By Ko Paing / MPA
In Okpho Township, Bago Region, PDFs launched a short-range attack on junta police officers who were about to forcibly conscript near the police station in Aye Mya Thayar Town, resulting in the immediate deaths of the police chief and the informant, according to reports.
Around 3:30 PM on September 16, five officers and an informant, all in plain clothes, were attacked by PDF forces on the main road in front of the high school in Aye Mya Thayar, Okpho Township, immediately killing the police chief, Zaw Win, and informant Ko Thet, according to the report of Company-4 of the Thayarwaddy District Battalion 3802, Okpho Underground Guerrilla Force, released today (September 17).
“All of them were in plain clothes. The two of them were shot in the head with an AK rifle, and they died instantly. The remaining three officers grabbed the police chief’s pistol and ran back to the station, which was only about 300 feet away. It’s close. Our forces couldn’t retreat right away either. We had to hold our position and only left at night. We didn’t make it back to the base until this morning,” said Yebaw Duya, the information and communication officer from Battalion 3801.
During the attack, the PDF forces reportedly seized a grenade, 180,500 kyats in cash, some documents, and a list of people scheduled to be drafted forcibly for military service.
Additionally, at around 10 PM, a 15-minute clash occurred on the outskirts of Aye Mya Thayar between resistance forces and the military junta troops.
“Our forces retreated after the mission, but junta soldiers, Pyusawhtee militia members, and police came down from the eastern side of Aye Mya Thayar and the mountain range. There was another clash there. Our PDF forces followed through since the combatants on the mission took so long to return, and there were junta casualties. We’re not sure about the exact numbers because it happened at night,” the officer added.
Junta forces, upon facing significant casualties, reportedly set fire to and destroyed three civilian homes near the site of the battle.
MPA was not able to independently verify the deaths of the police chief and the informant.
