Junta soldiers tortured and killed a father and son after raiding their house and stealing money and jewellery in Nabuai village, Myinchan Township, Mandalay Region.

About 25 junta soldiers and members of the junta-aligned Pyu Saw Htee militia raided the house where Thein Swe Oo (also known as Katone), age 33, his father U Hla Pe, age 62 and their family lived at around 10:30 p.m. on 24 September, according to locals.

They said that during the raid the junta forces beat Thein Swe Oo and U Hla Pe and confiscated jewellery worn by family members and 10 million kyats in cash.

At around 7:00 a.m. on 25 September, the mutilated bodies of Thein Swe Oo and U Hla Pe were discovered by the side of the road in Myinchan Township.

A villager from Nabuai said, “Thein Swe Oo and his father U Hla Pe were subjected to severe beatings at their home before being taken away by the soldiers. Their bodies were discovered the following morning by vendors. Initially, their faces were unrecognizable due to numerous wounds and bruises. It appeared that they were brutally tortured before being shot to death. As far as I know the deceased were ordinary people with no affiliation to any resistance groups, and their killings seemed to have occurred without any apparent reason.”

Despite the two men having no affiliation with resistance groups the junta accused them of having ties to the resistance and being involved in the killing of U Maung Maung, the junta-appointed village administrator of Shwe Bom Tha Village in Myinchan Township, who was killed near Nabuai village on 19 September.

Thein Swe Oo worked for the Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation and he was taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM