Sagaing Division 2023 to Khranchye Kone Village of Into Township. On September 15th, seeing the monastery that was destroyed by the military council airstrike.
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The Air Force Chiefs of the five ASEAN member countries visited Nay Pyi Taw for four days from September 12 to 15 to attend the 20th meeting of the ASEAN Air Force Chiefs held by the Military Council.
According to the lists compiled by RFA at the same time when the ASEAN air force chiefs arrived in Myanmar, during this period, the military council in Sagaing Province, Into, pearl thing At least 20 airstrikes were carried out in Mon Township of Baguio Province and Mokot Township of Mandalay Region.
As a result of these attacks, two local residents were killed and more than 6,000 were forced to flee their homes.
Sagaing Division Into Township, On the night of September 15th, a jet fighter bombed the Khranchye Kone village monastery, killing two locals.
The deceased were 77 years old. A resident of the village of Khranchye Kone said that they were the 57-year-old sitting monk, Lord Rajinda, and 42-year-old Kappiya Ko Win Thein.
"Around 8 o'clock, the monastery was dropped by an airplane. Seconds later, it was hit with a howitzer (weapon) from the inn. The monastery was shot. A monk was killed. A civilian died. At night, he went out of the village and had to sleep. He was being shot from time to time. Now he is not stable. They are surrounding him because they have to bury him face down. The monk had to bow his head and the back end was completely opened. The civilian opened his chest. right"
There are 115 houses in the village of Khranchye Kone, which is only 11 miles away from Into town. He said that there was no fighting near the village, but the military council army bombarded it with airplanes.
The Karen National Union (KNU) announced that three helicopters came and fired 13 times on villages in Moen Township, Bago Province, around 10:00 a.m. on September 14.
A resident said that the entire village had to flee due to the air raid.
"When we ran, we went towards them and avoided them. We were going. They shot us with a plane there, so we had to return to our side. Since our side has calmed down, all their villages were destroyed and all of them fled."
The local residents are still unable to return to their homes due to the lack of air safety and are continuing to take refuge in nearby villages and forests, he said.
Hokhogo village Wegyi village Sipalay Village, The village of land The KNU announced on September 15 that more than five thousand people (5295 people) have fled their homes in the villages of Mythalin and Uynigon.
Similarly, Mandalay On the evening of September 15th, a jet fighter came and shot near Kone San Village in Mokot Township for almost 15 minutes. Residents said that after the military council army and the Taang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fought near Kone San Village, the military council bombarded the area with an airplane.
TNLA spokesman Lt. Col. My Aik Kyaw said that the military council has been conducting airstrikes more often recently.
"Since around 2015, our group has been attacked by air. Most of the time, we have seen more aerial attacks from their side. Later, whether there were any casualties or not, there were attacks directed at civilian offices where there was no fighting. Last month, there was no fighting in Taungkheo Hill, but there was also an attack with a jet plane."
He said that since July 23, 2023, there have been frequent clashes between the Military Council Army and the TNLA, and that there have been 40 clashes in more than a month. Lt. Col. My Aik Kyaw said that during these battles, the military council only attacked civilian targets by air.
Regarding these attacks, I called General Zaw Min Tun, the spokesperson of the Military Council, but he did not answer.
"It should not be possible to hold a meeting of the Asean Air Force in Nay Pyi Taw in a situation where it is being attacked from the air. "
Union Parliament Representative Committee (CRPH) spokesperson U Than Thu Maung said that ASEAN countries should not have attended the Air Force Chief's meeting led by the Military Council, which is targeting civilians from the air.
"Regarding the airstrikes directed at civilians who are not military targets, we are aware of the serious situation of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and human rights violations, and we are pointing out that if we attend, we are encouraging terrorism. In the situation where more than 18 million people in need of humanitarian aid are being attacked by terrorist airstrikes, this kind of Air Force meeting should not be held in Nay Pyi Taw."
To avoid attending the meeting of ASEAN Air Force Chiefs led by the Military Council, domestic, Despite the opposition of foreign organizations, Brunei, Cambodia Vietnam Air force chiefs from Laos and Thailand came in person.
Singapore and the Philippines sent a video message to the meeting, but Malaysia, Indonesia did not come in person and did not send a video message.
Indonesia : Putu Supadma asked the police to immediately investigate the cause of the National Museum fire
Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Putu Supadma, asked the police to immediately investigate the cause of the fire at the National Museum, Jakarta, considering that currently the temporary estimate is that it was still due to an electrical short circuit from a bed in the renovation area behind Building A. He also asked the relevant institutions to immediately record the impact and the amount of loss due to the fire incident.
"And what is even more important is the number of museum collections that were burned," said Putu Supadma in Jakarta, Sunday.
He considered the fire at the National Museum on Saturday (16/9) night to be a momentum to strengthen the protection of museums and their governance.
Putu, who is the Chair of the Indonesian Museum Association, also hopes that the central government and regional governments can provide insurance assistance, especially for the safety of buildings and historical items from possible risks, for example fire.
He continued that the scope of museum management regulations also needs to be made comprehensive. This is because these provisions are the basis for the management and development of museums, including developing human resource capacity, management which also includes safety aspects of museum buildings and collections.
"For this reason, the Indonesian Museum Association hopes that the DPR RI and the government will immediately discuss the Bill (Draft Law) on Museums," said Putu Supadma.
On the same occasion, Putu also assessed the need to form a National Museums Agency. He explained that this agency could help the government protect and improve the use of historical collections belonging to more than 500 museums in Indonesia.
The National Museum, which is also popularly known as the Gajah Museum, occupies an area of 26,500 square meters on Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Jakarta, and is divided into building A and building B. Building A is the main
exhibition space for the collection of historical objects, while building B consists of offices, conference rooms, laboratories, and libraries.
There are at least more than 140,000 historical objects collected by the National Museum. These objects are divided into seven categories, namely archaeology, ethnography, geography, ceramics, numesmatics and heladrics, prehistory and history.
China : After the implementation of the "one village, one gate" system in Chulukai, Yining, foreign reporters have never set foot in the village.
In every statement about the Uighur situation, the Chinese authorities are urging foreign journalists to visit the region and observe the situation on the spot; But on the other hand, the Uighurs have built multiple barriers in the country, making it impossible for foreign journalists to visit. A security director in Chulukai Village, Yining County, who received our reporter's call, introduced the strictness of the village's surveillance system, and noted that foreigners are not allowed to enter the village gate and that no foreign reporter has entered the village in the past 6 years.
Criticized by the Western community for the Uyghur massacre, the Chinese authorities are urging foreigners, especially foreign journalists, to visit Uyghur and see the situation with their own eyes after they failed to show evidence to deny the accusations. But on the other hand, the monitoring system that already exists in the region will be further strengthened, and the visits of the few foreign reporters who have been able to reach the region are gradually becoming an obstacle. For example, enclosing villages within a wall and allowing people to enter and exit through a gate is one such barrier.
After it was revealed that Chulukai Village in Yining County was completely surrounded by a wall last week, today we reported on the implementation of this system in other villages in Yining County.
The relevant officials have withdrawn from reporting on this topic. It turns out that the walling of villages is not only to restrict the voluntary activities of the residents of the village, but also to prevent strangers, especially foreigners, from entering the village. In the course of our phone interviews, our phone was reconnected to the director of security in Chulukai village with whom we spoke last week. This time, we asked him about the implementation of the "one village, one gate" system in other villages. He is aware that this system is being implemented by county; He stated that he learned this from the Chinese word "Dui Jiangji" used by security personnel during their work.
The officer said that the security guards at the gate not only monitor the entry and exit of residents in the village, but also sensitively monitor the entry and exit of strangers. Due to the strictness of this observation, foreign reporters have not set foot in the village since the end of 2017.
Mr. Ilshat Hasan, a political observer who spent his childhood and adolescence in Chulukai village and currently lives in the United States, recalled that in Chulukai, they did not set doors to their gardens, and even some families did not lock their backyard gates.
Dear radio listeners, after the implementation of the "one village, one gate" system in Chulukai, Yining, we broadcasted that foreign journalists have not set foot in this village.