NUG rejects regime claims of identifying 2,700 donors
The National Unity Government (NUG) has rejected a regime media report on Tuesday claiming that authorities in Naypyidaw claim to have obtained the details of more than 2,700 donors to its online fundraising platforms, accusing them of intimidation and disrupting its sources of funding for resistance operations in Burma.
“It is impossible to identify who a person is through the payment system on [our donation] website because only an alias and email address are required to register,” the NUG stated on Sept. 29, accusing Wave Money and its affiliated partner, Yoma Bank, of handing over clients’ confidential financial data and transaction records.
Regime media reported on Sept. 29 that 21 were arrested and over 2,700 people are alleged to have donated to the NUG’s online fundraising platforms. According to the regime, over 700 Wave Pay customers sent funds to the NUG and another 2,000 donors used NUG-linked financial platforms such as NUGPay and Spring Development Bank (SDB).
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Min Aung Hlaing to visit Malaysia in October
Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing is expected to visit Malaysia in October, state news reported on Wednesday. The announcement, delivered by Communications Minister and government spokesperson Fahmi Fadzil, comes as Putrajaya and Naypyidaw intensify bilateral discussions regarding the large-scale repatriation of 5,000 refugees.
Min Aung Hlaing, who was inaugurated president of Myanmar on April 10 following the conclusion of military-backed elections on Jan. 25, will meet with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to coordinate further returns. The upcoming diplomatic visit follows the deportation of 1,476 Burma nationals from Malaysia’s Lumut naval base on Sept. 29.
The deportees from Burma comprised 1,370 men, 79 women, and 27 children. They were all placed aboard three Burma Navy vessels. According to Malaysia, it has already approved a second phase to repatriate an additional 3,524 Burma nationals, fulfilling a broader bilateral agreement reached in July for the return of 5,000.
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More airstrikes target Rakhine State after 50 killed in Kyauktaw
At least one civilian was killed and eight others were injured during airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on Arakan State’s Pauktaw, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships on Wednesday. The three towns, located 20-131 (32-210 km) east and northeast of the state capital Sittwe, were seized by the Arakan Army (AA) in 2024.
A Rathedaung resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity that one man was killed and his wife was injured after twin strikes hit Kutaung village on Sept. 30. This attack follows international condemnation of airstrikes that killed at least 50 people in Arakan’s Kyauktaw Township, located 60 miles (96 km) north of the state capital Sittwe, on Sept. 28.
Kyauktaw was seized by the AA in February 2024. The NUG released a statement two days after the airstrikes, on Sept. 30, to condemn the killing of the 50 people in Kyauktaw. It went on to accuse the military of deliberately targeting a civilian area to create panic among civilians. Kyauktaw residents have fled their homes in fear of further airstrikes.
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News by Region
BAGO/MON—The NUG confirmed on Wednesday that members of its People’s Defence Force (PDF), which had “deserted” their posts, provided the military with the coordinates of its “Special Division Command,” which led to airstrikes killing one military defector and four PDF members on Sept. 24.
The facility is located along the Bago Region–Mon State corridor at an undisclosed location. The NUG added that the regime aims to sow division among resistance forces. It claimed that coordinates were provided by military informants among those living in the resistance-controlled territory. | NUG
MAGWAY—The military has destroyed 866 small-scale oil wells and refineries “illegally” operated by residents in Pakokku and Myaing townships since Sept. 18, the regime’s Ministry of Information (MOI) reported. It claimed that residents pay “protection fees” to the PDF to operate oil extraction and refining businesses.
The MOI added that there are 735 locations in Pakokku’s Yenanchat village and 131 in Myaing’s Letpanto and Kyaukkwet villages, where oil extraction and refining is taking place and accused the PDF of funding its “terrorist” operations through revenues collected from oil and gas. Read the full article on our website
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