However this particular fake news spread on military’s social media platforms occurred soon after the Karen National Union (KNU), rejected an invitation to dialogue with the Military Council. The KNU has now warned the public about the regime’s deliberate disinformation campaign, spreading allegations aimed at sowing discord and division inside the KNU.

Padoh Saw Kala Say told KIC, “After the KNU declined the Military Council’s invitation to political talks, they spread false information in an attempt to sow discord among us. It’s simply a tactic in their psychological warfare strategy. They are making baseless accusations to weaken the relationship between KNU and our partner organizations, diminish public support for us, and damage our reputation. In reality their claims are the opposite of the truth.”

The KNU related that, “In the Daysompa incident, what really happened is that a military unit led by an officer from the Junta’s 90th Light Infantry Battalion, falsely accused PDF fighters of taking refuge in Daysompa.” Padoh Saw Kala Say added that “ and this military unit hired some individuals carry out acts of vandalism targeting religious buildings., and forcefully displaced monks and nuns from the area.”

During the two years since the coup, the Military Council has stationed themselves in religious buildings, launched airstrikes and shelling on religious sites, resulting in the destruction of not only monasteries but also churches within KNU-controlled areas, and...

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