CNI News

8 December 2025

It has been learned that residents from villages such as Takhwettha, Khonan, Khobyin, Khamo, and others in Banmauk Township, Sagaing Region, have fled into territory controlled by the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) Brigade 614.

Residents from those villages, who had earlier fled into areas controlled by the joint forces of PDF–KIA–Kadu, reportedly returned and moved toward SNA-controlled areas on December 4, 2025, due to a lack of food supplies in the areas where they had sought refuge.

A local resident said,“Some villagers from Takhwettha, Khonan, Alat, Kan, Khobyin, and Khamo arrived in areas controlled by the PDFs. Now the PDF–KIA side is no longer providing any food supplies, so they had to secretly come back. Fellow villagers went to bring them back, and now they have fled into areas under SNA control. Here, arrangements for food and shelter have been provided for them,” he said.

The KIA–PDF–Kadu joint forces attacked Banmauk town on September 15, 2025, and fully captured it on September 20.

After that, residents from the town of Banmauk and nearby villages fled into the western side of the area controlled by the SNA.

Currently, there are around 5,000 internally displaced persons sheltering within SNA-controlled territory.