Over 10,000 people displaced as military launches fresh column in Pauk Township, with urgent need for food supplies

Yangon, July 2 Over 10,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as the terrorist military has launched a new column in Pauk Township, Magway Region, and there is an urgent need for food supplies, according to a statement from the Pauk Township Humanitarian Aid Department and remarks from an official of the Pauk Township People's Security Force. It is known that on June 30, a column of about 500 soldiers from the 101st Division in Pakokku entered Pauk Township for a sweep operation, and as a result, residents from 16 villages in the northeastern part of Pauk Township are now fleeing their homes en masse. It is understood that due to this military column, 10,171 residents have temporarily fled to nearby villages and forests, and food is urgently needed for the displaced people. Currently, the terrorist military column is located around Tin Ngote Pin village and Ngaung Ye Te village in Pauk Township, and it has not yet been confirmed where it will proceed next. "We have not heard of any arrests of civilians by the military column. So far, it is mostly the people who are fleeing first. We are continuing to monitor where the military column will proceed next," an official from the Pauk Township People's Security Force told Yangon Khit Thit Media. It is known that this military column killed U Win Shwe, 61, from Saseik village, U Myint U, 56, from Nanseegan village, Ko Kyaw Lwin, 40, who suffers from mental illness, from Myeyint village, Ko Ne Zaw, 32, from Mitthelay village, and Ko Min Min U, 33, from Mitthelay village, during its sweep operation in Myaing Township.