A strike campaign against China and the military dictatorship in Sarlingyi : Myanmar

2023 against China and the military dictatorship in Salling. During the strike action on December 25th.

Village picket line along the banks of the Chindin River

Sagaing Division In two crowded places in Sarlingyi Township, on December 25th, on Christmas Day, in addition to the Chinese government and the army, the strike column of the villages along the banks of the Chindin River held a protest movement to immediately stop the killing of the people.

He said that he had given away leaflets with words of encouragement to the people along with sweets.

Ko Aung Nakh Zaw, the leader of the strike column in the villages along the Chind River, told RFA that the strike campaign was carried out with three main objectives: to fight the military dictatorship and to warn China, as well as to encourage the people.

"The main purpose is to fight the military dictator. Another thing is that China has Min Aung Hlaing's side. Sitting on both sides of course. People don't look too much. China not to supply weapons to the military council. The military council is now getting income from China. Looking for mutual interests. That's why we request to stand on the side of the people. And of course share words of encouragement to the people. Let's remember the Christmas that people forget."

These strike movements are organizing the public in the military revolution, They said that their team will do everything they can because they are mainly strong in the areas of knowledge sharing and encouragement.

The picket line of the villages along the banks of the Chindin River has been working together with other picket lines these days, and has been carrying out public strike activities with the slogan, "Or the Chinese government has joined forces with the army to stop killing Burmese people immediately."

As their group, the Yangon Strike Force, Mandalay Strike Force Monywa University Students' Union Yimapin-Sallingyi Multi-Village Strike Committee Lepan Taung Main Strike Committee Lepataung Taung Regional Strike Committee The strike committee of small prisons He said that he is urging the Chinese government to stand with the Burmese people in cooperation with the New Vigor Strike Committee.

Mount Semeru erupted again with an eruption as high as 1 km : Indonesia 

Lumajang, East Java - Mount Semeru, which has a height of 3,676 meters above sea level (masl) in Lumajang Regency, East Java, erupted again with the height of the eruption column observed at around 1 kilometer above the peak on Monday.

The Mount Semeru Observation Post officer on Mount Sawur, Ghufron Alwi, in his written report said that an eruption of Mount Semeru occurred on December 25 2023 at 05.12 WIB.

"The height of the eruption column was observed to be around 1,000 m above the peak (± 4,676 meters above sea level). The ash column was observed to be gray in color with thick intensity towards the south," he said in his written statement.

According to him, the eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 22 mm and a duration of 248 seconds and the status of the highest mountain on the island of Java is still at level III or alert.

Mount Semeru's activity on Monday for the period 00.00-06.00 WIB recorded seismic observations of 19 earthquake eruptions with an amplitude of 11-22 mm and an earthquake duration of 73-151 seconds.

Then there was one hot cloud eruption earthquake with an amplitude of 22 mm and an earthquake duration of 248 seconds, one avalanche earthquake with an amplitude of 3 mm and an earthquake duration of 62 seconds, and three gust earthquakes with an amplitude of 5-7 mm with an earthquake duration of 52-58 seconds.

"We urge the public not to carry out any activities in the southeast sector along Besuk Kobokan as far as 13 km from the peak (center of the eruption)," he said.

Beyond this distance, people are not permitted to carry out activities within 500 meters of the river bank (river border) along Besuk Kobokan because they have the potential to be affected by the expansion of hot clouds and lava flows up to a distance of 17 km from the peak.

"People are also not allowed to carry out activities within a 5 km radius of the crater/top of Mount Semeru because it is prone to the danger of throwing rocks (incandescence)," he said.

He appealed to the public to be aware of the potential for hot cloud avalanches (APG), lava avalanches and lahars along rivers/valleys that originate at the peak of Mount Semeru Volcano, especially along Besuk Kobokan, Besuk Bang, Besuk Kembar and Besuk Sat as well as the potential for lahars in rivers -a small river which is a tributary of Besuk Kobokan.