#Cdf incidents code

He is also facing other incitement charges related to his anti-coup activism last year. Wai Yan Phyo Moe, who is vice president of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions, was previously sentenced to two years and one month in prison for taking part in a campaign calling for the restoration of internet access in Rakhine State in 2020. But I’m worried about Wai Yan Phyo Moe, as he has a history inside the prison,” said Thet Naung, the lawyer representing Wai Yan Phyo Moe and Sitt Naing. “They were very calm and collected when they received the sentence. They were tried by a special prison court and sentenced on Monday, their lawyers said.

#Cdf incidents code

Wai Yan Phyo Moe, Sitt Naing, Lay Pyay Soe Moe, and Thuta Soe were among hundreds arrested last March for taking part in protests in Yangon’s Tamwe Township.Īll four were found guilty of violating Section 505a of the Penal Code for their part in leading the protests. Hundreds of residents from five villages have fled their homes as a result.įour student leaders held in Yangon’s notorious Insein Prison for nearly a year have been sentenced to three years with hard labour for incitement, according to their lawyers. Troops from the military convoy targeted by the CDF have raided several villages along their route, looting property there, the CDF said. Junta officials could not be reached for comment and the coup regime has not commented on the attacks. The cars were only carrying a few people and supplies so we have been clashing for the most part with the scouting troops.”īesides the 20 soldiers killed, numerous others were injured, he added. “We would go and attack them every 5-10 miles. “There were around 60 scouting troops in front of the military vehicles,” said Yaw Marn. One attack on the evening of February 2 took place 30 miles from Matupi.

The CDF fighters attacked the convoy at milestone 70, then again at milestone 56, and then in five more locations at intervals of several miles. The 100-mile return journey to Mindat should normally take less than a day, but the convoy has only been able to travel a few miles per day because of the attacks, said Yaw Marn, a Mindat CDF spokesperson. The convoy contains over 80 vehicles and left Matupi on January 24 after travelling there earlier in the month to drop off reinforcements and supplies, the group said. The Mindat branch of the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) said it detonated improvised bombs along the road and engaged in shootouts with foot soldiers who were marching ahead of military vehicles as scouts. Resistance fighters in Chin State say they have repeatedly attacked a convoy of junta troops and vehicles travelling along the mountainous road from Matupi to Mindat over the past two weeks, killing at least 20 soldiers.