Military Regime Spy Shot Dead, Eight Explosions Shakes Yangon

Myanmar security forces illustration (Twitter/@Yaellie2)

JAKARTA - Eight shocks struck Thaketa Township, Yangon when an administrator who had been a spy for the Myanmar military regime was shot dead, marking the increasing intensity of resistance by anti-regime forces.

The eight explosions that rocked Yangon took place near the No. 1 and No. 2 municipalities, local market, elementary school No. 37, and on Myoma 9th Street and Marn Pyay 20th Street.

Two separate explosions were reported at Police Station No.2. Several soldiers and police who had gone to investigate the first blast were injured when the second exploded as soon as they arrived, according to Thaketa residents. Myanmar Now was unable to independently verify this information at the time of reporting.

Meanwhile, environmental administrator Bhone Ngwe, who lives on Marn Pyay 20th Street, was shot dead by three men, according to local residents on condition of anonymity.

Like most other environmental administrators appointed by the military regime, Bhone Ngwe was accused of being a spy, notifying regime authorities of the activists' activities and whereabouts.

'He is a famous informant. Many of them were arrested because of him, "said Thaketa resident of Bhone Ngwe, as reported by Myanmar Now, Friday, May 28.

"He even cooked for and fed the junta armed forces. In the evening, he would go out with these people to show (the dissidents) houses. I heard he was shot at his house around 07.30," added the resident.

Neighborhood administrators and their offices have been the target of bomb attacks and arson in cities across Myanmar in the wake of the regime's brutal crackdown on peaceful anti-coup protests.

The exact number of such attacks is still unknown, but recent incidents suggest that opponents of the junta are using increasingly violent tactics against Myanmar's military regime.

Myo Lwin, administrator of ward No. 3 in Lanmadaw Yangon Township, dies with a gunshot to the head near his home on 8th Street on May 18, soon after an explosion was reported in his office.

To note, Myanmar's military regime has killed more than 830 people since seizing power on February 1. Thousands of others are still in prison, with many being tortured to death during interrogation.

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