National Unity Government claims resistance controls 144 townships; Malaysia intercepts boats with 300 Myanmar nationals

The National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Defense claimed on Saturday that its armed wing, the People’s Defense Force (PDF), along with Ethnic Resistance Organizations (EROs) have seized 144 out of 330 townships nationwide with 48 of them under full resistance control. Seventy-nine townships remain contested between the military and the resistance.