Naypyidaw ‘destroys’ 2020 election-related materials
Regime staff told DVB that they were ordered by the General Administration Department, which is under the Ministry of Home Affairs, to burn documents from the 2020 elections, and related data, in Yangon’s Dagon Seikkan Township on Wednesday.
One staff member told DVB on the condition of anonymity that Dagon Seikkan Township administrators and members of the regime’s Union Election Commission (UEC) burnt paper documents containing 2020 election data on Feb. 4. He said that this was also done in Yangon’s East, South, and North Dagon townships on the same day.
A source inside the Insein District administration in Yangon Region told DVB on the condition of anonymity that Naypyidaw established a 14-member committee tasked with “erasing 2020 election results and records, and performances of the National League for Democracy (NLD) government,” following the end of the 2025-26 elections on Jan. 25. Read more
NUG investigation continues into alleged embezzlement case
The National Unity Government (NUG) told DVB that an investigation is still underway in a case of alleged embezzlement by Kyi Pyar, a permanent secretary in the NUG Prime Minister’s Office, and her husband. The NUG stated on Nov. 24 that it had temporarily suspended Kyi Pyar from her duties and launched an investigation into her and her husband for alleged corruption and financial fraud.
A former NUG staff member in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) who had filed the complaint against Kyi Pyar told DVB on the condition of anonymity that they want accountability for the alleged corruption and financial fraud committed by the former NUG PMO permanent secretary and her husband. The NUG stated that it will complete its investigation by December but that no further actions will be taken until then.
Kyi Pyar filed charges of defamation against her 12 former staff members in the NUG PMO and accused them of “leaking state secrets.” The 12 complainants sent an open letter to the NUG and the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a group of lawmakers elected in 2020 but ousted in the 2021 military coup, on Jan. 28. It called on the NUG to “re-build public trust” by providing them justice.
Transitional administration to replace National Unity Government
The National Unity Government (NUG), an interim administration representing lawmakers ousted in the 2021 coup, and the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), an advisory body to the NUG, will be dissolved and form a transitional administration once a new constitution is adopted, members of the NUCC stated at a press conference in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Sunday.
“Once the transitional constitution is adopted, we’ll form a transitional government,” Toe Kyaw Hlaing, an NUCC spokesperson, told the media on Feb. 1. He added that this is in line with the Federal Democracy Charter, adopted by the NUCC on March 31, 2021. It was later validated and ratified by the First People’s Assembly held Jan. 27-29, 2022.
The charter aims to eradicate dictatorship, abolish the military-drafted 2008 Constitution, build a federal democratic union, and organize a new transitional government for the people of Burma. The NUCC was established by 33 resistance groups on March 8, 2021 to build an inclusive federal democratic union in Burma. Read more
News by Region
NAYPYIDAW—Min Aung Hlaing signed a law on Wednesday authorizing the creation of a five-member “Union Consultative Council” to oversee both the military and the government, including national security and the legislative process, to allow him to retain influence without having to be president.
“The formation of the Union Consultative Council represents a significant institutional shift, likely to create a ‘super-body’ designed to hold supreme authority above the executive, legislative, and judicial branches,” said Naing Min Khant, a program associate at the Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP-Myanmar). Read more
SAGAING—Aid workers in Wetlet Township told DVB that nearly 10,000 residents have been displaced from their homes due to a regime counteroffensive against the People’s Defence Force (PDF) since Sunday. Wetlet is located about 50 miles (80 km) east of the region’s capital Monywa.
A PDF member told DVB that there was still no fighting with regime forces in Wetlet on Feb. 3. Residents of Kanni Township, 37 miles (59 km) northwest of Monywa and 85 miles (136 km) west of Wetlet, told DVB the Burma Air Force carried out an airstrike on Feb. 3. No casualties were reported.
The PDF told DVB that pro-regime forces, including the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA), have recaptured over half of Banmauk, after they seized three of four neighborhoods in the town on Tuesday. Banmauk, located 235 miles (378 km) north of the region’s capital Monywa, was seized by resistance forces on Sept. 20, 2025.
A source from the PDF claimed that fighting is ongoing within a three mile radius of Banmauk town. Pro-regime forces recaptured most of Banmauk on Jan. 31, after seizing the hospital. The military launched a counteroffensive against forces led by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) there in November.
TANINTHARYI—A source told DVB that four out of ten passengers on a ferry commuting along the Dawei River in Thayetchaung Township were injured after an unknown armed group opened fire on Tuesday. Thayetchaung is located 18 miles (28 km) south of the region’s capital Dawei.
Witnesses said that the gunmen were not wearing uniforms and no military personnel were on board the ferry. The injured were taken to Dawei Hospital. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Locals rely on waterways due to fighting between regime and resistance forces along the Myeik-Dawei road.
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