Myit Chay
Myitchay
မြစ်ခြေ Myitche | |
|---|---|
  Myitchay Location in Myanmar (Burma) | |
| Coordinates: 21°14′41″N 94°51′26″E / 21.2446°N 94.8572°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Division | Magway Region |
| District | Magway Division |
| Township | Pakokku Township |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
Myit Chay (Burmese: မြစ်ခြေ, also spelled as Myitche) is a town located in Pakokku Township, Magway Region, Myanmar. It is in the west bank of the Irrawaddy River and directly opposite to the temple town of Bagan. It is a small town where the locals mainly make a living from agriculture.[1][2]
History
[edit]On 10 May 2018, Myitche village tract in Pakokku Township was expanded and reorganized into Myitche Town, consisting of 8 wards.[3]
Incidents
[edit]On 20 September, 2014, mob violence erupted in the area after rumours that a housemaid had been assaulted by her employer. Around 50 locals attacked the accused man's home, then vandalised his shop and a nearby mosque.[4]
During the Myanmar civil war, since around 10 May 2026, the Myanmar military has carried out raids on villages in Myitche displacing about 80,000 civilians. On 13 May, the military forces reportedly carried out an operation across Myitche where troops from Battalions 101 and 415 entered the area and allegedly committed violence including killings, arson, and looting. After the troops withdrew on 1 June, local rescue teams recovered at least 31 bodies.[5][1] Atleast 40 locals were killed in total and approximately 1,000 houses were burned by the junta. After the attack, about 19,100 residents were internally displaced.[6]
On 10 June 2026, the People's Defence Force seized Myitche police station. Two junta troops were killed and 14 were captured during the raid.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Over 40 Civilians Slain in Regime Rampage Near Bagan Temple Town". The Irrawaddy. 8 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ "မြစ်ခြေမှာ အိမ်တစ်ထောင်ကျော်မီးရှို့ခံရပြီး လူ ၂၀ ကျော်အသတ်ခံရ". မြန်မာဌာန (in Burmese). 8 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ "ပခုက္ကူခရိုင်၊ ပခုက္ကူမြို့နယ်၏ ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက် | General Administration Department". www.gad.gov.mm (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ "Myit Chae mob ransacks mosque after domestic servant's dispute". DVB. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ "ဘုရားဒါယကာ မျက်နှာဖုံးဆောင်းထားသည့် စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင်၏ ခါးပိုက်ဆောင်တပ် မြစ်ခြေတွင် လူအစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက် သတ်". Myanmar Now. 10 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ "Mass displacement in Myitche: over 19,100 IDPs in Magway Region urgently need food and medical aid". Burma News International. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ "မြစ်ခြေရဲစခန်းကို PDF သိမ်းပိုက်၊ စစ်သုံ့ပန်း ၁၄ ဦး ဖမ်းမိ". DVB Burmese. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ "ပခုက္ကူမြို့နယ်မြစ်ခြေရဲစခန်းအား တော်လှန်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့တွေက တိုက်ခိုက်သိမ်းပိုက်". burmese.narinjara.com (in Burmese). Retrieved 10 June 2026.