Irrawaddy-Dec 4
The first district-level town captured by Myanmar resistance forces began operating under a full-strength civilian administration on Sunday, according to the parallel National Unity Government (NUG). Kawlin in Sagaing Region is under full civilian control, less than a month after the People’s Defense Force (PDF) and armed ethnic allies seized the township on Nov. 4 following four days of fighting with junta troops. The township administration is being run by 1,180 civil servants who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement in Kawlin and other townships, the NUG said. Civil servants have begun coordinating with People’s Administration Teams at the ward and district levels to strengthen management and administrative chains at each level in Kawlin. The task of protecting the township’s residents from junta attacks has been handed to local PDF groups, the People’s Security Force and People’s Police Force. People’s administration teams and the PDF are also operating an early warning system and managing bomb shelters to protect civilians from strikes by junta artillery and warplanes. A civilian judiciary would now be established by appointing qualified judges and setting up courts. Emergency medical services are being provided by the township health team, comprising 65 volunteer nurses, doctors and basic health workers. The township currently houses 12,610 displaced people, who are being fed with food supplied and distributed by the Ministry of Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Management, the NUG statement said. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/full-civilian-rule-restored-in-first-large-town-seized-by-myanmar-resistance-nug.html
