On April 20, the SAC conducted an airstrike on the Township People’s Administration Office (Pa-Ah-Pha) on the western side of Htilin Township, Gangaw District, Magway Region. U Ko Lay, Chairman of the West Side of Htilin Township People’s Administration Office (Pa-Ah-Pha) published a list of the damage caused by the attack and apologized to the donor people for the loss.
“We are not negligent. Money of People and donors has been kept in advance along with the statistics so that there is no systematic spillage. Unfortunately, since April 17th, communication phone lines have been deliberately cut off. Then a large force came to attack our area. In case something happened, our office team gathered and packed all important documents, money, and other items to be prepared. When we were still asking for military news, we suddenly got an airstrike.”, Chairman U Ko Lay said.
As a result of the air attack, the office in the western part of Htilin Township lost nine computers, two printers, one copier, one office SURF car, three motorcycles, eight mobile phones, 135 lakhs of tax money deposited to Pa-Ah-Pha team, 245 lakhs of money deposited for arming to Village PDF, 78 lakhs of fund money received from Pa-Ah-Pha Team, and 46 lakhs of the value of the remaining things to be sold for the fund. The list has been published.
In addition, the defense equipment that arrived to be distributed to the local battalions was destroyed by an air attack before it could be distributed.
According to the list of the loss of defense equipment, 3 pistols, 150 pistol bullets, 110 Ak bullets, 5 boxes of soft dynamite, 500 detonators, 4 RPG shells, 1 rope of wire, and many other items were lost, and it was reported that about 150,000,000 (150 million kyats) were lost.
“We are giving the injured office staff the best possible medical treatment in a timely manner, and as soon as they are healthy, we will work more carefully and diligently than before, and we will return to serving Yaw Area and the country. We sincerely apologize to the parents and donors for what happened,” he continued.
As a result of the air attack, it was known that three comrades from the office team were killed and eight were injured.