The Internet in the Sagaing Region has been shut off due to Myanmar Junta raids

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

Myanmar's regime has cut internet connectivity in the Sagaing Region, which has a strong armed opposition to the junta.
It also conducts airstrikes and sets fire to towns.

Apart from four towns and cities, residents said the internet was down across the sprawling region's 34 townships, denying news of the conflict.

 

The internet was shut three days ago, according to a Tabayin resident, and only Sagaing, Monywa, Kale, and Shwebo had access.

Ayadaw, Yinmabin, Kani, Pale, Ye-U, Taze, and Budalin townships in the region lost internet service in September.

According to the Myanmar Institute for Strategy and Policy, the regime launched 19 air raids on the region between July and mid-February.

During that time, there were clashes in 16 townships, with at least 140 civilians murdered by junta forces, according to the institute's February report.

 

In the 13 months following the coup, the junta has set fire to at least 6,158 civilian dwellings, especially in places where anti-regime protests are strong.

According to the independent Data for Myanmar study group, the Sagaing Region received roughly 60% of the damage.

Residents are concerned that a lack of internet access may make it difficult for them to avoid junta raids and find sanctuary if they are targeted.

"If we don't get the word, it's quite difficult for the displaced, especially children and the elderly, to find safety," a Taze resident said.

 

He claimed that they had previously solicited money on Facebook, but that they are now on their own.

The dictatorship attacks towns and burns houses with aeroplanes, artillery, and allied Phyu Saw Htee forces.