Over the course of three days in Indaw Township, located in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar, 22 civilians - including 17 women - were arrested allegedly providing support to the PDF.

According to a resident of Indaw who spoke to KNG, the Military Council conducted interrogations of civilians who were walking around the city between March 3 and March 5, and forcibly arrested them for allegedly supporting the PDF.

"The first day of arrest was around March 3. Two people were arrested at a traffic light in Indaw township. After the two were arrested, they started being arrested continuously. As of yesterday, there were 22 people and they have not been able to contact their family members," he said.

Among the individuals arrested were 15 female vendors, 4 teachers who were participating in the CDM movement,

and 3 men who resided in the apartment located in the Indaw municipal market.

Out of the 22 people who were arrested, three women were reportedly released on the night of March 5, but the details of their identities are still unknown.

"The three women have been released. I still don't know who they are. The rest have not been released. I heard that they will be sued. They were arrested at Indaw military hill," he said.

According to sources, the women who have been detained by the Military Council are ordinary vendors and not suspected PDF couriers.

The Military Council troops are still conducting patrols and searches in Indaw city areas to date, and some of the vendors at the Indaw Municipal Market are also on the run because they are afraid of being arrested.

Approximately 100 civilians from Indaw township have been arrested on suspicion of supporting the PDFs, and are currently being detained in military camps.