NAYPYITAW, 04 November 2021, (TON): The administrator of Thinpyo village in Mandalay’s Kyaukse Township was shot three times and died, while announcing through a megaphone that residents needed to pay their electricity bills or face a power cut.

A local resistance force calling itself the Dragon Kyaukse Defence Force (DKDF) released a statement just hours after the assassination claiming responsibility for the killing of 50-year-old Thein Htay.

A spokesperson for the group alleged that Thein Htay was a known military informant who willingly assisted the junta in apprehending anti-coup activists.

The spokesperson told media “many people had to go into hiding because of him. He also helped the military get more funds [by collecting payments for the electricity bills] and he threatened the people with power cuts.”

He added “we looked into his history to make sure we got the right person and then we decided to kill him.”

A Thinpyo local also accused the late administrator of threatening villagers and collaborating with the military.

He said “he was a really bad person. He used to accuse the people he didn’t like of being members of the PDF [People’s Defence Force] and get the military torture and arrest them.”

He added “he was hated by the whole village.”