Saturday, March 29, 2025

Update after Earthquake in Myanmar, Saturday March 29

More than 80 historic buildings including pagodas, Buddhist temples, monasteries and mosques were destroyed in Mandalay, Sagaing, Naypyitaw and Bago regions and Shan State during the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar northwest of Sagaing city on Friday, according to the civilian National Unity Government (NUG). (report by irrawaddy.com).

Here you see the damage at Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, commonly known as the Me Nu Brick Monastery, in Inwa. Together with Aung Ban hotel, fire at Mandalay University of Medicine and collapsed Sky Villa Condominium in Mandalay.



Me Nu Brick Monastery again:



The iconic Ava Bridge in Sagaing has collapsed into the Irrawaddy River.



Rescuers are still struggling to retrieve trapped victims from Mandalay’s Sky Villa Condo collapse in Aung Myay Thar Zan Township.



As of the evening of March 28, the Myanmar Fire Services Department announced that 43 people had been rescued alive and 9 bodies were recovered during search and rescue operations at the Sky Villa building in Mandalay, Ah Si reports.

See also Great Wall Hotel on 78th Street in Mandalay:



Mandalay Than Laek Maw West Ward burnt after earthquake:



Terrible destruction in Inlay (Inle Lake):



Destruction from earthquake in Inlay (Inle Lake):



Over 40 dead and 808 houses are broken in Inlay, reports Ngwe Zin Thaw.
Situation around Phaung Daw U Pagoda (Inle Lake):


Hte Lo Min Lo Pagoda in Bagan shaking during earthquake:



Mingun Pahtodawgyi before and after earthquake:



Ava old City: Nothing left after earthquake:



Hsinbyume Pagoda (Myatheindan Pagoda) in Mingun before and after:



U Hla Thein monastery in Mandalay collapsed



Sagaing town after earthquake:





Maha Muni Pagoda, Mandalay:



East side of Maha Myat Muni Pagoda, Mandalay. The eastern archway of the Maha Myat Muni Pagoda in Mandalay has collapsed, trapping people inside. West entrance gate of famous Mahamuni Pagoda has collapsed.






Friday, December 13, 2024

Myanmars Military Junta loses Control of Western Border

14. December 2024

Jonathan Head and Burmese BBC describe, how Myanmars military junta lost the control of the border with Bangladesh. The insurgent Arakan Army took the Border Guard Police compound near Maungdaw and now controls the 270km dividing Myanmar from Bangladesh. Only the Rakhine State capital Sittwe is still in military hands. The Arakan Army is likely to be the first insurgent group to take complete control of a state in Myanmar.


Tuesday, October 8, 2024

More than 300 Chinese nationals handed to China by Wa State after Crackdown on Cyber Scam

August 16
Wa State raided scam compound in largest operation since its crackdown on cyberfraud began last year. 308 Chinese nationals and seized equipment handed over to Chinese police on Yunnan border on 17 Aug.



Chinese Suspects in Scam in Kokang handed to China by Wa State

August 21
Wa State arrests 9 Chinese suspects allegedly involved in the Crouching Tiger Villa (卧虎山庄) scam compound in Kokang, where a massacre of workers allegedly happened in 2023. Suspects handed to China.




What a South African Victim reports about the Cyber-Scamming-Industry in Myanmar

August 27:
Cyber scam operations in Myawaddy along the Thailand-Myanmar border are not just a threat to Southeast Asians, but a global threat. @EmilyFishbein11 talks to South African victims trafficked into the cyber-scamming industry. What they told her.




Chinas Public Security says over 50'000 Chinese Fraud Suspects arrested in Northern Myanmar

August 28:
Ministry of Public Security states during press conference that over 50,000 Chinese fraud suspects have been arrested in northern Myanmar and repatriated, China continues to increase law enforcement cooperation and sustain crackdown. Read more.



After Chinese Pressure Chinese Cyber Scam Syndicate from Myawaddy relocates to Three Pagodas Pass

Crackdown on cyber scam operations in Myawaddy Township and northern Myanmar results in relocation, with Kayin BGF and DKBA helping Chinese criminal syndicates set up shop farther south in Payathonesu near Three Pagodas Pass, reports Frontier Myanmar.




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