The National Unity Government (NUG)

• According to the PDF Headquarters under the Ministry of Defence- NUG, Pakkoku District PDF (8) attacked two junta soldiers drinking beer at the beer-shop on the Myitchay-Kamma Road in Pakkoku Township of Magwe Region.
• On Tuesday, the Ministry of Judiciary Affairs- NUG released a statement calling for the release of President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
• The Ministry of Human Rights- NUG stated that the military junta had conducted 144 massacres after the coup, killing 1,595 people.

Revolutionary Activities

• Mercy Barends, the Chair of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights: APHR, expressed her concern about the Prime Minister of Malaysia calling for free meetings and relations between the military junta and ASEAN.
• In Ywar Ngan Township of Southern Shan State, the junta army and Pyusawti set fire to houses in Peyintaung Village and Hlwacin Village. They then arrested 3 civilians.
• In Taninthayi Township of Taninthayi Region, local PDFs attacked the junta army regiment Ka-Ma-Ya (561) and the military security office. In response, the junta army indefinitely shot mortars, damaging two houses.
• In Longlone Township, 3 junta soldiers died in local battles over 6 days. Due to the mortars fired by the junta army, a young woman aged 16 lost her life and a child got injured.
• In Kantbalu Township of Sagaing Region, the S&C Educational and Social Group donated snake anti-venom to displaced people.
• In Yinmabin Township, a local rally of ‘Let’s not step back in this revolution’ protested against the military dictatorship on Wednesday.
• On Wednesday, a combined rally of Yinmabin and Salingyi marched against the military dictatorship.
• In Yesagyo Township in Magwe Region, there was an attack via drone on a Pyusawti camp in Zidaw Village.
• In Pakkoku Township, the junta armed forces set fire to two local villages within a day.
• In Pakkoku Township, the junta army burnt Falam-O Village. Consequently, all the villagers had to run away.
• In Pakkoku Township, there was an attack on Kyuttoe Local Police Station. Reportedly, no less than 10 junta soldiers died.
• In Myaing Township, there was an attack via heavy artillery on Kanni Village.
• In Kepong in Malaysia, CDM teachers and the office team of the NLD-OC International Malaysia expressed their opposition to Myanmar’s military dictatorship on Wednesday.

Ethnic Armed Organisations

• In Tandabin Township, there was a battle between the junta army and a combined force of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) + PDFs. Reportedly, 3 junta soldiers died, but some weapons were confiscated from the KNLA.

The Military Council

• The junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and the junta Acting President Myint Swe confessed that there had been battles in Sagaing Region, Northern Magwe Region, Karenni (Kayah) State, Kayin State, Chin State, Taninthayi Region and Eastern Bago Region, and thus it was not possible to hold an election.
• On Tuesday, Paing Thet Kyaw, a vocalist who had been arrested for supporting CDM staff, was released via amnesty.
• According to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), the military junta declared an amnesty for 7,749 prisoners from all over the country in commemoration of the special Day of the Dhamma Wheel on Tuesday. Among them were over 120 political prisoners.
• The Canadian Embassy to Myanmar expressed its concern about the junta’s extension of the emergency period, the adoption of martial law and the junta’s illegitimate rule.
• According to the junta Embassy in Bangkok, the former MoU workers who would like to return to Thailand must carry out the U-Turn procedures again.
• The military junta set up a committee on stabilizing the cost of living to take measures for the stability of the prices of goods including basic food items.

Summary on 3 August

• Due to the junta’s mismanagement including the over-printing of banknotes, there has been a higher cost of living. The military junta has been attempting to control it, which may lead to a shortage of goods and black markets.
• Giving religious reasons, the military junta freed prisoners throughout the country. There were only a few political prisoners on the list. In other words, it was just a show-off to the international community.