypyidaw. Reportedly, they discussed the action plan contained in the 9th JICM beyond 2022.
• According to the military junta, 64 electricity towers have been blown up so far.
• The junta propaganda leader Zaw Min Tun said that legal action would be taken against those who had attacked Kinmunchaung Bus Station at Kyaiktiyo Pagoda under the anti-terrorism law and other existing laws.
• The junta National Unity and Peace Coordination Committee released a statement calling for effective legal action against the attack at Kinmunchaung Bus Station.
• According to the junta newspaper, seven organisations including the YMBA and the Myanmar Press Council condemned the attack at Kinmunchaung Bus Station on the way to Kyaiktiyo Pagoda.
• On Thursday, the junta Ministry of Education announced that daytime courses would be opened at all universities and colleges.
• On Thursday, U Aung Naing Oo, the Deputy Director of the Security Department in the President's Office, was sentenced to 10 years in prison under Myanmar’s Secrets Act.
• According to RIA, the junta delegation arrived in Moscow in Russia to buy fuel oil.
• The junta Minister of Energy invited Russia to invest in the Myanmar energy sector and industrial zones.
• Regarding the dissolution of the Union Betterment Party, the junta Election Commission stated that it would carry out the dissolution in accordance with procedures.
• On Wednesday, the military junta sealed off the house owned by the parents of Kun Myint Tun, Chair of the Pa O National Federal Council.
• The FDA under the junta Ministry of Health warned about six expired food products from Indonesia.
• The military junta put pressure on local gold shops not to post the current market prices on their social media pages.
• In Sittway in Rakhine State, the junta army seized nine motorboats at Yechanbyin Jetty on Wednesday.
• On Tuesday, the military junta called a meeting for the elephant dance competition in Kyaukse. Reportedly, they forced all teams who had participated in 2019 to join this year’s event and threatened them with arrest and imprisonment if they did not.
• The military junta announced that anti-junta people from Pindaya Township and Ywangan Township must return home.
• In Gwa Township in Rakhine State, the car of a local police officer was set on fire at 11:00 am on Wednesday.

Summary on 14 October

• In areas with many revolutionary activities, the military junta has arrested and killed local people, accusing them of being PDF members. As they have faced great losses in fighting, the junta is treating the public as their enemy.
• In areas with many revolutionary activities, local people have had to suffer daily casualties. There might soon be attacks on the junta armed forces all over the country.