THE terrorist
insurgents have been illegally extracting the country’s valuable natural
resources for their own interests and using the proceeds to purchase weapons
and ammunition, strengthen their forces, and carry out destructive activities.
Therefore, based on accurate information provided by the residents, Tatmadaw
columns conducted security operations against locations near Taegyi Village in
the Letpan ToeKyauk Khwet oilfield area of Myaing Township, where
PDF-affiliated terrorist insurgents were illegally extracting oil and
exercising control over residents. The security forces also carried out
operations to destroy the illegal oil extraction sites by fire.