NAYPYITAW, 07 December 2021, (TON): Local anti-junta resistance forces said “they have strengthened their control over Myaung Township in Sagaing Region, carrying out security checks at entrances to the area and seizing boats and vehicles believed to belong to the coup regime.”

An officer from the group said “fighters from the Civilian Defence and Security Organization of Myaung (CDSOM) are checking vehicles as they come and go at five main points on the township’s outskirts, and are also checking boats that pass the area along the Chindwin river.”

He told media “the reason we have security checkpoints is for scouting purposes. It’s more about scouting than about control. That way we can gather intel on what times they enter which areas and what they can do and what they are doing. We are finally able to carry out such actions efficiently.”

On December 3 the CDSOM seized two boats passing along the Chindwin river, an oil vessel and a cargo ship, after those on board were unable to demonstrate that the vessels did not belong to the junta, the officer said. 

He said “we told them to confirm that the ships were not affiliated with the junta and nobody managed to do so.”