Sagaing Division On May 10th, 2022, the military council army arrested the villagers of Monchanga, Rey Oo Township, by handcuffing them.
Citizen Journalist
According to a phone call left by a military council soldier, 29 people were killed and 30 houses burned down in 44 hours. May 10th marks the anniversary of the incident in Monsanga Village, Sagaing Province.
So what happened in this one year? In the past few days, the villagers of Monsanga, about how they are currently living and how the lives of the surviving families of those who were killed are. RFA contacted the villagers and inquired.
"Auntie can't forget it's been a year now. Auntie, I'm heartbroken."
The last thing we know is that the villager, who was devastated by the loss of his family, To this day, the villagers are still living with the anxiety of having to face such a tragedy again.
Villagers told RFA that until now, the army has been entering and exiting the village about once a month, so they have to flee every time the army enters.
"We are preparing to run away from all kinds of troubles. If it comes from the south, we have to run north. If you go north, you have to run south. The tears did not stop. I can't forget even one day. I will not forget now. We will not forget until we die.”
This is the story of a woman who lost her husband and half-brother in last year's massacre. Now, he said that it is difficult for him to work and eat as a survivor.
"It's just a boy's job to sit and eat. My family didn't do anything, so I lost blood and I still don't do anything. The rice is not enough, The lives of eating irregularly"
How did the soldiers of the military council who entered the village of Monchanga kill their people? In June of last year, RFA submitted a special article because it obtained the video footage and photos that it took of itself, telling how many people it had killed.
Among the photos obtained, about 30 civilians with their hands tied behind their backs were forced to sit under a hut in the Monsang Monastery compound. A picture of the military council soldiers standing next to the villagers who were killed. Pictures of their troops camping are also included. In addition, according to the number of the gun in the photos, it was reported that the unit was from the 708th under the Yangon Region Operations Headquarters No. 4. Regarding the violence, according to witnesses, members of the pro-military Pyu Saw Hội were also present along with the Military Council.
In the past two years, a large amount of evidence has come to light regarding the terrorist activities of the military council forces. The stories of those who have experienced it The stories of the soldiers who defected to the people's side. Videos and photos taken by local residents on their phones. Satellite photos of burned villages.
However, the evidence about the murder in Monsanga Village was the first to appear, the video files and photographs taken by the military council soldiers themselves.
RFA reported on this on June 17, 2022, and shortly thereafter, it reported the follow-up situation in which it interviewed Monchanga villagers. In that presentation, the old mother whose three sons were killed told them about their experience. About 150 military council soldiers entered the village with heavy weapons at around 6:00 a.m. on May 10th. Later, when all the villagers were arrested, including him, his sons were also included, and they were killed on May 11.
On May 12, the column left the village and some of the villagers said that they saw burning houses and some burnt bodies inside the houses.
After that, some of them returned to the village, but they said that the military council army has been roaming around Ye U Township since then, so they have not returned to normal. During the more than two years of the military takeover, 3,332 houses in 53 villages, including Monchanga, were burned and dozens of people were killed, according to local residents and defense groups.
“This and later on this side, they always come in once a month for three months. When I entered, the column was now far away. On the south side of the river, The south side of this mountain is heading in that direction, and now there are always battles going on in that direction as well. The next thing is that only the children have to share what they made this year."
It was told by a villager.
The village of Monsanyang used to have more than 400 houses and a population of about 2,000. Now, under the current situation, it is not easy for RFA to clearly report how many people are back in the village.
But like farming for food, On the other hand, the villager told me earlier that he had to run away from the army of the military council that came in frequently.
Ko Kyaw Min Aung, a 34-year-old mother who lost her son, said that whenever she misses her son, she looks at the shirt and hat that her son was wearing.
"Auntie can't forget it's been a year now. Auntie is heartbroken. I will never forget a single day.”
When General Zaw Min Tun, who was the spokesman for the Military Council, was asked about the murder of Monsangal in June last year, he said, "We will be able to answer the question only after we conduct an inquiry on the ground about this matter. We have been asking," he said. But investigation, No action was taken. For a full year now, no news has been released.
This time, although RFA contacted General Zaw Min Tun again, he did not receive an answer.
An incident that has been accused of being another major war crime was the Monsanga village murder in Sagaing on April 11th. That is the case of the aerial bombardment of Pazigyi village in Kantbalu Township, in which about 200 people, including children and women, were killed.
The villagers of Monsanyang are willing to resist because of their grief.
“Justice has not been done yet. What I want to ask about this incident is that there is nothing left except that I want to fight and fight against these war monster lies. Only if they don't have this military dictator will we be able to recover from this. Therefore, the military dictator will have to push and fight until it is rooted out."
A family member of the deceased said.
U Myint Httwe, representative of Ye Oo Township, said that the massacre of Mon Pyeongtaeng was a war crime and must be punished.
"At the end of the revolution, we all know that there is full responsibility between the military tribunals and those who gave the order and those who implemented the order. I would like to say that it will be necessary to take action under the law."
A surviving family member also said they want justice.
"Brothers and men were killed alive and burned. There is nothing left to regret. Now, I want justice for the families of those who were killed. Because everyone is left with troubles. bright and shining Ru tutu They were left behind, so I sympathized with them. It's just that I don't have a reputation for being crazy."
Aung San Suu Kyi's son asked to be released : Rfa
Thin Lin asked his younger son Kim Eric (aka) to release all political prisoners, including his mother Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was arrested.
During the previous military regime's house arrest, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was sometimes allowed to communicate with her family, but when she was arrested after the military coup by General Min Aung Hlaing, Kim said, she was not even allowed to know where her mother was being held.
He said at a protest against military rule in front of the Burmese embassy in London last Saturday, May 6, that he had repeatedly asked the military council to allow him to contact his mother, but there was no response from the military council.
Kim also said that according to the reports he had heard, his mother was being held alone and not with others, so it was an act of solitary confinement, and he was worried about her health.
Kim Eric also called for power to be returned to the people's elected government.
U.S. Army Pacific Commander : South Korea, the U.S. and Japan can share North Korean missile information through U.S. Forces Korea
While the ROK, the U.S. , and Japan are pursuing a plan to share information in real time against the North Korean missile threat , the commander of the U.S. Army Pacific hinted that information sharing will take place at the base of the U.S. Forces Korea . Reporter Park Jae-woo reports .
Charles Flynn, commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, was asked at an online press briefing held by the State Department on the 10th about how South Korea, the U.S., and Japan would share information on North Korean missiles .
He hinted that the sharing of North Korean missile information is going well in the USFK, and that the USFK missile sharing will also take place in the USFK.
Commander Flynn : Anywhere in the Indo - Pacific where information sharing , combined command centers , and operations together every day is in Korea ( US base ) . We, USFK, operate an integrated staff , integrated headquarters, and system where we can share information and live , work , operate , train , and practice together every day . (So if anywhere in the Indo-Pacific there 's a mature state of information-sharing, combined command posts, and operating together day to day, it's in Korea. Those staffs live, work, operate, train, and rehearse every day together because they 're combined staffs, combined headquarters, and they have combined network architectures to be able to share information.)
Previously, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the ROK, the US and Japan would immediately share missile information by accessing the command and control system, such as the radar used by the ROK and USFK, the Self-Defense Force and the USFK, respectively, through the US Indo-Pacific Command . .
It is based on the judgment that it is best to go through the United States, an ally of both sides, because it is not possible to directly connect the radar systems of Korea and Japan, which are not allies.
U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Patrick Ryder also told Radio Free Asia (RFA) on the 10th, “ According to the promise made by the three leaders of Korea, the U.S. and Japan , at a meeting last November , the U.S. Department of Defense, along with South Korea and Japan, is currently working to increase information sharing on North Korean missile warnings. “These efforts will help maintain peace and security in the region and maintain the rules-based international order,” he reiterated .
Accordingly, for the sake of efficiency, information sharing between the three countries is expected to take place in USFK, not in Hawaii, where the Indo-Pacific Command headquarters is located .
Michael O ' Hanlon, a senior researcher at the Brookings Institution in the US, told Radio Free Asia on the same day, " US forces in Korea seem to be a narrowed way to accommodate Japan's role. " We expect to strengthen the direct sharing method ( between Korea and the United States and the United States and Japan ) . ”
On the other hand, China is showing a position that seems to check the missile defense cooperation between Korea, the United States and Japan .
In a press briefing on the 9th, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded to a question about strengthening South Korea-US-Japan cooperation against the North Korean missile threat, saying, “South Korea will continue to properly handle and manage and control it well based on the mutual understanding of both sides, so as to cause unnecessary interference and impact on bilateral relations. I hope to avoid it . ”
North Korean refugee groups send plastic bottles of rice to North Korea, Reporter Han Do-hyung
The ' Liberalization Campaign ' , a group of anonymous North Korean defectors, sent plastic bottles of rice via ocean currents to North Korea last month following a large balloon shipment . Reporter Han Do-hyung reports from Seoul .
Recently, plastic bottles of rice that appear to be sent to North Korea have been continuously found at the mouth of the Han River .
According to South Korean Yonhap News on the 10th , plastic bottles are being caught on nets installed by fishermen between the Haengju Bridge and the Gimpo underwater weir in the lower reaches of the Han River .
The fishermen said, “Three years ago, a similar plastic bottle used to come up, but it disappeared in the meantime and has recently been found again . ”
Inside the plastic bottle are rice and a USB ( small storage device ) containing content criticizing the North Korean system. The South Korean police estimate that a North Korean defector group sprayed it to send it to North Korea .
A North Korean human rights activist, who requested anonymity for personal safety, said in a phone call with Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA) that day, the activity of sending plastic bottles of rice was ' North Korean defectors campaigning for liberalization in North Korea ', the so-called liberalization campaign. said it would
The 'Liberalization Campaign ' is a group of unnamed North Korean defectors, and started its activities on April 9 by sending 120,000 North Korean flyers and 3,000 USB sticks in 12 large balloons to North Korea .
An anonymous activist said that the ' Liberalization Campaign ' has sent plastic bottles containing rice to North Korea three times through ocean currents since April 9 , and inside the plastic bottles are rice , one dollar bills , a small-sized Bible , and a USB stick containing messages to North Koreans. It was explained that it contains .
According to an anonymous activist, the ' liberalization campaign ' plans to send plastic bottles of rice to North Korea at a time when the ocean current is appropriate .
According to the Interpretation Guidelines for the Anti-North Korea Shearing Act prepared by the Ministry of Unification at the time of the former Moon Jae-in administration, not only air currents but also ocean currents are prohibited, and if you violate this, you will be punished by imprisonment for up to 3 years or a fine of 30 million won or about 23,600 dollars .
However, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, when he was elected in May of last year , stated that the Anti-North Korea Leaflet Ban Act was a “ wrong decision , ” and South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se also said in November of last year, “ violating the principle of excessive prohibition, violating freedom of expression and criminalizing the clarity and proportionality of legalism. ” It violates the principle of sexuality ” and has submitted a written opinion to the Constitutional Court stating that the North Korea Shearing Prohibition Act is unconstitutional .
Currently, the Ministry of Unification maintains a cautious stance to refrain from distributing leaflets to North Korea for the safety of residents, although there are unconstitutional elements in the Anti-North Korea Flyer Prohibition Act .
Recently, North Korean defector groups are increasingly moving to spread large balloons and plastic rice bottles. The Free North Korea Movement Association said on the 5th that it flew North Korea in 20 large balloons loaded with Tylenol , vitamin C, pamphlets , and leaflets against North Korea from Ganghwa Island, Incheon on the 5th .
The Free North Korea Movement Association also sent eight large balloons to North Korea last October.
Park Sang-hak, representative of the Free North Korea Movement Association, told Radio Free Asia on the 8th that he intends to continue his activities until the day North Koreans find freedom from enslavement to the North Korean leader .
Along with this , it is reported that the 'liberalization campaign ' is also a plan to secretly continue to spread rice plastic bottles and large balloons .
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