Junta torches 40 more houses in Palaw

Junta troops raided Shatpon Village in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, and torched approximately 40 houses before leaving.

At around noon on January 31, a 40-strong junta column reached the village and torched houses in the town center.

Shortly after PDF members attacked a nearby junta encampment, the junta reportedly retaliated by burning houses in Shatpon Village, locals said.

Shatpon remains caught between parallel deployments of junta and PDF forces, with regime troops stationed on the eastern outskirts and resistance fighters on the western outskirts.