According to the NUG End of Dictatorship, it started with the sale of the land in Mandalay, confiscated by the junta army, for a housing project and within hours, they could raised nearly 9,000,000 USD from the sale.
In a weekly speech, the NUG Union Minister of Defence said that PDFs were to be cautious during their military operations and not to harm the public, their property and businesses unrelated to the military junta.