August 8, 2017 On Ausust 4, 2017, at 7 pm, Ta’ang National Party headquarter office manager, Mai Kyaw Soe, 30 was brutally tortured by Myanmar Tatmadaw. He is under medication in Namhsan Hospital due to severe injuries. Mai Kyaw Soe, was carrying green tea leaves from his home village, Man Pan to Man Kheik quarter […]
August 6, 2017 On August 5, 2017, Myanmar Tatmadaw killed/shot a villager who was making Charcoal, according to local report. A 29-year-old, Mai Nyi Youn from Jone Nang village, Kutkai Township was working in his Charcoal area, 2 miles away from the village. When he made a sound calling his wife to go home, the […]
August 6, 2017 On August 5, 2017, at 12 am, Myanmar Tatmadaw and Ta’ang National Liberation Army clashed above Maw Saung village, Kutkai Township and a 37-year-old woman died due to shell explosion. When TNLA were exiting Maw Saung village, they encountered Myanmar Tatmadaw LID 88 who are coming from Namkham and fighting broke out. […]
August 4, 2017 An explosion occurred about 3 miles away from Manton town this morning at 11 am and following the explosion, Myanmar Tatmadaw fired weapons which shocked students in school. As the students ran homes, schools were temporarily closed. When 10 Military trucks of LID 77 were approaching Manton, the explosion occurred. In the […]
On July 21, 2017, at around 4:30, Mine Yu Lay IDPs and some locals confronted Myanmar Tatmadaw LID 88 troop, the Tatmadaw searched them and confiscated their cellphones and money. Mai Aik Hein and Mai Aik Ngo, vets from Mine Yu Lay and Loi Mone Sar camps and two Chinese young men confronted Myanmar Tatmadaw […]
On June 22, 2017, The Restoration Council of Shan State arrested Ko Aik Kyam from Pan Law village, Loi Pyae, Namtu, Northern Shan State and he is missing till today. Ko Aik Kyam’s wife said, “He was planning to visit his friend in Lashio but his friend was not home. So he went to his […]
Date – 28, Sept, 2016 The RCSS/SSA has been shutting down the self-reliance schools opened by Ta’ang communities, forcibly recruiting soldiers from Ta’ang communities, arbitrarily arresting Ta’ang villagers, and threatening Ta’ang villagers in Southern Shan state several times. Ta’ang Organizations are very concerned about these violations. The RCSS/SSA has signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) […]
Joint Statement on Targeting of Ta’ang Civilian Populations and Human Rights Violations by the Myanmar Tatmadaw March , 2016 We strongly condemn and protest the targeting of Ta’ang civilian populations by the Myanmar Tatmadaw in its attacks, since February 2016, in the Ta’ang Region of Northern Shan State. The Myanmar Tatmadaw has sent in massive […]
RCSS/SSA Obstructions in Northern Shan State Threaten Villagers Livelihood Monday, March 14, 2016 Information, Documentation and Research Department Ta’ang Women’s Organization The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), currently based in the nationally recognized Ta’ang self-administered zone, between Sain Lane and Mine Wee villages, has begun forcing local villagers to pay taxes when […]
In Northern Shan State, KyoutmeDevision, Namhsan Township, an increase in conflict means the Ta’ang (Palaung) people are suffering. In Namhsan Township, MyotThi group, East Zone, when Burmese military group LID (77), Ballalion under the command of Brigade (IB) No. (107) headed by Lieutenant General KyawKyaw Moe and TNLA Battalion (256) are fighting, Ta’ang people are […]