By Nway / MPA
Although It has been a month since the Defense Forces temporarily captured and subsequently retreated from Tabayin, Sagaing Region, residents remain unable to return to their homes.
On August 16, the Defense Forces launched an attack on Tabayin, successfully capturing the town within three days. From that time, residents were forced to flee the area.
“People are still displaced. Some are taking refuge in nearby areas. According to the township administration, there are about 400 households displaced, though the number could be higher,” said a representative from the Tabayin Township Brotherhood to MPA.
Displaced residents are reportedly in need of food and basic supplies.
“Initially, the villages that took them in provided meals, but as time went on, those villages could no longer sustain them. So, they have to find whatever they can to survive. When donors step in, we help organize meals, whether it’s a single meal or enough for the whole day,” the representative continued.
On August 18, after the military regime forces re-entered Tabayin in the afternoon, they began torching wards in Tabayin and nearby Kanpyar Village with the full extent of the damage remaining unknown.
In the morning of August 18, Defense Coalition Forces managed to seize Tabayin but subsequently withdrew in the evening following the junta airstrikes and airlifted reinforcements.
During the town-seizing battle, two Pyusawhtee militia members surrendered by raising white flags. Forty-one non-CDM staff members and their 80 family members were taken into custody, according to the report of the People’s Defense Force of Sagaing Region on August 18.
