22 January 2024
At the Sann Phoo Village intersection, Hoping Township, the armed groups with PNLO/PNLA uniforms, consisting of about 30 people fled after setting fire to the arms/ammunition and six vehicles they were carrying and then a minimum of 26 civilian houses in Sann Phoo village were destroyed by armed group fire, in the morning of January 21st. According to residents, out of the six vehicles, five of them were burnt down and the rest one was used for their escape.
The locals stated that the weapons and ammunition sold by the SSPP/SSA (Wanhai) group to Kayah PDFs will enter Kayah State via Mongping-Fale.
On their cars that were burned down by the explosives, one dead body in a PNLA uniform was arrested together with 526 light arms (burn down), more than 30,000 rounds of 5.56 ammunition, 20 rounds of 107mm rocket launchers (burn down and shells left), a lot of RPG rockets, and a large amount of ammunition are still under investigation remaining, It is reported.
