Bago Region PDF reported that the battles took placed 4 times and at least 12 soldiers were killed and 6 ones were injured in Ka Nyut Kwin Township, Bago Region in April.
From 4th to 17th April, fierce fighting took place between the SAC Military and Bago District PDF-Battalion (3701), near the Ka Nyut Kwin Bridge, the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway, and the old Yangon-Mandalay-Road, in Ka Nyut Kwin township.
The battle was intense for days. There was mutual firing and mine-attacks. Many soldiers also were killed. Comrade Phoe Chit (Comrade Chit Myo Wai) and 2 others from our company were killed. Phoe Chit fell during the battle. It is likely that he was killed. I heard 3 gunshots and his screams, and 2 others were seriously injured and died on the way back. Comrade Phoe Chit’s death body could not be returned,” said a comrade from Division-6 of Bago District PDF-Battalion (3701).
On April 10th, in the battle near Ka Nyut Kwin Bridge, Comrade Phoe Chit (Chit Myo Wai), Comrade Bo Bo Aung, and Comrade Tint Lwin, who are 3 comrades from Bago District PDF-Battalion (3701), were killed.
Bago Region PDF announced that the burial ceremony of the 3 comrades killed in the battle, was held on 24th April.
MPA could not confirm the casualties of the SAC soldiers yet.
Since March, there have been the continued clashes between the Military of the SAC and the PDF in the eastern areas of Bago.