More than 7,000 local residents from 6 villages have fled to safety due to heavy weapons fire from the State Administrative Military Council. According to the local residents, the SAC Military Council forces started firing heavy weapons at Takaychaung, Nghet Pyaw Taw, Zee Khome, Pitouttaw, Chanmyae and Kayawayseik villages in Kyaikhto Township beginning at 9:00 PM on March
Two men were killed when they were hit by a junta artillery shell in Karawaleseik Village, in Mon State’s Bilin Township on 20 March at about 7:30 p.m.
Following the assault on the residence of the Division Commander and the Division Headquarters office located at the headquarters of the No. 44 Light Infantry Division in Kyaikhto Township, Mon State, on March 21 at 10:00 am, the Kyaikhto Revolution Force (KRF) reported that the Military Council's troops have retaliated by launching artillery shells into the adjacent village.