Local people are demanding a stop to the illegal logging trade now flourishing in Katha District of Sagaing Region. Chinese and Burmese businessmen cut down teak and other hardwood trees in Indaw and Bamauk Townships
The Burma Army (BA) abducted 20 civilians, including three women, during fighting with the Indaw People's Defence Force (PDF), forcing them to serve as human shields after hundreds of junta troops from two columns were