Myanmar scraps ‘even-odd’ fuel rationing system; Cluster munition report highlights military bombing campaigns

Myanmar scraps ‘even-odd’ fuel rationing system The regime’s spokesperson Khaing Khaing Soe announced on Wednesday in Naypyidaw that the new fuel control measure “even-odd” licensing system, launched on March 7, was abolished as of Wednesday. She told regime media that the new quick response (QR) code system to purchase petrol will continue as it is necessary for Burma’s energy security. “We have noticed and understand the transportation difficulties faced by the public even though the even-odd system did help with fuel consumption,” Khaing Khaing Soe told regime media on Sept. 9. The regime’s “even-odd” licensing scheme restricted even-numbered plates on even dates with odd-numbered plates allowed out on odd dates. These fuel control measures were implemented in response to the energy crisis caused by the war in Iran, which began on Feb. 28. Regime media reported that the “even-odd” licensing scheme for fuel control helped reduce daily average consumption from 3.54 million gallons (13.4 million liters) to 2.5 million gallons (9.5 million liters). Terror charges dropped in India against US citizen and 6 Ukrainians India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has dropped terror provisions under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in its chargesheet filed against U.S. citizen Matthew Aaron VanDyke and six Ukrainian nationals accused of training Myanmar ethnic armed groups. In the chargesheet submitted at New Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Courts on Tuesday, the NIA invoked only Sections 21 and 23 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, which cover illegal entry, unauthorized movement in protected border zones, and visa non-compliance. Special Public Prosecutor Rahul Tyagi informed the court that while the current filing focuses on compoundable immigration offenses, the agency’s UAPA probe remains open for further investigation into digital forensics and drone hardware recoveries. Cluster munition report highlights military bombing campaigns Active employment, domestic manufacturing, and border conflict deployments have placed Burma and Thailand at the center of global concerns over banned weaponry, according to the Cluster Munition Monitor 2026 report released on Tuesday. The 150-page assessment, published by the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), comes ahead of a convention in Vientiane, Laos, Sept. 14-18. Burma remains one of the few nations worldwide actively manufacturing and deploying cluster munitions. As a non-signatory to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, Burma operates without international legal constraints, standing as one of only nine nations worldwide actively manufacturing these banned weapons through its state-owned Directorate of Defence Industries (KaPaSa) facilities. Between mid-2025 and mid-2026, the Burma Air Force and ground artillery units systematically deployed domestically produced air-dropped cluster bombs—containing modified mortar submunitions—across active conflict zones in Karen, Karenni, Sagaing, Magway, Chin, and Arakan states, directly hitting displacement camps, civil infrastructure, and resistance supply corridors. News by Region SHAN—The bodies of four people, all members of a family, were recovered from their home after a landslide in Monghsu Township on Wednesday. Monghsu is located 180 miles (300 km) northeast of the Shan State capital Taunggyi. “The landslide occurred following days of heavy rain,” a Monghsu resident told DVB. Heavy rain in Monghsu since Sept. 1 has caused soil erosion along nearby hills, sending mud and debris crashing into residential properties. While floodwaters have begun affecting urban wards, no additional casualties have been reported in the immediate area. TANINTHARYI—The regime’s Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on Tuesday that two elected members from the People’s Party, representing Myeik and Launglon townships, were dismissed following a formal dispute submitted by the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). The decision to unseat lawmakers Khaing Oo and Tin Soe from the People’s Party comes nearly nine months after they were elected after phase one of voting concluded on Dec. 28. Both parliamentary seats were reallocated to their rivals from the USDP, Win Kyuu and Mya Mya Sein. YANGON—A 13-year-old child went missing after being swept away by floodwater in Yangon’s Tamwe Township on Monday as heavy rain that began in early September inundated major roads and residential areas across several townships this week. “We are still searching for his body,” a Tamwe resident told DVB on Wednesday. Flood water rose to about 3 feet (0.9 meters) on major roads around Tamwe, Kyaukmaung and Thingangyun townships on Sept. 9. Floodwater also entered dozens of wards in North Okkalapa, South Okkalapa, Thingangyun, Dagon Myothit, Thaketa, Dawbon, Ahlone, Hlaing Tharyar and Shwepyitha townships.