![]() ![]() 14, threatening to take action against their news outlets for “incorrectly” reporting on the incident. Irrawaddy and BBC reporters went into hiding after the junta issued a statement on state-controlled Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) at 8 p.m. It said three people were killed and 19 injured in the incident. The regime blamed the attack on an anti-junta People’s Defense Force (PDF) allied with the Karen National Liberation Army’s (KNLA) Brigade 1, the civilian National Unity Government and its parliamentary wing. Local reporters from two media outlets in Myanmar went into hiding after the country’s ruling military junta threatened to sue the news agencies for reporting that regime troops killed at least three civilians near a Buddhist pagoda in Mon state last week.īBC Burmese and The Irrawaddy online news journal reported that military soldiers allegedly fired random shots into crowds at the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in Mon state, one of the most famous Buddhist sites in Myanmar, on Oct.
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