BAGO DIVISION – Local residents said that “Due to the news that the PDF forces will occupy the city of Okpho in Bago division, the columns that arrived at Yoma Range quickly withdrew to the city, all the roads were closed, and the arrests of porters were accelerating.”
Today, on December 11th, after the terrorist military council soldiers who were patrolling in the Roma range quickly withdrew to the city, all the roads in the city were closed and many young people were being arrested as porters.
“This afternoon, the roads were closed in Okpho City, and war dogs were arresting porters. Many young people were arrested. Last night, after hearing that PDFs could capture Okpho, the war dog column that was in Yoma range returned to the city to secure the city. Since the arrival of them, the streets have been closed since this afternoon. They are arresting all they see on the roads. Some houses were inspected. He said that many were being dragged into the car. The people of the town are afraid. Some of the victims were arrested as porters at the Okpho township court. It’s quiet in the city,” said a resident.
In addition, on the night of December 9th, a man named Ze Yar Min, who lives in the new electricity block of Okpho, and returned from a KTV in Gyobingauk, was arrested as a porter and fled while being detained at the township court and the junta council’s army is trying to catch up.
The junta council’s army was brought to the village by Win Lwin Oo, administrator of Hsate Poke village, Tepinyoe village group, and Okpho township, at about 2:00 pm on December 10th and forced to arrest villagers because they did not get the military service fees.
“Administrator Win Lwin Oo brought the military dogs and asked them to drag the porter on December 10th, around 2 p.m., because the villagers did not pay the military service fee and all the men were running. Until now, only girls and children remain in the village. The men are sleeping in the fields, streams, and ditches,” said a resident.
Similarly, today, December 11th, at about noon, a young man named Kyaw Kyaw Lin was also arrested and put in the car and taken away by the Junta Council soldiers while he was passing through the gatepost made up of military vehicles when he was going from the dam to the Okpho city.
