Junta and PNO torch over 30 houses in Pekon Township village

Junta troops and allied Pa-O National Organization (PNO) militia entered a village in western Pekon (Phekhon) Township, southern Shan State, and burned more than 30 houses without provocation.

Around 4:00 am on October 13, junta and PNO troops suddenly arrived at Bawyan Village in Hkawngei Village Tract and set houses on fire, a Phekhon Shan Youth Network (PSYN) official told Shan Herald.

“Early this morning, over 30 houses were burned down in Bawyan Village, and junta troops are still there,” he reported.

Clashes broke out on October 11 between the Karenni resistance coalition and junta troops advancing toward Bawyan Village in western Pekon Township. Two days later, junta and PNO troops set the village on fire.