Spring Revolution Local News – December 02, 2022 (Evening)
📌📌 1. NUG Acting President Duwa Lashi La urges citizens of the world who sympathize with Myanmar’s spring revolution to take an interest and provide their assistance
NUG Acting President Duwa Lashi La said the following during an interview as part of the Reuters Next online conference organized by the REUTERS news agency on December 1:
“I would like to urge the citizens of the world and countries which sympathize with our revolution to take an interest and support us.”
The Acting President also mentioned the need for humanitarian assistance for those who are displaced due to the military junta’s acts of atrocities.
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📌📌 2. NUG Union Minister U Soe Thura Tun says that the terrorist military council is poorly managed to the point that it cannot even offer regular electricity and is unwilling to spend budget for the people
U Soe Thura Tun, Union Minister for Electricity and Energy, told Radio NUG on December 2:
“There are two major issues: poor management and an unwillingness to spend budgets for the people. For this reason, international companies that had invested [in Myanmar] during the NLD government’s tenure have left. This includes companies that supply electricity. Except in the areas it dominates, NUG is not currently in a position to work extensively. We have therefore been training people to increase the use of domestic solar power since last year.”
In addition, the electricity shortage is likely to be even worse during the open season, affecting the daily lives of the people in Yangon and the rest of the country.
“In addition to posting instructional flyers about solar energy on the department’s Facebook page, a website has also been created that enables the public to estimate the cost of the tools they’ll need to utilize it at home. Everyone needs to be aware that there will be continuous electricity outages until the summer,” said Union Minister U Soe Thura Tun.
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📌📌 3. NUG Deputy Minister Daw Ei Thinzar Maung says that it is everyone’s obligation today to abolish the military dictatorship system once and for all
The Deputy Minister of Women, Youth, and Children Affairs, Daw Ei Thinzar Maung, remarked during the panel discussion on “The Full Meaning of Being a Human Being Would Be Acquired Through Revolution” held on December 2:
“Everyone’s obligation today is to establish the federal union we envisioned 70 years ago, permanently abolish the military dictatorship system, and bring in a society free from oppression. Only then will we be able to fulfill the historical obligation of our time.”
The military seized state power and imprisoned the heads of state on February 1, 2021.
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📌📌 4. The NUG Deputy Minister of Human Rights claims national equality and the freedom to self-determination were lost in the notional union
The Deputy Minister of Human Rights, Khun Baham Htan, remarked during the panel discussion on “The Full Meaning of Being a Human Being Would Be Acquired Through Revolution” held on December 2:
“Since the formation of the union, we have lost all our national equality, self-determination rights, and the right to create our own destiny in this so-called union.”
Furthermore, the Deputy Minister stated that this revolution is the last chance for everyone to reclaim their full human dignity.
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📌📌 5. The death penalties imposed by the military council have increased
The number of people sentenced to death by the military council has risen.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) briefing on December 1, the Insein Prison martial court sentenced seven Dagon University students and four young activists to death on November 30.
The AAPP claimed to have been able to confirm the death sentences of the 4 youths, but it is currently looking into the alleged executions of the seven university students.
As of December 1, 2022, there are a total of 90 post-coup death row prisoners, and there are a total of 132 people who have been sentenced to death, including 42 who have been sentenced to death in absentia.
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📌📌 6. Four villages in Kanbalu Township that were burned down by the military junta lack basic food supplies and are in desperate need of sustenance
On December 1, the Kyun Hla activists group reported, “As military junta soldiers attacked with heavy and light weaponry and burn down four villages in Kanbalu Township, residents are forced to seek refuge in neighboring forests and are in desperate need of food.”
Kyauk Taing, Kyi Su, Hpol Kone, and Thauk Kan villages were burned down by the terrorist military column between November 22 and 24.
The arson attacks destroyed eight civilian houses and a school building in Hpol Kone Village, which has 130 houses, as well as nearly half of the houses in the other three villages.
464 houses and a mosque revered by Muslims in Kyi Su Village, which has a total of 870 houses, 173 houses and a mealing hall of a Buddhist monastery in Kyauk Taing Village, which has a total of 330 houses, and 77 out of 180 houses in Thauk Kan Village were destroyed by arson attacks.
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📌📌 7. More than 200 houses were destroyed in Lay Thar Village, Tigyaing Township, which was set on fire twice
“Out of 300 houses, more than 200 were torched [in Lay Thar Village]. The fire damaged numerous things, including tractors and grain,” the Tigyaing Revolution (TR) team reported in December.
Lay Thar Village in Tigyaing Township was burned by the military junta troops twice, once on November 30 and again on December 1.
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📌📌 8. The Karenni Revolution Union (KRU) regained control of the territory controlled by military junta forces stationed in Kone Thar Village, Demoso
The Karenni Revolution Union (KRU) declared on December 2: “The Karenni Revolution Union (KRU) was able to regain control of the territory controlled by the terrorist military junta forces stationed in Kone Thar Village in Demoso, where the active military face of the KRU is.”
On the other hand, the KNDF, KA, KGZ, and PDF allied forces clashed with terrorist military junta forces stationed in Thay Sule Village and reported regaining control of the area.
According to the KRU, the area clearance was conducted in Kone Thar Village, and food, grenades, bullets, and equipment were seized during the clearance.