Kyaukphyu IDPs flee again after junta airstrikes near Ramree shelter site

By Admin 03 Jun 2026

DMG Newsroom

3 June 2026, Kyaukphyu

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Kyaukphyu Township sheltering near the Peinhne Mountain Range in Ramree Township are fleeing to other locations due to fears of further junta airstrikes.

The regime carried out airstrikes near Mt. Peinhne on 28 May and 1 June, killing and injuring at least 12 people, including local residents and displaced civilians.

Following the attacks, aircraft and drones have continued to fly over the area, prompting many IDPs to leave as they no longer feel safe.

“The Arakan Army (AA) relocated some IDPs, while others moved using their own money. Yesterday, people were relocating throughout the day. We had to collect donated lunch boxes from Ramree and nearby villages to feed them,” a woman in Ramree told DMG.

Thousands of residents from more than 30 villages in Kyaukphyu Township are currently taking shelter near the Mt. Peinhne area.

Local residents said the regime is deliberately targeting areas where displaced people are known to be living despite the absence of active fighting nearby.

“In reality, this has nothing to do with where the fighting is taking place. There is no way their reconnaissance planes and drones do not know that IDPs are living here. They intentionally attacked despite knowing it was an IDP site,” an IDP in the area said.

Fighting remains intense between regime forces and the Arakan Army near the Taung Maw Gyi naval station, and sources on the ground said junta forces are suffering heavy casualties.

Mt. Peinhne is located about six miles from the current clash site, and local residents said the regime is increasingly targeting civilian-populated areas as it faces military setbacks.

“The IDPs from Kyaukphyu have moved from one place to another, and when a place is no longer safe, they move again. For some, it has happened four or five times already. I want the international community to take action by any means against this military that is causing such misery to the people,” said a woman in Kyaukphyu involved in social relief work.

Clashes in Kyaukphyu continue on a daily basis, and because the regime has been unable to make gains on the ground, it has intensified attacks using air and naval forces.

As a result, civilian casualties continue to rise, with at least 170 people killed or injured during more than a year of fighting in Kyaukphyu Township.