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Mizzima Revolutionary fighters from the Minbu District People’s Defense Force (PDF) Battalion 6 seized and destroyed the Mong Taung village police station on 16 January, 2026, in a swift 15-minute operation. [1]

PATTAYA, Thailand – As Songkran festivities lit up Pattaya last week, police and local authorities deployed a massive force to m (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

US President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging immigration crackdown has increasingly led to violent encounters involving migrants as well as American citizens, a trend brought into sharp focus by the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigrat... [3]

Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the talk of the town of last week—the detention of the police appointment-general who allegedly demanded sex from female officers in exchange for promotions. [4]

Every dictatorship believes it needs a secret police force in order to survive in power, and the more brutal, the more effective. (confirmed by 3 sources) [5]

NAYPYITAW—The Myanmar Police Force reshuffled a number of high-ranking officers, including a spokesperson, in the last week of September, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Sept. 26. [6]

Myanmar’s military regime is planning to axe six units from the Myanmar Police Force and transfer the personnel from the axed units to other police departments, according to striking police officers. [7]

RANGOON — The Karen National Union (KNU) is refusing government orders to disband its police force, a Karen leader says. [8]

Sources
[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-02-01 · 75% match

Resistance forces destroy Minbu police station in rapid assault targeting hometown of Myanmar junta leader

Mizzima Revolutionary fighters from the Minbu District People’s Defense Force (PDF) Battalion 6 seized and destroyed the Mong Taung village police station on 16 January, 2026, in a swift 15-minute operation.

[2] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-04-20 · 75% match

Police forces out in full to maintain order during Pattaya’s bustling Songkran celebrations

PATTAYA, Thailand – As Songkran festivities lit up Pattaya last week, police and local authorities deployed a massive force to m

[3] MM firstpost.com · 2026-01-10 · 41% match

Violent confrontations rise as Trump ramps up immigration enforcement across US cities

US President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging immigration crackdown has increasingly led to violent encounters involving migrants as well as American citizens, a trend brought into sharp focus by the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigrat

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-07-04 · 75% match

Will a Sexual Exploitation Scandal Force Myanmar Police to Change Course?

Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the talk of the town of last week—the detention of the police appointment-general who allegedly demanded sex from female officers in exchange for promotions.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-04-17 · 75% match

Myanmar’s Dictators Have Always Relied on a Brutal Secret Police Force

Every dictatorship believes it needs a secret police force in order to survive in power, and the more brutal, the more effective.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-10-07 · 75% match

Myanmar Police Force Reshuffles Several Senior Positions

NAYPYITAW—The Myanmar Police Force reshuffled a number of high-ranking officers, including a spokesperson, in the last week of September, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Sept. 26.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-03-04 · 75% match

Myanmar Junta Set to Axe Police Units Because of Shortage of Officers

Myanmar’s military regime is planning to axe six units from the Myanmar Police Force and transfer the personnel from the axed units to other police departments, according to striking police officers.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-06-20 · 75% match

Karen Rebels Refuse to Disband Police Force

RANGOON — The Karen National Union (KNU) is refusing government orders to disband its police force, a Karen leader says.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-08-27 · 75% match

Striking Cops Form Shadow Police Force to Oppose Myanmar Junta

Striking police officers in Kayah State have formed a police force which will work together with anti-regime groups to fight military rule. It is the first such shadow police force to be formed in Myanmar since the junta’s February 1 coup.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-09-13 · 75% match

International Red Cross Trains Burma Police Force

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday that it is conducting a four-day training seminar that will teach the Burma Police Force about “international policing standards and the exercise of police powers.” In the first suc

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