August 7th, 2023
In Tanintharyi Region, Launglon Township, a local man said that a vehicle that was going to deliver food to military council camps was shot at the intersection of Inzauk Road, and a civilian in a nearby yard was unfortunately hit by a bullet and died.
On August 6th around 12:00 p.m, the resident said that a vehicle coming to deliver food to the air defense camp (Lar Bo Taung Camp) and the Mytel Tower camp on the Mount of Sanhlan was investigated by the People’sDefense Force of Launglon Township but the driver didn’t stop and drove away. Due to that reason, the car was Chased and fired by the People’s Defense Force.
“The car is a TownAce car and the PDF knew the news that the car was a Military car, so they stopped the car and investigated. The motorist from the Military Army drove away without stopping. Owing to that, the car was chased and fired, and subsequently, the car stopped at the intersection of Inzauk Road and the driver ran into a nearby billiard shop,” said a local witness.
It is said that the two drivers escaped into the rubber forest in the west of the billiard shop. The local witness added that U Myo Zaw Lat, aged around 37, was in the yard and hit by a bullet, and died while they were chasing and shooting at the two motorists.
“When the two motorists entered the shop, they were scared and shouted to run, and so everyone ran after them. While all the people were running, the PDF shot from behind and hit the wrong person. The person who died is returned to his village for a while,” he said.
According to the locals, the man who was shot was a native of Mya Khar Pat Village in Launglon Township and lived near the Dawei Expressway Bus Terminal.
After the shooting, at around 6:00 p.m., two military council vehicles with a force of around 40, arrived at the scene of the incident and investigated the locals and the people who were going through the road for about two hours, reported by the local man from the Inzauk Village.
The official of LLPDF said that the Launglon Township Public Defense Team, which carried out the shooting, will take full responsibility for Ko Myo Zaw Lat, who was accidentally hit by a bullet and died.
“We will take full responsibility for the motorists who ran over their comrades who made roadblocks and investigated and then the situation of being hit with a car, and the death of Ko Myo Zaw Lat,” he said.
People’s Radio Myanmar tried to contact the family members of the person who was killed by the bullet, despite we were unable to contact them.
According to information sources in the region, at least one hundred innocent civilians may have been killed in Tanintharyi Division due to the battle by the revolutionary groups and military council forces after the military coup.
News: Naw Aeh Nee
Photo: Cj
Phar Si Than (People’s Radio Myanmar)