{"id":8145,"date":"2025-10-22T11:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=8145"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:09:54","slug":"myanmar-domestic-news-updates-oct-22-2025-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/10\/myanmar-domestic-news-updates-oct-22-2025-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar Domestic News Updates \u2013 Oct 22, 2025 Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhf5wcaD1CxiBBY8rUa8mHewUlqhx-NLiRBOBsfF3K4FIJ69B4OQ3h5skF1b1IcTkY0SYQTeQM4jAcdFTevI9K2SXbSB_mL2IwzukMux5t_pS4QO_greq0-ycxdjASZvYLI6vvROidxzVnfN8uMGQGY7lQoqOB5AV5rdy-thf0y35SU9DZs3ytwEIckwDY\/s600\/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhf5wcaD1CxiBBY8rUa8mHewUlqhx-NLiRBOBsfF3K4FIJ69B4OQ3h5skF1b1IcTkY0SYQTeQM4jAcdFTevI9K2SXbSB_mL2IwzukMux5t_pS4QO_greq0-ycxdjASZvYLI6vvROidxzVnfN8uMGQGY7lQoqOB5AV5rdy-thf0y35SU9DZs3ytwEIckwDY\/s320\/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Myanmar Domestic News Updates \u2013 Oct 22, 2025 Morning<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>1. Myanmar Parliamentary Delegation Led by Dr. Win Myat Aye and Daw Zin Mar Aung Participates in the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 21<\/strong><br><strong>Radio NUG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) announced that a Myanmar parliamentary delegation led by&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Win Myat Aye<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Daw Zin Mar Aung<\/strong>&nbsp;is attending the&nbsp;<strong>151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;and its related meetings, being held in&nbsp;<strong>Geneva, Switzerland<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>October 19 to 23<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the CRPH, the Myanmar parliamentary delegation participated in meetings of the&nbsp;<strong>Asia-Pacific Group<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Women Parliamentarians Forum<\/strong>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<strong>October 19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On&nbsp;<strong>October 20<\/strong>, the delegation attended the&nbsp;<strong>Executive Council Meeting<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Plenary Sessions<\/strong>, and the&nbsp;<strong>General Debate<\/strong>&nbsp;of the Assembly. They also held bilateral discussions with parliamentary representatives from&nbsp;<strong>Malaysia, Thailand, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During these meetings, the delegation explained and raised awareness about the ongoing&nbsp;<strong>airstrikes<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>human rights violations<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>acts of violence<\/strong>&nbsp;being perpetrated by the terrorist military junta, as well as the dire conditions faced by&nbsp;<strong>internally displaced persons (IDPs)<\/strong>&nbsp;inside Myanmar and&nbsp;<strong>Myanmar nationals abroad<\/strong>&nbsp;who have been forced to flee due to the junta\u2019s atrocities. They also briefed on the&nbsp;<strong>current political developments<\/strong>&nbsp;in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the delegation urged the international parliamentary community to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reject and refuse to recognize<\/strong>\u00a0the junta\u2019s planned\u00a0<strong>illegal sham election<\/strong>\u00a0and its results;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support the release<\/strong>\u00a0of unlawfully detained national leaders, elected parliamentarians, and political prisoners;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Uphold recognition<\/strong>\u00a0of the elected representatives from the\u00a0<strong>2020 General Election<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)<\/strong>\u00a0as the legitimate parliamentary body of Myanmar; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Provide effective support<\/strong>\u00a0to the ongoing efforts of\u00a0<strong>Revolutionary Forces<\/strong>\u00a0in resolving the current crisis and establishing a long-term, sustainable political solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)<\/strong>&nbsp;is composed of national parliaments from&nbsp;<strong>183 countries worldwide<\/strong>. Following the&nbsp;<strong>unlawful military coup in 2021<\/strong>, the IPU Executive Council recognized the&nbsp;<strong>Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)<\/strong>&nbsp;as the legitimate representative and principal parliamentary dialogue partner of Myanmar, a status it continues to uphold to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>========================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>2. JFM Urges ASEAN and the International Community to Take Action Against Myanmar Military\u2019s Transnational Crimes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 21<\/strong><br><strong>Radio NUG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Justice for Myanmar (JFM)<\/strong>&nbsp;organization has called on&nbsp;<strong>ASEAN<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>international community<\/strong>&nbsp;to take urgent action against the Myanmar military and its affiliated People\u2019s Militia Forces, which have become&nbsp;<strong>key sources of transnational crimes and regional instability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to JFM, on&nbsp;<strong>October 19<\/strong>, the Myanmar military conducted a&nbsp;<strong>staged operation<\/strong>&nbsp;at the notorious&nbsp;<strong>KK Park cyber-scam compound<\/strong>&nbsp;along the&nbsp;<strong>Thai-Myanmar border<\/strong>, just days ahead of the&nbsp;<strong>ASEAN Summit<\/strong>. JFM stated that this was a&nbsp;<strong>publicity stunt<\/strong>&nbsp;aimed at&nbsp;<strong>concealing the military\u2019s and its proxy Karen Border Guard Force (BGF)\u2019s involvement<\/strong>&nbsp;in transnational criminal activities and human trafficking operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the operation, the junta claimed to have \u201cdiscovered\u201d&nbsp;<strong>2,198 people<\/strong>, allegedly including workers or detainees, along with&nbsp;<strong>30 Starlink devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JFM revealed that the Myanmar military&nbsp;<strong>controls an extensive criminal business network<\/strong>, cultivating and sustaining&nbsp;<strong>the Karen BGF<\/strong>&nbsp;and various&nbsp;<strong>criminal enterprises<\/strong>. Together, they operate a&nbsp;<strong>transnational criminal network<\/strong>, financing&nbsp;<strong>international crimes<\/strong>&nbsp;through sites like&nbsp;<strong>KK Park<\/strong>, and profiting from&nbsp;<strong>land control, financial fraud, extortion, illegal taxation, security services, illicit trade, human trafficking, and consumer goods trafficking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the&nbsp;<strong>illegal military coup in 2021<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>ASEAN\u2019s misguided engagement<\/strong>&nbsp;with the junta\u2014by granting it&nbsp;<strong>political legitimacy<\/strong>&nbsp;and providing&nbsp;<strong>intelligence and training cooperation<\/strong>\u2014has only&nbsp;<strong>empowered these criminal networks<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>helped the junta evade accountability under international law<\/strong>, JFM stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JFM urged that during the upcoming&nbsp;<strong>ASEAN Summit<\/strong>, member states must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take a\u00a0<strong>clear and firm stance<\/strong>\u00a0against the junta\u2019s\u00a0<strong>sham election<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cut off the junta\u2019s financial, military, and aviation fuel supply routes<\/strong>; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support international legal accountability mechanisms<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0<strong>genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity<\/strong>\u00a0committed by the junta and its associates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>========================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>3. Assistance Provided to 18 Myanmar Workers Unjustly Dismissed from an Auto Parts Factory in Ayutthaya, Thailand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 21<\/strong><br><strong>Radio NUG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been reported that&nbsp;<strong>18 Myanmar migrant workers<\/strong>&nbsp;employed at an&nbsp;<strong>auto parts factory in Ayutthaya, Thailand<\/strong>, were&nbsp;<strong>unjustly dismissed<\/strong>&nbsp;from their jobs on&nbsp;<strong>May 20<\/strong>&nbsp;without any given reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the workers\u2019 complaint, on&nbsp;<strong>May 26<\/strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>MHAC Alliance Group<\/strong>, a partner organization of the NUG Ministry of Labour,&nbsp;<strong>filed a case<\/strong>&nbsp;on their behalf at the&nbsp;<strong>Local Labour Protection and Welfare Office<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, after&nbsp;<strong>five months<\/strong>, no clear resolution had been reached. Therefore, on&nbsp;<strong>October 21<\/strong>, the affected workers, accompanied by an&nbsp;<strong>official from the NUG Ministry of Labour<\/strong>, visited the&nbsp;<strong>Ayutthaya District Labour Protection and Welfare Office<\/strong>&nbsp;again for further negotiation and assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, an agreement was reached with a responsible official from the local office to&nbsp;<strong>ensure that compensation payments<\/strong>&nbsp;for the dismissed workers would be&nbsp;<strong>completed by the end of October or early November<\/strong>, with continued follow-up support provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>========================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>4. Thai Police Deny Reports That Belarusian Model Vera Kravtsova, Murdered in Myanmar After Being Forced Into Organ Trafficking, Was Extradited from Thailand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 21 \u2014 Radio NUG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Thai media reports, the Royal Thai Police have stated that they are investigating the case of Belarusian model&nbsp;<strong>Vera Kravtsova<\/strong>, who was allegedly lured into Thailand and later trafficked to Myanmar, where she was reportedly forced to work for a cyber-fraud syndicate before being murdered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand\u2019s Immigration Bureau confirmed that&nbsp;<strong>Vera had departed Thailand for Yangon<\/strong>&nbsp;and that there was&nbsp;<strong>no evidence she had been extradited or forcibly transferred<\/strong>&nbsp;from Thai territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report by&nbsp;<em>Daily Mail<\/em>&nbsp;(UK),&nbsp;<strong>26-year-old Vera Kravtsova<\/strong>&nbsp;arrived in Bangkok in September for modeling work but was&nbsp;<strong>deceived and taken to Myanmar<\/strong>&nbsp;instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once there,&nbsp;<strong>her passport and phone were confiscated<\/strong>, and she was&nbsp;<strong>forced under duress<\/strong>&nbsp;to participate in&nbsp;<em>romance scam operations<\/em>&nbsp;on dating websites aimed at extorting money from wealthy foreign men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she&nbsp;<strong>failed to meet her assigned targets<\/strong>, she was&nbsp;<strong>beaten<\/strong>&nbsp;and subsequently&nbsp;<strong>disappeared on October 4<\/strong>. Reports suggest that she was&nbsp;<strong>sold to a human-organ trafficking group<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>tortured<\/strong>, and ultimately&nbsp;<strong>murdered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her captors allegedly&nbsp;<strong>burned her body<\/strong>&nbsp;and later&nbsp;<strong>demanded USD 500,000<\/strong>&nbsp;from her family in exchange for the return of her remains \u2014 a demand the family ultimately&nbsp;<strong>refused to comply with<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thai Immigration Bureau verified through its biometric system that&nbsp;<strong>Vera Kravtsova entered Thailand via Suvarnabhumi Airport on September 12, 2025, at 12:41 a.m.<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>departed for Yangon on Thai Airways flight TG301 on September 20, 2025, at 7:20 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major General&nbsp;<strong>Chatupat Phirojmakkaew<\/strong>, Chief of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Royal Thai Police, said on&nbsp;<strong>October 19<\/strong>&nbsp;that the case was being&nbsp;<strong>investigated with utmost seriousness<\/strong>, but that the&nbsp;<strong>details circulating in the media could not yet be confirmed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>========================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>5. Police Officer\u2019s Wife Murdered and Robbed in Saw Township, Magway Region \u2014 Suspects on the Run<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 21 \u2014 Radio NUG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the&nbsp;<strong>Yaw Alintan Group<\/strong>, a woman was&nbsp;<strong>murdered and robbed<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>Saw Township, Magway Region<\/strong>, her&nbsp;<strong>body hidden<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>valuable jewelry stolen<\/strong>. The victim was the&nbsp;<strong>wife of a police officer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>body of Daw Shin @ Wah (aged 62)<\/strong>, who lived near the local police station, was found&nbsp;<strong>stuffed inside a tarpaulin bag<\/strong>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<strong>October 19 at around 1:30 p.m.<\/strong>&nbsp;in a forested garden area near&nbsp;<strong>Thanpinkhon Village, Zeya Ward<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deceased,&nbsp;<strong>Daw Shin @ Wah<\/strong>, was the wife of&nbsp;<strong>Police Sergeant Major U Shar Law<\/strong>, who was stationed at&nbsp;<strong>U Pho Hlaing Hall<\/strong>, near&nbsp;<strong>Saw Police Station<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports indicate that she&nbsp;<strong>went missing on October 17<\/strong>&nbsp;after going to the&nbsp;<strong>Thanpinkhon garden area<\/strong>&nbsp;to gather firewood. Her&nbsp;<strong>body was discovered two days later<\/strong>, about&nbsp;<strong>50 feet from her small hut<\/strong>&nbsp;on her hillside farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she left home, she had been&nbsp;<strong>wearing a gold necklace weighing approximately one kyat-tha<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>a ring of about one mat-tha<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>a pair of earrings<\/strong>, and she&nbsp;<strong>carried a shoulder bag<\/strong>. However,&nbsp;<strong>none of these items were found<\/strong>&nbsp;on her body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations revealed that two men \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Ko Chit Yint Htoo<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Ko Pho Aye<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 who frequently visited her house, were&nbsp;<strong>missing<\/strong>&nbsp;and are now&nbsp;<strong>considered prime suspects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ko Chit Yint Htoo (25)<\/strong>, a native of&nbsp;<strong>Thanlyin Township, Yangon Region<\/strong>, was identified as a&nbsp;<strong>defector policeman<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>Rakhine State<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>Ko Pho Aye (26)<\/strong>, originally from&nbsp;<strong>Thabeikkyin Township, Mandalay Region<\/strong>, was also a&nbsp;<strong>defector policeman<\/strong>&nbsp;who had relocated from Rakhine to&nbsp;<strong>Saw Township<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another person,&nbsp;<strong>Ko Wanna Kyaw (21)<\/strong>, who lived in Daw Shin @ Wah\u2019s garden hut, was&nbsp;<strong>taken into custody<\/strong>. He is a&nbsp;<strong>native of Shwepyithar Township, Yangon Region<\/strong>, and a&nbsp;<strong>former soldier<\/strong>&nbsp;who had defected from&nbsp;<strong>Rakhine State<\/strong>, known to have been&nbsp;<strong>associated with Ko Chit Yint Htoo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both&nbsp;<strong>Ko Chit Yint Htoo<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Ko Pho Aye<\/strong>&nbsp;have been&nbsp;<strong>missing since the incident<\/strong>&nbsp;and are believed to be&nbsp;<strong>fleeing<\/strong>. The&nbsp;<strong>Yaw Alintan Group<\/strong>&nbsp;has urged the public to&nbsp;<strong>immediately report any sightings<\/strong>&nbsp;of these two suspects to the&nbsp;<strong>relevant authorities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This report was submitted by&nbsp;<strong>Radio NUG correspondents Khur Shel and Padeh Phoe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/radionuglocalnews?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXC56b4SnmibXNwJBzHCpq8y1U-u7KouqRmNFf3MwS8oVmKbXS8ptYTzgSzE_60aneWA9F1VTnvs1bt3_AgLqvWMTVR5EcgzAyUyNvpoVOL9yBRLNejdwWvKtoY8ZjvpRds2ENm6SLWO6Tt6Q2egk3R&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#RadioNUGLocalNews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#SpringRevolution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar Domestic News Updates \u2013 Oct 22, 2025 Morning \ud83d\udccc\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;1. Myanmar Parliamentary Delegation Led by Dr. Win Myat Aye and Daw Zin Mar Aung Participates in the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly October 21Radio NUG The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/10\/myanmar-domestic-news-updates-oct-22-2025-morning\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,57],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-8145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current","category-news","tag-myanmar-spring-revolution"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3RDLm-27n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8146,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145\/revisions\/8146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}