NSS – June 24 

The Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Than Swe, claimed that almost 6000 civilians were killed by the PDF terrorists since the terrorists aren’t aiming to fight against the Tatmadaw, however, instead of it, they kill the innocent civilians. 

The Union Minister addressed it at an informal meeting held at Pattaya City in Thailand in recent days. 

The Union Minister presented at the meeting that some ethnic armed organizations took advantages on political crisis by providing military training and equipping the youths to become the PDF terrorists since they allied with exile government called NUG in previous 2 years. Therefore, crisis has been arising in such areas where have been peaceful for 5 decades.

The minister highlighted that the terrorists never dare to face with Tatmadaw as they always have been subjecting the soft target of civilians by extrajudicial killing. 

The exiled NUG provides financial support to set armed the PDF terrorists and commands them to destroy schools, hospitals, infrastructures including offices, and to kill those who are assumed to be against with them. 

In the extrajudicial killing by the PDF terrorists, a total of 5846 as per reachable statistics, including 69 Buddhist monks, 187 students, 77 schoolteachers, 17 health staffs, veterans, parties’ members, and administrators including civil servants were sacrificed in terror incidents, he continued. 

As a matter of fact, at least 8 innocent civilians were brutally killed PER DAY under SPRING REVOLUTION by the PDF terrorists.