Starting now, we will present m.CDM’s domestic news.
Today’s main stories include attacks on military commission columns and outposts in Salingyi, Natogyi and Aunglan; heavy junta casualties near the Shan-Kachin border, where a decorated colonel was reportedly seriously wounded; NUG’s Defense Ministry explanation of the arrests of MDY PDF members Comrade Mone Taing and Comrade Naing Gyi; severe human rights violations against political prisoners in Magway Prison; and the MNDAA’s execution of four people convicted of murder and rape in Laukkai.
In Natogyi Township, Mandalay Region, revolutionary joint forces attacked a military column of around 150 troops on June 7 using heavy weapons and drones, killing three soldiers. On June 12, another attack targeted a checkpoint at Kan Naung village on the Myingyan–Natogyi road, killing one more soldier. In Salingyi Township, resistance forces ambushed two military columns totaling about 800 troops near Letpadaung and Yinmabin, reportedly killing 58 soldiers. In Aunglan, an urban guerrilla unit attacked junta troops stationed at an agricultural warehouse with 40mm grenades.
Heavy fighting has also been reported near Shwegu Township, Kachin State, involving KIA and PDF joint forces against junta troops. In fighting near the Shan-Kachin border, Colonel Wunna Hlaing, a recipient of the Thura bravery title, was reportedly seriously wounded and evacuated by military helicopter to a 1,000-bed military hospital in Naypyidaw.
In other conflict-related news, the junta carried out airstrikes on Mindat and Kanpetlet in Chin State and Myaing Township in Magway Region on June 13. Details of civilian casualties and damage are still being investigated. In Hpakant, Kachin State, one civilian was killed when a suspicious black plastic bag exploded after being picked up and opened.
Military columns have also been accused of burning villages, looting property and extorting civilians in Chaung-U, Launglon and Pakokku areas. In Chaung-U Township, a column of more than 200 troops reportedly raided several villages, burned over 200 homes and killed three civilians through indiscriminate drone and heavy-weapons attacks. Thousands from 12 villages have fled.
The NUG Defense Ministry said the arrests of MDY PDF’s Comrade Mone Taing and Comrade Naing Gyi were linked to the illegal withdrawal of 16.6 viss of gold belonging to the force and the destruction of financial and gold-business records that were supposed to be handed over. The ministry also described earlier disciplinary issues involving Comrade Mone Taing and said an internal audit uncovered violations of organizational rules and procedures.
At Magway Prison, political prisoners are reportedly facing severe human rights abuses. Prison authorities allegedly confiscated blankets, clothing, supplies and food parcels, forced prisoners to sleep on bare concrete floors, restricted drinking water, and subjected prisoners to threats and physical and psychological abuse. Forty-two political prisoners who demanded an end to the abuses were reportedly punished, with 12 said to be in life-threatening condition after severe beatings.
In Tanintharyi Region, Kawthaung District Battalion 1 warned civilians in Bokpyin Township to remain in designated relocation areas because clashes could break out at any time along the Le Nya–Pyigyimandaing and Yadanabon road areas.
In Kachin State, local youth activists staged a campaign calling for the permanent cancellation of the Myitsone Dam project and protection of the Irrawaddy River. They floated stickers and rafts carrying slogans such as “No Myitsone Project,” “Protect the Irrawaddy,” and “Myitsone is not for sale.”
In Thandwe Township, Rakhine State, the Arakan Army’s police force arrested three people accused of selling and using nearly 300 million kyats’ worth of ICE drugs. They have reportedly been charged under narcotics laws.
In Laukkai, northern Shan State, the MNDAA reportedly executed four men convicted of murder and rape, while three others convicted of robbery were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Finally, the Myanmar Defense and Security Institute said the junta is using forcibly recruited conscripts to launch nationwide counteroffensives. According to MDSI, more than 60,000 conscripts were recruited in 2025, six times the number recruited in 2020, and conscripts now make up around 85 percent of current frontline infantry strength.
These reports were submitted by Ko Thit and Lu Lay.