Good day. We will now present m.CDM’s domestic news.
Today’s headlines include: around 20 military commission troops, including a battalion commander, killed in the Kyaukphyu fighting; AA offensives reaching near Sittwe; fierce clashes between the military commission and KIA allied forces near Shwegu; junta columns burning homes and killing civilians in Chaung-U and Okpho; civilians detained as human shields in Ye Township; the ILC deciding to take action against the military regime for labor and human rights violations; and JFM strongly condemning FIFA’s decision to grant World Cup broadcasting rights to military-owned Mytel.
- Around 20 military troops, including a battalion commander, killed in Kyaukphyu; AA offensive reaches near Sittwe; heavy fighting near Shwegu
m.CDM, June 12
Nearly 20 military commission officers and soldiers, including Light Infantry Battalion 537 commander Lt-Col Soe Htwe, were reportedly killed in fighting near the Taung Maw Oo naval base in Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State, on June 9.
According to military sources cited by CDM Captain Zin Yaw, the military column entered an Arakan Army killing zone. Lt-Col Soe Htwe was reportedly killed by a sniper, while the remaining soldiers were surrounded and crushed by AA forces.
Meanwhile, the AA, which had attacked as far as Shwe Min Gan port in March, has now advanced to areas near Nari Kan village, about four miles from Sittwe. Heavy fighting has been reported around Nari Kan, Yartan, Taw Kan and Kant Kaw Kyun villages. AA forces are attacking military outposts with both ground assaults and heavy weapons, while the military has responded with artillery fire on areas already seized by the AA, including Ponnagyun and Pauktaw. A curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. has also been imposed in Sittwe.
In Kachin State, fierce clashes are continuing between military commission columns advancing from the Katha–Nga-O side of Sagaing Region toward Shwegu and KIA allied forces. Fighting is taking place daily around Nga Lan Sone, Taw Hlan, Pan Tin and Nga Bat Gyi villages. Some homes and civilians have reportedly been hit by artillery, and residents have been urged to evacuate in advance and monitor the situation carefully.
- Military columns burn homes and kill civilians in Okpho and Chaung-U; 10 civilians detained as human shields in Ye
m.CDM, June 12
In Okpho Township, Bago Region, a military column burned nearly 200 homes in Chaung Khwa, Zee Taw, Htan Pin Kone and Kyun Hla Kone villages between June 1 and 9.
The same column reportedly killed five civilians it had detained near a bridge at the entrance of Chaung Khwa village on May 31. On May 26, it shot three displaced civilians who had returned to Kaing Gyi village, killing two on the spot. Another civilian was killed in an airstrike, bringing the civilian death toll in Okpho Township to eight during the current military operation.
Nearly 30 villages have been displaced by ongoing artillery and drone attacks, and tens of thousands of people are in urgent need of food.
In Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region, a military column of more than 200 troops entered villages near the Chaung-U–Yesagyo–Pakokku road from May 31. The column raided Sin Myae and Nga Lone Tin villages, looted valuables using six six-wheeled trucks, and burned many homes, including a village monastery, between June 9 and 11. About 10,000 people from 12 villages remain displaced and urgently need food and shelter.
In Ye Township, Mon State, around 10 civilians, including one man with mental illness, were detained by a military column in Hnit Kayin village on June 9 and are reportedly still being held as human shields.
- Four civilians killed by junta airstrikes and artillery in Mindat, Butalin, Pauk, Kyaikto and Kalay–Tamu areas
m.CDM, June 12
The military carried out airstrikes on Kwan Ohn village, Okpho village and the Monastery Road junction in Butalin Township, Sagaing Region, using jet fighters and Y-12 aircraft on June 12. One civilian was killed and four were injured.
In Mindat Township, Chin State, a jet fighter from Magway Air Base dropped two 500-pound bombs on Mindat town on the morning of June 12. On June 10, two jets from Tada-U Air Base also dropped eight bombs on eastern Mindat Township.
The military also launched an airstrike on villages in southern Pauk Township, Magway Region, on June 12. Casualty details are still being investigated.
On June 9, an airstrike on Ashe Khon Thar village along the Kalay–Tamu road killed two civilians and injured others. In Kyaikto Township, Mon State, a 44-year-old man was killed when the military fired artillery into KNU-controlled Nget Pyaw Taw village on June 5, according to the KNU.
- Kawthaung People’s Defense Team arrests three men carrying drugs
m.CDM, June 12
In Kawthaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, the township People’s Defense Team arrested three men carrying drugs during a clearance operation along the Pakchan River on June 9.
The team stopped and searched a suspicious boat at around 4 p.m. and found 564 WY tablets. The suspects included a 30-year-old man named Nyi Nyi from Khamauk Nge village and two young men in their twenties. The group said legal action will be taken and warned that drug trafficking and drug use in Kawthaung Township will be dealt with seriously.
- PNDF warns the military is destroying young people’s futures and inciting ethnic division
m.CDM, June 12
The Pa-O National Defense Force said the military is not only destroying the future and dreams of young people, but also trying to enslave people by inciting division among ethnic groups.
The statement was issued on June 11 to mark the fourth anniversary of the re-establishment of the PNDF, now Battalion 1011, in Karenni State.
PNDF urged Pa-O youths and other ethnic youths to shoulder their historical responsibility and participate in the struggle to uproot military dictatorship in every way they can. The group said it would continue fighting together with allied revolutionary forces until the military dictatorship and its pillars are completely dismantled, with the goal of liberation, equality and building a federal union for all people in Myanmar.
- Robbery suspects in Mandalay found to be military-backed militia and Pyu Saw Htee members
m.CDM, June 12
In Mandalay Region’s Patheingyi and Pyigyitagon townships, men involved in armed robbery and assaults on passersby were reportedly members of military-backed militias and Pyu Saw Htee groups.
On June 10, two men robbed a couple riding a motorcycle near the entrance sign to Patheingyi Township. Police later arrested Myo Zin Tun and Naing Zaw Oo, both from Myoma-2 Ward. They were found to be officially recognized members of the local militia under the military’s Central Command since July 1, 2025.
In another case on June 8, a man riding a motorcycle near 61st and 123rd streets in Pyigyitagon Township was beaten and robbed by a group. Police later arrested four suspects, who were also identified by residents as Pyu Saw Htee members raised by the military under the pretext of neighborhood security.
- ILC decides to continue action against Myanmar military over labor and human rights violations
m.CDM, June 12
The 114th International Labour Conference has decided to continue taking action against Myanmar’s military regime for labor rights and human rights violations, according to a June 12 statement from the National Unity Government’s labor department.
A special sitting on Myanmar discussed the military council’s severe violations of Convention No. 87 on freedom of association and Convention No. 29 on forced labor. The committee expressed deep concern over the collapse of civil liberties since the coup, violence against trade union members and activists, arbitrary arrests, torture and intimidation.
It also strongly condemned forced labor by the military, including the forced recruitment of children and other forms of forced labor. The committee demanded that the military submit full information to the ILO Director-General by September 21 on how it has implemented the recommendations of the ILO Commission of Inquiry. The matter will be discussed at the 358th session of the ILO Governing Body in November.
- JFM strongly condemns FIFA for granting World Cup broadcasting rights to military-owned Mytel
m.CDM, June 12
Justice For Myanmar strongly condemned FIFA’s decision to grant World Cup broadcasting rights to Mytel, a telecom company that JFM says is a major revenue source for the military regime.
Mytel is jointly owned and controlled by Myanmar Economic Corporation, a military conglomerate sanctioned internationally. JFM said FIFA’s decision ignores human rights and helps whitewash a corrupt and bloodstained military regime.
JFM said Mytel provides major financial support to the military and assists its digital surveillance operations, directly enabling war crimes. The United States has imposed export restrictions on Mytel, while MEC has been sanctioned by the U.S., UK, EU, Canada and Australia.
JFM urged FIFA to immediately end business ties with Myanmar’s military and cronies, and to uphold its own human rights commitments and international responsibilities.
- JFM urges Singapore to block junta access to weapons, dual-use goods and aviation fuel
m.CDM, June 12
Justice For Myanmar called on the Singapore government to block the Myanmar military’s access to weapons, dual-use goods, technology and aviation fuel.
JFM said it had publicly exposed 33 Singapore companies in 2022 that were involved in supplying the military with weapons, dual-use items and technology. Although 61 percent of those companies now appear inactive, JFM said Singapore still needs to do more.
Some arms broker networks serving the junta remain registered in Singapore, including companies linked to the Dynasty group, MCM Group and Ky-Tha Group. JFM said these networks helped procure weapons, aircraft and helicopter parts, naval components, radar systems and related equipment for the military.
JFM urged Singapore, which is due to chair ASEAN in 2027, to take stronger and more decisive action to stop the flow of weapons and dual-use goods to the Myanmar military.
These reports were sent in by Ko Thit and Lu Lay.