Junta detains 11 villagers in Ayeyarwady Region’s Yekyi Twsp

By Admin 02 Oct 2025

DMG Newsroom
2 October 2025, Yekyi, Ayeyarwady Region
 
Myanmar’s military regime has arrested 11 people from Nyaung Hmaw and Thaung Tan villages in Yekyi Township, Ayeyarwady Region, on charges of being linked with anti-regime forces, according to local residents.
 
The villagers, nine men and two women, were arrested by the military regime on charges of supplying food to the Arakan Army (AA) and the People’s Defence Forces (PDF).
 
“They have been arrested by junta soldiers and police on charges of supplying food to the anti-regime forces since September 29. They are currently held at the junta’s No. 344 Artillery Battalion,” said a local man in Yekyi.
 
The 11 villagers are being held at the No. 344 Artillery Battalion in Myauksan Village, Yekyi Township, and are not being allowed to meet their families, according to people familiar with the situation.
 
“We have not been able to contact them. They are ordinary villagers. They were arrested because military informants reported that the rice they bought for consumption was being supplied to the resistance forces,” said another local resident. 
 
Currently, there is no serious fighting between the Myanmar military and anti-regime forces in Yekyi Township, but locals say they hear occasional gunfire near the junta’s No. 344 Artillery Battalion.
 
There is also a severe shortage of fuel in villages controlled by anti-regime forces in Ayeyarwady Region’s Yekyi and Laymyethna townships, and the price of the remaining fuel is reportedly rising.
 
“There is no fuel on the Pathein-Monywa road, which is controlled by the revolutionary forces,” said a local man in Laymyethna Township. “Especially in the villages on the western side of the highway, there is a fuel shortage because the military regime has completely restricted the transportation of fuel. Fuel prices at the remaining shops are also skyrocketing.”
 
The military regime has barred the transportation of fuel along the Pathein-Monywa road, and has only allowed limited transportation of food.
 
The price of fuel in villages along the Pathein-Monywa highway is currently more than K10,000 per litre, more than three times higher than in urban areas.
 
The Arakan Army and allied forces control the western side of the Pathein-Monywa road, while the military regime controls the eastern side of the highway.
 
A coalition force led by the Arakan Army has been launching operations in Yekyi, Laymyethna, Thabaung and Pathein townships in Ayeyarwady Region, and has so far seized at least 10 military camps.