Hello, and from this moment on, we will be reading and presenting m.CDM’s domestic news.
The news we will present today includes:
- In Myingyan and Sittwe, 18 junta personnel, including one major, were killed in attacks by revolutionary forces.
- In Myaing, Myingyan, Thayetchaung, Myaung, Demoso, and Myawaddy townships, junta forces carried out aerial bombings and burned down villages.
- CDF-Hakha strongly condemned the military’s brutal killing of three young men from Hakha.
- Justice For Myanmar stated that Min Aung Hlaing’s children have gained major benefits through his corruption.
We will also present other related reports.
⸻ - In Myingyan and Sittwe, 18 junta personnel, including one major, were killed in attacks by revolutionary forces
m.CDM, March 29, 2026
In Mandalay Region, Myingyan District, along the Myingyan–Nyaung-U road, at around 9:15 a.m. on March 27, resistance allied forces reportedly attacked three junta vehicles that had come out to clear the route for a supply convoy.
Two of the junta vehicles reportedly drove directly into a minefield and exploded. As a result, 12 junta troops were killed on the spot, and at least six others were seriously injured.
The junta troops, suffering heavy losses, indiscriminately fired heavy and small arms into the surrounding area. However, members of the Taungtha Township People’s Defense Force (Brother Guerrilla Force) and Battalion No. 5 of Nyaung-U District, which carried out the operation, were able to withdraw safely without casualties.
Similarly, on March 27 (Armed Forces Day), the Arakan Army (AA) shelled the Sittwe military region in Rakhine State with heavy weapons. At least six junta personnel, including one major, were reportedly killed, and dozens were injured.
The dead reportedly included an as-yet-unidentified major from the Regional Military Command Headquarters, Captain Sit Naing Aung, Warrant Officer Thein Kyaw, Private Aung Thein from Light Infantry Battalion 344, one Muslim militia member, and police constable Myat Thu Aung from the Border Guard Police Battalion stationed in old Kanpyin village.
Many others were reportedly wounded. Due to overcrowding at Military Hospital No. (Ta Sa Ya-17/100) in Sittwe, patients were reportedly transferred to Medical Battalion No. 8 for treatment.
Because of these attacks, border guard police from the Shwe Min Gan naval base on the front lines and police from old Kanpyin village reportedly fled in six vehicles to Police Battalion No. 36 and Logistics Battalion No. 828 in downtown Sittwe.
After suffering losses, the junta reportedly launched airstrikes on the night of March 28 against villages in Ponnagyun Township and villages between Sittwe and Ponnagyun.
⸻ - In Myaing, Myingyan, Thayetchaung, Myaung, Demoso, and Myawaddy townships, junta forces carried out aerial bombings and burned down villages
m.CDM, March 29, 2026
In Magway Region, the junta reportedly bombed Makyikan village in Myaing Township with a jet fighter even though no fighting had taken place.
The airstrike occurred at around 12:30 p.m. on March 29. Thanks to advance warnings from resistance groups, civilians were not harmed, but homes and vehicles were damaged.
Also in Myaing Township, a junta column that came from Kanni (Pyu Saw Htee) village reportedly raided Kannet village on the afternoon of March 29, arrested four civilians, took away cattle and food supplies belonging to residents, and burned the remaining property.
In Mandalay Region, on March 4, junta forces dropped bombs by drone on the monastery in Nabu-Ain village, Myingyan Township, killing four civilians, including a seven-year-old child. On March 22, the same village was reportedly burned down in its entirety by a junta column.
That same junta column reportedly continued burning and destroying at least 10 more villages. On March 17, resistance forces ambushed the column, reportedly killing one officer and 15 soldiers.
In late February, while junta forces were burning Nyaungwan and Thekkya Kyin villages, two sick civilians were burned to death. Two elderly women from Taung Kyun village were also reportedly burned alive.
In addition, on the morning of March 29, junta forces reportedly dropped 120 mm bombs from a Y-12 aircraft on Sonsin village in Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, injuring two women.
Likewise, junta troops stationed in Myaung town, Sagaing Region, shelled nearby villages with heavy weapons at around 2:00 p.m., injuring four civilians.
In Karenni State, a junta column reportedly entered and set fire to Aung Chan Thar village in Demoso Township at around 1:00 p.m. on March 28, burning down a monastery and at least five houses.
Similarly, in Karen State, in Ward No. 2 of Phlu Gyi village south of Myawaddy on the Thai-Myanmar border, junta forces reportedly dropped incendiary bombs by drone on the afternoon of March 28, destroying around 15 houses by fire.
⸻ - CDF-Hakha strongly condemned the military’s brutal killing of three young men from Hakha
m.CDM, March 29
The Chinland Defense Force – Hakha (CDF-Hakha) strongly condemned the military’s inhuman killing of three young men from Hakha.
According to CDF-Hakha, on March 23, three youths from Hakha, who had gone outside the town on a family matter and were carrying a single air gun pellet, were ambushed and arrested by terrorist soldiers near the house of the newly appointed military parliament speaker U Koal Lian Thang, below the GTI school. They were then beaten to death without any lawful interrogation or due process.
The statement said that after killing them, the perpetrators deliberately placed a rifle near the bodies, took photographs, and posted them on social media in an apparent attempt to portray innocent civilians as armed fighters.
CDF-Hakha said this clearly shows the actions of terrorist dictators trying to conceal the truth, and described it as a vile act of deception.
CDF-Hakha condemned and opposed this inhuman act against innocent civilians and warned that those responsible must be held accountable.
The group also urged residents of Hakha, especially young people, to remain highly alert to the military’s arbitrary arrests and killings, and said that it is time to join the resistance against the terrorist military dictatorship.
⸻ - A township police chief beat and kicked two prisoners, including a political prisoner receiving treatment at Insein Hospital, and also blocked medicine and food
m.CDM, March 29, 2026
At the prisoner treatment ward (Guard Ward) of Insein Hospital in Yangon, Township Police Chief Thein Win of Insein Township reportedly physically assaulted a political prisoner and another inmate who were receiving medical treatment.
On March 12, Police Chief Thein Win reportedly came to see 38-year-old political prisoner Kyaw Ko Lin, who was serving a life sentence under Section 50-j and was receiving treatment for back pain and a pinched nerve.
When he asked, “Where are you from?” and Kyaw Ko Lin replied, “From Yangon,” the police chief reportedly cursed at him, slapped him in the face, and kicked his back, despite his chronic condition.
He also reportedly kicked another 62-year-old inmate suffering from chronic illness, causing him to collapse to the floor and be unable to get up.
The police chief reportedly threatened them, saying, “No matter what you are, I can snap your neck and kill you.” He also ordered that patients’ medicines and food be confiscated and that family members be prevented from delivering supplies.
The assaulted inmates were reportedly well-behaved and had not violated any hospital rules. Complaints have reportedly been filed with the relevant authorities calling for effective action against the township police chief’s human rights abuses and lawless violence.
⸻ - Earthquake PDF warned people not to participate in the junta’s sham festivals and warned fuel stations in Pakokku that are exploiting the public
m.CDM, March 29, 2026
Earthquake People’s Defense Force and six local revolutionary groups issued a statement urging the public not to participate in the terrorist junta’s sham celebrations and fake election plans, which are being prepared under the guise of a civilian government after shedding military uniforms.
The statement said the military group, which unlawfully seized power from the elected civilian government, is ignoring the suffering of the people during a time when the country faces natural disasters and a fuel price crisis, and is focusing only on preserving its own power.
It noted that during the civilian government era, fuel cost around 400 kyats per liter, whereas under the military regime, prices have risen outrageously to over ten thousand kyats per liter. It said that although the fuel crisis has become so severe that people are dying because of it, the junta continues wasting time on fake festive events.
Even one year after the major Sagaing earthquake of March 28, 2025, the statement said, reconstruction work still had not been carried out, while the junta continued purchasing drones, fighter jets, and military equipment to kill civilians.
Therefore, the public was urged to exercise wisdom and refrain from taking part in the junta’s sham events. The statement also warned that anyone organizing such events in line with the junta’s wishes would face effective action based on reports from the public.
It also warned fuel stations in Pakokku, saying reports indicate they are forcing people to queue daily under the hot sun without actually selling fuel, while profiteering by selling only on the black market. Those stations, it said, would face serious action.
The statement was jointly issued by Pakokku District Local Battalion (PDLB), Earthquake People’s Defence Force, ThuRain TR, Justice Revolution Force, Six Senses Guerrilla Force, and Red Fighter.
⸻ - Food aid provided to displaced civilians in Nattalin Township
m.CDM, March 29
Battalion No. 1 of Thayarwady District announced that food aid had been delivered to war-displaced civilians in Nattalin Township, Thayarwady District, western Bago Region.
Because a terrorist military column had advanced into the area and burned civilian homes, 62 displaced families from Shar Say Phor village and Phalan Pin village were reportedly given 10 pyi of rice per household on March 26.
On March 27, rice at the same rate of 10 pyi per household was also reportedly delivered to another 80 displaced families. The delivery was led by intelligence officers, public security officers, the deputy company commander of Company 3, and the deputy company commander of Company 4 from Battalion No. 1 of Thayarwady District under the Bago Regional Military Command.
According to the statement, food shortages among local civilians were addressed through a total of 5.6 million kyats: 2 million kyats donated from the “Music for War Refugee Aid” concert organized by the Daung Nyi Naung group, and 3.6 million kyats from the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, with Battalion No. 1 of Thayarwady District managing the support.
⸻ - AA released more than 150 prisoners of war and family members captured during the battle to seize Minbya, for the third time
m.CDM, March 29, 2026
In Rakhine State, the Arakan Army (AA) reportedly released another 152 prisoners of war and family members of prisoners who had been captured and detained during the battle to seize Minbya, marking the third such release.
These prisoners of war and family members were reportedly granted amnesty by the Arakan Army in a ceremony held on March 10. They included 44 men, 54 women, and 54 children.
During the release, in the presence of officials from the Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government and local authorities, they were reportedly required to sign pledges promising that they would be properly returned to their family members.
The Arakan Army has now released captured military family members from the Minbya battle on three occasions: 170 people in the first release in April 2025, and 225 people in the second release in May.
The Arakan Army (AA) completely captured Minbya from junta forces on February 6, 2024.
⸻ - JFM says Min Aung Hlaing’s children have gained major benefits through his corruption
m.CDM, March 29, 2026
Justice For Myanmar (JFM) stated that terrorist military leader Min Aung Hlaing sits at the top of a corruption machine that has been massively looting the property of the people of Myanmar with impunity, and that profits gained through his illegal coup have flowed into his children’s business interests.
His son, Aung Pyae Sone, reportedly founded A&M Mahar Company in 2017 together with his wife Myo Yadanar Htike, engaging in FDA and customs clearance services. His wife also reportedly runs her own entertainment business called Stellar Seven.
In addition, before the NLD government took office, he reportedly hurriedly obtained approval in 2015 from the military-backed government to build the Azura Beach Resort on 22.42 acres of state-owned land in Chaungtha.
The Sky One Construction company that built the resort was reportedly founded as early as 2013 by Aung Pyae Sone and his family’s business associate, Maung Maung Naing.
He also reportedly established Bhone Myat Pyae Sone Trading and Nyein Chan Pyae Sone Manufacturing & Trading in 2017, companies that sell construction materials.
He reportedly opened his own projects, Yangon Gallery and the luxury dining venue Yangon Restaurant, at People’s Square, paid YCDC rent far below market value, and openly sold alcohol in violation of contract terms.
Although Myanmar Now exposed those violations back in 2019, the military elite family reportedly faced no action.
Similarly, his daughter Khin Thiri Thet Mon reportedly founded Pinnacle Asia in 2016 to secure contracts for building telecom towers for Mytel, which is controlled by her father through the military-owned MEC.
Although records reportedly show that she resigned from that company after the coup, she is still said to be involved in Seventh Sense film production, which makes propaganda films, and in the One Wellness (Everfit) luxury gym business located in the Golden City housing complex built on military-owned land.
JFM stressed that the time has come to end the impunity enjoyed by Min Aung Hlaing’s family.
⸻ - BRI urged the U.S. government to take action against the military’s repression of Christians in Myanmar
m.CDM, March 29
The Burma Research Institute (BRI) urged the U.S. government to take action against the military’s repression of Christians in Myanmar.
A BRI delegation reportedly went to the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. on March 25 and made this appeal during a meeting with Mark Walker, Senior Adviser for Global Religious Freedom.
The meeting reportedly included detailed discussion of findings from a report released in January this year titled Severe Violations of Religious Freedom Against Christians in Myanmar.
BRI urged the U.S. government to classify the military’s atrocities against Christians in Myanmar as crimes against humanity and war crimes.
The group also called on the U.S. to continue designating military-ruled Myanmar as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), to publicly condemn religious persecution, and to press for the immediate release of all those unjustly detained, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint, and Christian religious leaders.
BRI also reportedly submitted an open letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Reverend Dr. Robin Stoops, former General Secretary of the American Baptist Churches USA and chair of the BRI board, said he hoped Secretary Rubio would give serious consideration to the letter.
Also present at the meeting, U Moe Zaw Oo, adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Unity Government (NUG), said: “The U.S. government should not engage with or recognize this junta. They are not civilians, but a brutal military.”
BRI Executive Director Salai Zo Tum Hmung said: “We wrote this report in order to push for effective action to stop the persecution of Christians in Myanmar. We hope Adviser Mark Walker will seriously consider our recommendations.”
BRI pointed out that military-ruled Myanmar has been designated a Country of Particular Concern for 24 consecutive years under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, but that meaningful action has still remained weak.
The news presented today was sent in by Ko Thit and Lu Lay.