The members of local guerrilla groups had been accused of extorting money from civilians and allegedly turned themselves over to the junta’s forces with their weapons
Acquaintances questioned the prison authorities’ claim that the 25-year-old died of pneumonia and their reasons for failing to return his body to relatives
The woman was captured on Sunday while acting as a scout for a local defence team in Sagaing’s Ayadaw Township
An elderly woman with limited mobility died in a fire started by junta troops after they triggered mines set out by resistance fighters
After taking away 15 political inmates, authorities locked the remaining Daik-U detainees in their cells in a repeat of recent actions at another prison in Myingyan