Hello, and from this time onward, we will be reading and presenting m.CDM’s domestic news.
The news we will present today includes:
- KNU declares the KTLA group led by Bo Ael Khwee a “partner group of the terrorist military commission”; six comrades returning from the Maw Taung battle were killed by Bo Ael Khwee’s group.
- The terrorist military’s Southern Command weapons and ammunition battalion, SaNaSa-848, was attacked with 107 mm rockets.
- Political prisoner Ko Win Myint Soe from Kalay Prison died due to inadequate access to healthcare.
- Airstrikes by the military commission in Falam, Pale, and KNU-controlled territory killed five civilians and damaged a monastery and homes, along with other news reports.
⸻ - KNU declares the KTLA group led by Bo Ael Khwee a “partner group of the terrorist military commission”; six comrades returning from the Maw Taung battle were killed by Bo Ael Khwee’s group
m.CDM, March 15
The KNU Myeik-Dawei District has announced that the KTLA group led by Bo Ael Khwee, also known as Kalar Pho, which has continuously harassed and attacked revolutionary forces in Tanintharyi Region, is officially designated as a “partner group of the terrorist military commission.”
According to the statement, after the military coup, Bo Ael Khwee’s group had declared that it would fight the military commission and had recruited local Karen civilians and some PDF members. In reality, however, it has consistently harassed and attacked revolutionary forces instead.
It is reported that while revolutionary forces were engaged in combat against military commission troops, the group targeted rear bases as well as convoys transporting rations and medicine in ambush attacks.
In addition, they allegedly accused innocent civilians of ties to KNU Brigade 4, killed them, burned homes, extorted money from business owners, and committed looting.
Because these actions are seen as helping implement the military regime’s military strategy, the group has been officially designated as a “partner terrorist organization of the military commission” and strongly condemned.
The KNU said that while it was primarily focused on fighting the common enemy, the military commission, it had attempted to resolve issues with Bo Ael Khwee’s group peacefully. However, because the group took advantage of the situation and continued attacking revolutionary forces, the KNU was compelled to issue this statement.
At around 3 p.m. on March 14, the group led by Bo Ael Khwee reportedly ambushed members of the allied revolutionary Vathu force between Thamee Paw Thaw village and K’Neigh Gaw village in the Ban Chaung village tract, Kasaido Township.
These comrades were reportedly attacked while returning after capturing the military commission’s Maw Taung base. Four were killed, three were injured, and two went missing.
When the two missing comrades were later found, they had reportedly been brutally murdered by Bo Ael Khwee’s group. The KNU confirmed that a total of six comrades had fallen.
Earlier, on the morning of March 13, the group led by Bo Ael Khwee also reportedly attacked and burned down the KNLA Brigade 4 Bawti-Amoe border security checkpoint in the Htee Mo Pwa area.
⸻ - The terrorist military’s Southern Command weapons and ammunition battalion SaNaSa-848 was attacked with 107 mm rockets
m.CDM, March 15
Brave Warriors for Myanmar (BWM), which carried out the mission, announced that the terrorist military’s Southern Command weapons and ammunition battalion, SaNaSa-848, had been attacked with 107 mm rockets.
According to the statement, the battalion was attacked at 2:44 a.m. on March 15 with nine 107 mm short-range rockets.
The attack targeted the battalion’s arms and ammunition depots. The statement said that all nine rockets landed and exploded inside the compound, though the initial report did not specify the extent of damage or casualties.
SaNaSa-848 is reportedly a key weapons and ammunition battalion responsible for storing and distributing arms for terrorist forces conducting military operations in the Southern Region.
The statement added that it stores not only weapons and ammunition produced by KaPaSa and arms purchased from abroad, but also weapons seized from revolutionary forces, and serves as a distribution hub for military operations in the South.
BWM said the battalion was targeted because those weapons and munitions are being used to kill innocent civilians and revolutionary forces in the Southern Region.
Observers studying the military situation commented that if the ammunition and weapons were damaged in the attack, it would deal a significant blow to the military and hinder operations in the Southern Region.
This mission was BWM’s 52nd operation. It was carried out under the leadership of Brave Warriors for Myanmar together with Mountain Knight Civilian Defense Forces (MKCDF), Anti-Coup People’s Liberation Force (ACPLF), the Fighters Sal Khai group from the northern special region of Thandaung, and KNLA Brigade 2 Battalion 5.
BWM also stated that, together with allied groups, it will continue to attack strategically important military targets until the revolution is victorious.
⸻ - Airstrikes by the military commission in Falam, Pale, and KNU-controlled territory killed five civilians and damaged a monastery and homes
m.CDM, March 15
It is reported that military commission forces carried out targeted aerial and drone attacks on villages in Chin State, Sagaing Region, Bago Region, and Tanintharyi Region, killing five civilians, including children.
At just after 1 p.m. on March 14, the military commission reportedly bombed Lunghot village in Falam from the air, killing three young people between the ages of 10 and 25, injuring four others, and destroying one house.
Similarly, in Pale Township, Mon Thwin village monastery was reportedly bombed twice by one paramotor at around 7:30 a.m. on March 14, and twice again by three gyrocopters at around 10:25 a.m.
The monastery compound, which was not a military target, was attacked, damaging religious buildings and some homes.
At around 3 p.m., two 250-pound bombs were also dropped by jet fighter on Gon Nhyin Seik village in Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, which is within KNU-controlled territory. One civilian was killed and a monastery building was damaged.
In Bago Region, within KNU-controlled Khale Lwee Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District, military commission troops also reportedly targeted villages in Ledo and Saw Htee townships with drones.
On March 11 and 12, eleven drone bombs were dropped on Kanyin Kyun village in Ledo Township, damaging five homes. On March 13, a drone strike on Kauk Mae Thu village in Saw Htee Township killed 32-year-old Ko Kyaw Zaw Lin, according to a KNU statement.
⸻ - Military commission forces attacked in Ye, Taungtha, and Sinbaungwe; at least 17 killed
m.CDM, March 15
Revolutionary forces reportedly attacked military commission bases and columns in Ye Township, Mon State; Taungtha Township, Mandalay Region; and Sinbaungwe Township, Magway Region, killing at least 17 troops.
At around 11 a.m. on March 15, the Ye Bilu group reportedly attacked the inspection gate of Infantry Battalion 316 located at the Kalot Gyi village junction beside Union Highway No. 8 in Ye Township.
After about 30 minutes of exchange of fire, three military commission soldiers were reportedly killed on the spot, and the son of Pyu leader Lin Oo was seriously injured and sent to Ye Hospital.
In Taungtha Township, near Aye Ywar on the Kyaukpadaung-Myingyan road, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly ambushed around 30 military commission troops traveling in three vehicles at around 6 p.m. on March 14.
During the battle, one military vehicle reportedly veered off the roadside, and eight troops were seen dead. Four more later died from their injuries, bringing the total number of military commission troops killed to twelve, according to PLA.
In Sinbaungwe Township, near the railway between Su Ley Kone, Saing Su, and Shar Taing Gyi villages, close combat reportedly broke out at around 9:30 a.m. on March 15 between military commission troops and the Burma Defense Force (USBA).
The revolutionary forces had reportedly entered military-controlled territory to search and attack. During the clash, two military commission troops were killed and three were injured.
Respective revolutionary groups said their fighters suffered no casualties and were able to withdraw successfully.
⸻ - Political prisoner Ko Win Myint Soe from Kalay Prison dies due to inadequate healthcare
m.CDM, March 15
The Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM) announced that political prisoner Ko Win Myint Soe, who had been detained in Kalay Prison for participating in anti-dictatorship activities, died on March 13 after suffering from serious illness due to inadequate healthcare in prison.
According to the statement, Ko Win Myint Soe was arrested on August 15, 2021, and sentenced to 10 years in prison under Sections 505(a) and 302(a).
While serving his sentence in Kalay Prison, he reportedly began suffering severely from liver cirrhosis and edema starting in January 2025.
As his condition worsened, he was sent to Kalay People’s Hospital in February this year for treatment. However, on the same night he was discharged and returned to prison, he developed breathing difficulties and severe symptoms again, forcing him to be hospitalized once more. He died at 12:15 p.m. on March 13 while receiving treatment in the hospital’s custodial ward.
It is also reported that the body of the 54-year-old Ko Win Myint Soe was not returned to his family. Instead, prison authorities cremated him yesterday, March 15, at Kanpule Cemetery in Kalay.
“After being discharged from hospital and returned to prison, he immediately developed shortness of breath again. Weak medical care in prison and inhumane treatment cost a precious life,” said a source close to Kalay Prison.
PPNM stated that Ko Win Myint Soe’s death was a blatant human rights violation and the result of being denied proper medical treatment, and that the military commission and prison authorities bear responsibility for the inhumane acts inside the prison.
⸻ - Deputy commander of Division 77, Colonel Win Maung Maung, killed in Pakokku battle
m.CDM, March 15
The Myanmar Defense and Security Institute (MDSI) confirmed on March 15 that Colonel Win Maung Maung, deputy commander of Division 77, who had gained a good reputation during the Naungcho operation and was promoted to divisional commander, was killed in the Pakokku battle.
MDSI had initially reported on March 13 that it had received preliminary information about his death in Pakokku. Two days later, it issued confirmation that the report was true.
It is reported that Division 77 columns were advancing toward Chin State via Pakokku-Pauk-Htilin, and that fighting broke out near the Htilin border area in the second week of March, during which Colonel Win Maung Maung was killed.
According to MDSI records, there was also an earlier incident in Inndaw Township in which Division 77 commander Brigadier General Aung Thet Oo was captured as a prisoner of war by the People’s Defense Force (PDF) on April 8, 2025.
MDSI said that Division 77 is currently deploying troops and conducting operations in northern Chin State, the Sittaung River basin area in Bago Region, and Magway Region.
⸻ - Seven soldiers killed and weapons seized in fighting with troops fleeing Win Wa base
m.CDM, March 15
The KNU Myeik-Dawei District Public Relations and Information Team announced on March 15 that seven soldiers were killed and weapons and ammunition were seized in fighting with terrorist soldiers who had fled from the Win Wa military base in Thayetchaung area, Tanintharyi Region.
The Win Wa base, which had been stationed for more than 30 years in Min Dat village on Union Highway No. 8 between Dawei and Myeik in the KNU-administered Kawthoolei territory of Myeik-Dawei District, was fully captured by KNLA-led joint forces at around 4 p.m. on March 11.
While pursuing the soldiers who fled that battle, forces under KNLA Brigade 4 Battalion 12, Brigade 6 Battalion 27, and allied revolutionary forces reportedly clashed with them at around 10:30 a.m. on March 14.
In that clash, seven soldiers from the coup military were reportedly killed, and five MA-1 rifles, three MA-3 rifles, one MA-4 rifle, one G-3 rifle, and ammunition were seized.
The operation against the fleeing troops from Win Wa base was reportedly carried out under the leadership of KNLA Brigade 4 Strategy No. 2, together with KNLA Battalion 12, Brigade 6 Battalion 27, Brigade 4 Special Commando Force, NUG Dawei District Battalion 1, Dawei District Battalion 2, and joint People’s Defense Force units from Dawei District.
⸻ - Three soldiers killed in attack on military convoy on the Hpruso-Hta Lel road
m.CDM, March 15
The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) released video footage showing that three soldiers were killed in an ambush on a military convoy advancing along the Hpruso-Hta Lel road in Karenni State.
According to the statement, the convoy, which included an excavator used for road construction by the terrorist military, arrived on the Hpruso-Hta Lel road on the morning of March 5 and was attacked.
The statement said that around three soldiers were killed, others were injured, and the excavator brought for road work was damaged.
KNDF added that clashes frequently occur along the Demoso-Hpruso-Bawlakhe road between the coup military and revolutionary forces, and that effective joint defensive operations are being carried out there.
⸻ - MNDAA has taken full control of Kutkai Township; TNLA says it views the situation as an allied conflict and is trying to restrain itself as much as possible
m.CDM, March 15
It is reported that the MNDAA launched offensives against TNLA positions in Kutkai Township, northern Shan State, and has taken full control of strategic hilltops and administrative locations in the town.
According to a TNLA statement, the MNDAA began simultaneous attacks on TNLA bases in Kutkai Township at 9:45 a.m. on March 14.
The attacks targeted the Man Pyain and Kaung Kha road junction base, the strategic hill in town, the Shukhintha outpost, and the Hlaing Sin Hsit Taung hill base using artillery, small arms, and drone bombs. Bases in Mon Si, Mon Hwam, Shauk Haw, Loi Kan, and Man Jel villages were also bombed by drone.
During the fighting, one house in Nam Hpak Ka village was damaged by bomb fragments, and one civilian was seriously injured. MNDAA also reportedly detained 47 TNLA troops stationed at Muse 105-Mile and the Kyin San Kyawt gate and seized 48 weapons.
TNLA said it considers the current conflict merely an “allied dispute,” and therefore had exercised restraint even though MNDAA had initiated firing on March 2 and March 4.
TNLA said that when MNDAA troops entered the bases on March 14, it returned only limited fire in self-defense before withdrawing, and that it is trying to resolve the issue only through meetings and negotiations.
It is also reported that TNLA sent a letter to the Chinese border affairs office requesting special intervention and mediation to help resolve the conflict.
TNLA said that, to stop bloodshed between allies, it was even prepared to concede some wards in Kutkai town and certain surrounding areas, and that it wishes only to solve the issue through negotiation.
In addition, it is reported that in the Kutkai-Theinni border area and in the Mong Yaw region, MNDAA also captured 67 TNLA troops by beating them with barbed batons and seized their weapons.
⸻ - Ceremony held to mark the 5th anniversary of the re-establishment of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
m.CDM, March 15
A ceremony marking the 5th anniversary of the re-establishment of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was held today, March 15, at an undisclosed PLA military region.
According to the PLA, the event included raising the PLA flag, saluting the flags of the Communist Party of Burma and the PLA by commanders and soldiers, paying tribute to fallen comrades, singing “The Internationale,” and reading a message sent by the Communist Party of Burma.
Because the PLA was re-established on March 15, 2021, under the guidance of the Communist Party of Burma, today marks its fifth anniversary.
The People’s Democratic Organization / People’s Democratic Army (PDO/PDA) stated that the PLA represents the interests of the oppressed people and is a revolutionary force fighting to overthrow military dictatorship through armed struggle while enduring hardships on the revolutionary path. It added that it will continue fighting alongside the PLA until the revolution succeeds.
⸻ - Gangaw District People’s Defense Force Battalions 1, 12, and 14 issue statement banning drugs and gambling
March 15, m.CDM
People’s Defense Force battalions 1, 12, and 14 based in Gangaw District, Magway Region, jointly issued a statement on March 15 strongly prohibiting narcotic drugs, related materials, and gambling operations.
The statement said that in some villages in northern Gangaw Township, certain village administrators have been permitting drug dealing and the holding of gambling circles.
It emphasized that such actions insult the sacrifices of comrades who have given their lives and limbs in the fight against military dictatorship.
It added that crimes of this kind cannot be tolerated for the sake of comrades who fought and died in column defense operations and base-seizure battles.
Therefore, effective from March 15, anyone found selling or possessing narcotics and related materials, organizing gambling circles, or participating in them will be immediately arrested and detained.
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The news presented today was contributed by Ko Thit, Lu Lay, and Khar Shell.