Spring Revolution Daily News for 13 June 2023

13 June 2023
Spring Revolution Daily News for 13 June 2023

The National Unity Government (NUG)

  • The Acting President stated that the formation of the Karenni Interim Administration Council plays a vital role in a new federal democratic union of the future.
  • On Monday, the Karenni State Interim Administration Council was officially established.
  • In Kentucky State and Indiana State of the United States, the Chair of the Committee Representing the Pyitaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) and NUG Ministers met with the Myanmar community on Saturday.
  • At 10:00 am Sunday, there was a meeting between the Central Committee on the Interim Public Administration- NUG and Township People’s Administration from Taninthayi Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Bago Region.

Revolutionary Activities

  • In Sagaing Township in Sagaing Region, the leader of Zero Guerrilla Force and his members, fully equipped with arms, went around the town of Sartaung on 6 June. Reportedly, the junta soldiers and police did not come out of their bomb shelters and bunkers.
  • In the south of Monywa, the junta army opened fire and raided Nyaungbintha Village at about 2:00 pm Monday. Reportedly, a local woman was injured as she was hit with a bullet and a tea-shop was burnt.
  • On Monday, a rally from Yinmabin North led a march against the military dictatorship.
  • On Monday, a combined rally of Salingyi and Yinmabin marched against the military dictatorship.
  • In Kantbalu District, the junta armed forces set fire to 2 local villages on Saturday and Sunday. Reportedly, 48 houses were burnt to ashes.
  • On Sunday, a rally of Salingyi Township Public’s Administration, Local Security Forces, PDFs and local residents protested against the military dictatorship, raising a banner- We give a red salute to Ko Bantgyi’.
  • In Dibeyin Township, the S&C donated tarpaulins to flood victims from Hsutup Village and Ywarle Village.
  • Revolutionary forces released a video showing the battle between the junta army and local PDFs in U-Mingone Village of Kawlin Township on 4 June.
  • May Bagyi, an actress who had changed her profile picture to black on social media in protest against the junta’s air attack on Pazigyi Village of Kantbalu Township, was sentenced to 3 years in prison on Saturday.
  • In Myingyan Township of Mandalay Region, 2 junta soldiers were shot dead on their way from Kyi Village to Simikone. Reportedly, a gun was also confiscated.
  • In Salin Township of Magwe Region, all the junta soldiers and police ran away to towns on Sunday after the attack on Thayettaw Police Camp.
  • In Oatpho Township of Bago Region, there was a mine attack on a junta troop somewhere near Bago Mountain Range at 3:40 pm Sunday. Reportedly, 4 junta soldiers died.
  • On 8 June, the junta army raided a frontline camp of Nattalin PDF. In the incident, 3 PDF members lost their lives.
  • In Thayetchaung Township of Taninthayi Region, the junta army set fire to Kanat Thiri Village on Sunday.
  • In Mabai Township of Shan North, the junta armed forces set fire to Shwetone Village and Kwayhaungtone Village on Sunday afternoon. They also arrested 50 local people as hostages for human shields.
  • In Mindat Township of Chin State, the displaced people from Matupi have been badly in need of assistance.
  • In Charoen Sin of Thailand, the 10th Spring Revolution Football Match was conducted on Sunday to raise funds.
  • In the south of Japan, there will be an event at Fukufuku Plaza in Fuyuoka in commemoration of the 78th birthday of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Su Kyi.

Ethnic Armed Organisations

  • In Mobye of Shan South, some local people including 3 children lost their lives due to the attacks by the junta armed forces from 27 May to 9 June.
  • In Kutkhine Township of Shan North, there were battles between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the junta army on Saturday.
  • In the west of Pekone on the border of Shan-Karenni, there has been heavy fighting against the junta army. Dimawso PDF has been conducting a campaign for funding an MG-3 weapon to use in those local battles.

The Military Council

  • In the news on Irrawaddy, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae and retired Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, who have been leading the junta’s peace process, met with Daw Aung San Su Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw Prison on 27 May and 4 June.
  • The military junta announced that they had again permitted CSOs working for local development in Rakhine State to resume their activities.
  • The junta Minister of Industry donated medicines worth 100 lakh, produced by the Ministry, to the junta Chief Minister of Rakhine State for the victims of the Cyclone Mocha.
  • According to military sources, the junta soldiers who got injured in frontline battles were not allowed to leave the junta army. Instead, they were sent to Chaungtha Beach for relaxation.
  • In Myawaddy of Kayin State, the junta municipal department sent letters to tattoo shops to close down.

Summary on 13 June

  • In the face of political and military crisis, the military junta sent their representatives to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Su Kyi in detention. It shows that they have been seeking a political escape.
  • In Karenni State where there has been heavy fighting, the Interim Administration Council was established.