More than 6,000 locals fled overnight due to patrolling by junta military arriving at Zipyar police station of Pauk Township.
People nearby villages of Dattaw and Wuntin fled immediately _ due to the column arriving at Zipyar police station on October 18, headed towards these villages on October 20.
A Pauk northern revolutionary comrade said, junta troops are coming back from Aungsithar. It doesn’t know surely which village they’ll go.
Locals not form Dattaw and Wuntin villages, but from Thanein, Gwe Gon, Ga Pin In, and Kyung Tain villages, are fleeing to the nearby forests and villages in this evening.
Locals of Sthein, Gwe Gon, Ge Ping In, and Kyun Tain have fled since October 16 _ the convoy started to leave Shweboe Thar village.
Since SAC troops coming, I’ve fled for almost a week. At that time, I fled in the forest. Due to the battle near that forest, I arrived Wartin recently _ but I’ll fled again, IDP from Wartin village said.
A column came to deliver food to the villages of Pyusawhit and SAC bases, but troops did not carry much food and looted only public properties along the way and went to the Zipyar Police Station, according to report.
