Soldiers burn down 2 Ponna Kyunt villages with no provocation
Alocal resident informed that at around 2 am, nearly 100 junta soldiers enteredRay Yo Byint village with non-stop firing and set the entire village on fire.
“Laterthe soldiers went to Kha Mong Daw village and set the houses on fire by 4:30pm. The villagers fled in fear of atrocities,” he added.
Thesoldiers came by the naval ships and prior to their disembarkment, the navypersonnel fired continuously with heavy weapons on the village.
Anotherresident confirmed that the soldiers had burnt everything in both the villages.
“Thereis nothing left. All houses were set on fire. They have destroyed thevillages,” he added.
Thereare nearly 150 houses in Ray Yo Byint village and Kha Mong Daw supports around300 families. Both the villages are located on the other side of a creeknear Shwe Mingang port.
TheSittwe residents informed that the villages are a few kilometers away, but eventhough they could see the spiral smoke in the sky
Thousandsof villagers have fled to safer places leaving all their belongings in thevillages.
ASittwe-based politician alleges that the Burmese soldiers have not beenfollowing the Rules of Engagement (RoE) which must be honoured when thesoldiers engaged in wars against the Arakan Army members. The junta forces aretargeting the Rakhine population even in residential areas.
The Ponna Kyunt city market and Pong Taw market have been destroyedby the soldiers. Both the markets are known for various food items. Thesoldiers set both the markets on fire.
On 26 November, a Ray Yo Byint resident was injured after thesoldiers used a drone to shoot over the village in the afternoon hours.
Nextday, the military council forces shot with a drone that destroyed a Ray YoByint monastery.
Theresidents from both the villages and also Aung Myay Gone, Aung Zeya, Sar Taung Boke and Kan Chaung havefled to safer places as thesoldiers continued firing from the land as well the river using navypersonnel.
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