It is reported that about 8,000 residents have fled because of the 3-day patrolling of the SAC military troops in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region.
It is known from the Kyunhla activists that from 1st to 3th April, about 100 strengths of Battalion KhaLaYa-137 and Pyusawhti joined force had patrolled and burned down In Lingyi, Shạw Pyu Gone and Nyan In Villages, and 100 houses of 2 villages that are Yạng Phyu Gone and Nyan In were burnt to arson, and the number of houses of the In lingyi village burned down by the fire is still being investigated.
The locals from 9 villages including Nyaungpin Ywama, Ywa Thet, Nyaung Paung Yin, Zikanar, Chak Gone, Naw Kone, are fleeing to safety.
He also said that the Pyusawhit people were issued the guns by the military of the SAC and looted public property of the villagers.
At around 6:00 a.m. of March 30th, the Battalion KhaLaYa-137 arrested as human shields a 13-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man who were fleeing the war in the south of the Alae Gone village, and shot and killed the 22-year-old man.