Mizzima
A video showing junta personnel hanging two young People’s Defense Force (PDF) members from a tree and forcing villagers to watch them burning the men to death was uploaded to social media on 6 February.
The incident in Myauk Khinyan Village, located in Gangaw Township, Magway Region, is believed to have happened on 7 November 2023.
According to Yaw People’s Defence Force, the two murdered men, Phoe Tay and Thar Htaung, were members of Yaw PDF. It said that the two men were arrested in Myauk Khinyan Village on 7 November and it believes they were burned to death the same day.
The video shows that the two PDF members in their early 20s had clearly been tortured as they had severe injuries and were covered in blood and shackled when they were hanged from the tree before being covered in a liquid, believed to be petrol, and burned alive.
It is not known who uploaded the video, but it was probably leaked to the two local media outlets that first reported the incident
The video, which is narrated by a triumphant voice, shows junta soldiers and members of the Pyu Saw Htee junta-aligned militia singing and dancing as the men are burned alive. Villagers were also forced to watch. According to the Yaw PDF every household in the village was forced to send one member to watch the killings.
Myauk Khinyan Village is controlled by the Pyu Saw Htee militia. In March 2022, two civilians were tortured to death in the village.
