Military council forces have entered Pan Tin Inn village in Longlone Township, Tanintharyi Region, engaging in combat with revolutionary forces before using civilians as human shields and burning houses, according to local military sources. On the morning of July 29, military council troops from Maungmakan Police Station launched an offensive into Pan Tin Inn village, resulting in clashes with revolutionary forces. After suffering casualties during the fighting, military council soldiers entered the village, detained civilians as human shields, and began systematically burning residential homes.
According to local military sources, after entering Pan Tin Inn village, military council troops detained approximately five villagers as human shields and began methodically burning houses within the village. Similarly, in Yaychaung Township, military council forces have launched operations with three columns entering villages and have detained more than ten local civilians as human shields. The military council’s actions represent an escalating pattern of using civilian detainees as protection against attacks from revolutionary forces while simultaneously destroying civilian property and infrastructure.
Local residents report that military council forces are carrying out these retaliatory actions against innocent civilians in response to attacks by revolutionary forces in the region. Their tactics include raiding villages, threatening and arresting villagers, looting property, and burning houses. The detained civilians are being used as human shields to prevent attacks from revolutionary forces, effectively turning local residents into involuntary protection for military operations. These actions demonstrate the military council’s continued strategy of targeting civilian populations and infrastructure as part of their campaign against resistance forces in the region.
