6,000 Villagers Evicted by Junta-Aligned PNO are Suffering

About 6,000 villagers who were forcibly evicted from their homes in Hsihseng Township, southern Shan State, by the Pa-O National Organisation (PNO), a junta-aligned ethnic armed organisation (EAO), are facing severe hardship.

The PNO initially ordered all the residents of Nawngkyaw and Taungshey village tracts to leave their homes by 15 June 2025, before extending the deadline to 30 June, after residents requested an extension so that they could complete agricultural work. No reason was given for the PNO’s eviction order.

6,000 villagers from Nawngkyaw and Taungshey village tracts have now fled their homes and are now sheltering in Hsihseng Township in three areas,  in Hpayarhpyu Village; in Sakhawkhun Village on vacant land near a corn warehouse on the outskirts of Hsihseng Town; and near Mwedaw Pagoda in Mwedaw Village.