Mizzima
Most inhabitants have fled Theekone Village in Wundwin Township, Mandalay Region following a junta military raid on the village when villagers were arrested and taken away, on 21 March.
The junta raid was believed to be in retaliation for the killing of the Theekone Village Administrator, Maung Pu, by the Wundwin Township Revolution Force who said it was because he was involved in the junta’s conscription process.
Maung Pu was shot dead on the Theekone Village main road at 5:00 pm on 19 March as he was returning from submitting lists of local people eligible for conscription to the Wundwin Township General Administrator’s Office
Junta soldiers then raided Theekone Village at 7:00 a.m. on 21 March and targeting and arresting young adults of conscription age.
A villager from Theekone said: “As junta troops, led by Maung Pu’s son-in-law, stormed into the village, shooting and apprehending people, the entire village fled. Over ten people were arrested. The junta troops remained in the village until 11:00 am on 21 March. The current status of the village is unknown. There are fears that they may set fire to the village.”
Villagers of neighbouring villages were warned to be cautious by the Voice of Wundwin, a group that releases information about fighting in Wundwin Township.
Prior to the killing of Maung Pu, on 18 March, Wundwin-based revolutionary forces issued a statement, threatening severe punishment against ward and village administrators involved in organising, mobilising, and collecting data for the junta’s conscription drive.
