• Burmese
Thursday, July 10, 2025
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Irrawaddy
21 °c
Falkenstein
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
No Result
View All Result
The Irrawaddy
No Result
View All Result
Home News Burma

Regime Chiefs Plotting ‘Kill All, Torch All’ Policy in Upper Myanmar

The Irrawaddy by The Irrawaddy
March 7, 2022
in Burma, Factiva, News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0 0
A A
Regime Chiefs Plotting ‘Kill All

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing (left) and his deputy Soe Win.

6.3k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Myanmar junta is planning a ‘kill all, torch all’ policy in Sagaing Region to crush People’s Defense Forces (PDF) there, according to sources with knowledge of the plan.

At a recent meeting, the military regime leadership decided to eliminate resistance forces in Sagaing Region before the annual Armed Forces Day on March 27, inside sources told The Irrawaddy.

Prominent PDF leader Bo Nagar from Sagaing’s Pale Township said PDFs are closely monitoring the movements of junta forces in the area because they have also received the same information.

RelatedPosts

Junta Bombing of Resistance-Held Areas in Mandalay, Karenni Kills Seven Civilians

Junta Bombing of Resistance-Held Areas in Mandalay, Karenni Kills Seven Civilians

July 10, 2025
3
Myanmar Junta Deploying Conscripts in Major Push to Reclaim Lost Territory

Myanmar Junta Deploying Conscripts in Major Push to Reclaim Lost Territory

July 10, 2025
109
‘Reforms Are Not Optional’: Prominent Activist Urges NUG to Act Before It’s Too Late

‘Reforms Are Not Optional’: Prominent Activist Urges NUG to Act Before It’s Too Late

July 9, 2025
686

“What I am sure is that all the people in Sagaing Region harbor grudges [against the regime]. Their resentment will not diminish. At least 80 per cent of the people in Sagaing Region have witnessed their wickedness. We will never give up our revolution,” said Bo Nagar.

Remains of houses torched by junta soldiers in Thabyayaye and Chin Pone villages in Yinmabin, Sagaing Region. (Photo: Yinmabin Information)

The PDF chief said that he has not yet decided on a counter-strategy, but will respond accordingly to the regime’s attacks.

Resistance groups in Sagaing have come under attack from both ground forces and airstrikes in recent months.

Ko Poe Si, a resistance fighter from Sagaing’s restive Yinmabin Township, said junta troops have executed civilians and torched and looted houses while raiding villages.

Remains of houses torched by junta soldiers in Thabyayaye and Chin Pone villages in Yinmabin, Sagaing Region. (Photo: Yinmabin Information)

“We will not surrender because we are fighting for federalism. We will keep fighting. I am concerned for monks, children and elderly persons. They [junta soldiers] have raped women and tortured and killed elderly people,” Ko Poe Si told The Irrawaddy.

However, he added that local PDFs lack the weapons to launch large-scale attacks on the Myanmar military.

An aerial of view of Thabyayaye Village after it was torched by regime forces. (Photo: Myauk Yamar PDF)

“We can’t carry out attacks on them. We can only ambush them using mines, and this is the way we have to fight them. We don’t have the arms to counter-attack. We have to rely heavily on traditional hunting rifles and they can’t be used for long-range attacks,” said Ko Poe Si.

On February 26, Chin Pone Village and nearby areas in Yinmabin were targeted by indiscriminate airstrikes and junta soldiers airlifted by helicopters.

Junta forces were deployed in Chin Pone for two days. During that time they killed at least nine people and held over 80 primary schoolchildren captive so that they could be used as human shields in case of attacks by PDFs.

An aerial of view of Thabyayaye Village after it was torched by regime forces. (Photo: Myauk Yamar PDF)

The children, who were all under the age of 12 with many around five to seven-years-old, were detained while attending a kindergarten at the monastery. Five houses, five cars and some 60 motorbikes were torched by junta forces before they left for nearby Thabyayaye Village, where they also torched houses and killed villagers.

The regime carried out 19 air raids in Sagaing from July 2021 to February 10, 2022, according to the Institute for Strategy and Policy Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar). There were clashes in 16 townships in Sagaing during that period, and at least 140 civilians were killed in junta massacres in those townships, according to a February 11 report from ISP-Myanmar.


You may also like these stories:

Junta Watch: Myanmar Military ‘Not Worried’ as World Shuns Main Supplier Russia

Myanmar Junta Denies Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners

Both Sides Sustain Casualties as Fighting Rages Between PDFs and Myanmar Junta

Your Thoughts …
Tags: Institute for Strategy and Policy MyanmarISP Myanmarjuntamilitary regimeMyanmar MilitaryPDFPeople’s Defense ForcesSagaing RegionYinmabin Township
The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy

...

Similar Picks:

Enter the Dragon, Exit the Junta: Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance makes Chinese New Year Vow
Burma

Enter the Dragon, Exit the Junta: Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance makes Chinese New Year Vow

by The Irrawaddy
February 12, 2024
44.8k

Ethnic armed grouping says it will continue Operation 1027 offensive until goal of ousting the junta is achieved. 

Read moreDetails
Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses
Business

Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses

by The Irrawaddy
November 27, 2023
38.6k

Jin San Jiao is latest northern Shan State trade hub in crosshairs of ethnic Brotherhood Alliance.

Read moreDetails
Arakan Army Captures Myanmar Junta Brigade General in Chin State Rout: Report
Burma

Arakan Army Captures Myanmar Junta Brigade General in Chin State Rout: Report

by The Irrawaddy
January 15, 2024
36.6k

Rakhine-based armed group has reportedly detained the chief of 19th Military Operations Command after seizing his base in Paletwa Township.

Read moreDetails
China-Backed Illegal Rare Earth Mining Surging in Northern Myanmar
Burma

China-Backed Illegal Rare Earth Mining Surging in Northern Myanmar

by Yan Naing
July 15, 2022
34.8k

A Myanmar military-backed militia in Kachin State is protecting Chinese-run mines that produce coveted rare earth minerals used in hi-tech...

Read moreDetails
AA Urges Myanmar Junta Troops to Surrender as Western Command Burns
War Against the Junta

AA Urges Myanmar Junta Troops to Surrender as Western Command Burns

by The Irrawaddy
December 18, 2024
25.4k

Ethnic army reportedly poised to capture regime’s last stronghold in Rakhine State.

Read moreDetails
Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance Calls on Northeast Command Chief to Surrender
War Against the Junta

Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance Calls on Northeast Command Chief to Surrender

by The Irrawaddy
August 9, 2024
24.9k

Brigadier-General Soe Hlaing handed ultimatum to relinquish northern Shan State after resistance seizes command base in Lashio.

Read moreDetails
Load More
Next Post
Myanmar Junta Suffers Heavy Losses in Kayah State: Resistance

Myanmar Junta Suffers Heavy Losses in Kayah State: Resistance

Myanmar Regime Revokes Citizenship of 11 Prominent Resistance Figures

Myanmar Regime Revokes Citizenship of 11 Prominent Resistance Figures

No Result
View All Result

Recommended

37 Years and Counting: Why Has Myanmar’s Democracy Struggle Taken So Long?

37 Years and Counting: Why Has Myanmar’s Democracy Struggle Taken So Long?

1 week ago
1.4k
China’s Surveillance State Watches Everyone, Everywhere

China’s Surveillance State Watches Everyone, Everywhere

2 days ago
773

Most Read

  • Chin Resistance Tensions Boil Over as CNA Seizes Rival’s Myanmar HQ

    Chin Resistance Tensions Boil Over as CNA Seizes Rival’s Myanmar HQ

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • ‘Reforms Are Not Optional’: Prominent Activist Urges NUG to Act Before It’s Too Late

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Trump’s Tariffs to Hit Myanmar’s Garment Manufacturers Hard

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Myanmar Junta’s Top Russian Arms Supplier Tosses in Quake ‘Donation’

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Myanmar Junta Starves Last Rakhine Strongholds as AA Closes In

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Newsletter

Get The Irrawaddy’s latest news, analyses and opinion pieces on Myanmar in your inbox.

Subscribe here for daily updates.

Contents

  • News
  • Politics
  • War Against the Junta
  • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
  • Conflicts In Numbers
  • Junta Crony
  • Ethnic Issues
  • Asia
  • World
  • Business
  • Economy
  • Election 2020
  • Elections in History
  • Cartoons
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Commentary
  • Guest Column
  • Analysis
  • Letters
  • In Person
  • Interview
  • Profile
  • Dateline
  • Specials
  • Myanmar Diary
  • Women & Gender
  • Places in History
  • On This Day
  • From the Archive
  • Myanmar & COVID-19
  • Intelligence
  • Myanmar-China Watch
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Food
  • Fashion & Design
  • Videos
  • Photos
  • Photo Essay
  • Donation

About The Irrawaddy

Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government. We believe that media must be free and independent and we strive to preserve press freedom.

  • Copyright
  • Code of Ethics
  • Privacy Policy
  • Team
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Burmese

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Business Roundup
  • Books
  • Donation

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.