Security Personnel Arrest Terrorist Members of So-Called Myitnge PDF who Brutally Murdered Superintendent of Myitnge Railway Hospital and Unarmed Civilians, Committed Acts of Terrorist Bombing

Ministry of Defense/ Naypyitaw / July 20, 2023

Security force members are exerting efforts round the clock to identify and arrest terrorists. In this regard, thanks to the secret reports of local people who do not want the acts that disrupt the community peace and stability and assassinations of civil servants, security force members managed to arrest Thiha Zaw Htway (aka) Thiha, a terrorist member of so-called Myitnge PDF together with one Sig Sauer pistol, its two magazines, 10 rounds of bullet and two grenades on 15 July 2023.

According to the confessions of the arrested offender Thiha Zaw Htway (aka) Thiha, security personnel arrested further terrorist members of so-called Myitnge PDF, Aung Bo Bo Than (aka) Bo Than and Luyi (aka) Thant Zin Oo in front of Swe Daw Pagoda of Amarapura township and Min Min Hein (aka) Lady at Myitnge crossroad.

According to the accounts of the arrested offenders, it is found out that follows –

· Offenders Thiha Zaw Htway and Min Min Hein attended the terrorist bombing course at the terrorist base of so-called Myitnge PDF near Nagarpauk village of Myaung township and formed the so-called Myitnge PDF terrorist group led by Win Tun (offender to be arrested) in October 2022.

· In the first week of May 2023, absconder Zaw Wai Soe of NUG, declared as terrorist group, ordered the group to assassinate Daw Tin Cho Cho Ko, superintendent of Myitnge Railway Hospital for not joining CDM and persuading other health staff to return to work. Therefore, Thiha Zaw Htway shot Daw Tin Cho Cho Ko dead at ‘Cho Clinic’ in Zaykwatthit ward of Palate township on 15 May.

According to the confessions of the arrested offenders, it is also found out that they committed two assassinations and one bombing attack under the instructions of absconder Zaw Wai Soe of NUG declared as terrorist group as follows –

· Two other offenders to be arrested, One Tea and Nyein Gyi shot U Phone Kyaw dead by firing pistol under accusation of being Dalan/informant on 28 October 2022. The victim was a resident in Butar ward of Palate township.

· Thiha Zaw Htway made an IED attack on the Heart Zoom restaurant located in Win Htan Kwat Thit ward of Palate township on 24 December 24 2022 with the intent to create public panic.

It is reported that necessary measures will be taken to take harsh legal actions against the arrested offenders.

Source: Myawady Daily Newspaper (18-7-2023)