Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 22, 2025 Morning
📌📌 1. Myanmar Parliamentary Delegation Led by Dr. Win Myat Aye and Daw Zin Mar Aung Participates in the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly
October 21
Radio NUG
The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) announced that a Myanmar parliamentary delegation led by Dr. Win Myat Aye and Daw Zin Mar Aung is attending the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly and its related meetings, being held in Geneva, Switzerland from October 19 to 23.
According to the CRPH, the Myanmar parliamentary delegation participated in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Group and the Women Parliamentarians Forum on October 19.
On October 20, the delegation attended the Executive Council Meeting, Plenary Sessions, and the General Debate of the Assembly. They also held bilateral discussions with parliamentary representatives from Malaysia, Thailand, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and Australia.
During these meetings, the delegation explained and raised awareness about the ongoing airstrikes, human rights violations, and acts of violence being perpetrated by the terrorist military junta, as well as the dire conditions faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside Myanmar and Myanmar nationals abroad who have been forced to flee due to the junta’s atrocities. They also briefed on the current political developments in the country.
In addition, the delegation urged the international parliamentary community to:
- Reject and refuse to recognize the junta’s planned illegal sham election and its results;
- Support the release of unlawfully detained national leaders, elected parliamentarians, and political prisoners;
- Uphold recognition of the elected representatives from the 2020 General Election and the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) as the legitimate parliamentary body of Myanmar; and
- Provide effective support to the ongoing efforts of Revolutionary Forces in resolving the current crisis and establishing a long-term, sustainable political solution.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is composed of national parliaments from 183 countries worldwide. Following the unlawful military coup in 2021, the IPU Executive Council recognized the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) as the legitimate representative and principal parliamentary dialogue partner of Myanmar, a status it continues to uphold to this day.
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📌📌 2. JFM Urges ASEAN and the International Community to Take Action Against Myanmar Military’s Transnational Crimes
October 21
Radio NUG
The Justice for Myanmar (JFM) organization has called on ASEAN and the international community to take urgent action against the Myanmar military and its affiliated People’s Militia Forces, which have become key sources of transnational crimes and regional instability.
According to JFM, on October 19, the Myanmar military conducted a staged operation at the notorious KK Park cyber-scam compound along the Thai-Myanmar border, just days ahead of the ASEAN Summit. JFM stated that this was a publicity stunt aimed at concealing the military’s and its proxy Karen Border Guard Force (BGF)’s involvement in transnational criminal activities and human trafficking operations.
During the operation, the junta claimed to have “discovered” 2,198 people, allegedly including workers or detainees, along with 30 Starlink devices.
JFM revealed that the Myanmar military controls an extensive criminal business network, cultivating and sustaining the Karen BGF and various criminal enterprises. Together, they operate a transnational criminal network, financing international crimes through sites like KK Park, and profiting from land control, financial fraud, extortion, illegal taxation, security services, illicit trade, human trafficking, and consumer goods trafficking.
Since the illegal military coup in 2021, ASEAN’s misguided engagement with the junta—by granting it political legitimacy and providing intelligence and training cooperation—has only empowered these criminal networks and helped the junta evade accountability under international law, JFM stated.
JFM urged that during the upcoming ASEAN Summit, member states must:
- Take a clear and firm stance against the junta’s sham election;
- Cut off the junta’s financial, military, and aviation fuel supply routes; and
- Support international legal accountability mechanisms for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by the junta and its associates.
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📌📌 3. Assistance Provided to 18 Myanmar Workers Unjustly Dismissed from an Auto Parts Factory in Ayutthaya, Thailand
October 21
Radio NUG
It has been reported that 18 Myanmar migrant workers employed at an auto parts factory in Ayutthaya, Thailand, were unjustly dismissed from their jobs on May 20 without any given reason.
Following the workers’ complaint, on May 26, the MHAC Alliance Group, a partner organization of the NUG Ministry of Labour, filed a case on their behalf at the Local Labour Protection and Welfare Office.
However, after five months, no clear resolution had been reached. Therefore, on October 21, the affected workers, accompanied by an official from the NUG Ministry of Labour, visited the Ayutthaya District Labour Protection and Welfare Office again for further negotiation and assistance.
As a result, an agreement was reached with a responsible official from the local office to ensure that compensation payments for the dismissed workers would be completed by the end of October or early November, with continued follow-up support provided.
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📌📌 4. Thai Police Deny Reports That Belarusian Model Vera Kravtsova, Murdered in Myanmar After Being Forced Into Organ Trafficking, Was Extradited from Thailand
October 21 — Radio NUG
According to Thai media reports, the Royal Thai Police have stated that they are investigating the case of Belarusian model Vera Kravtsova, who was allegedly lured into Thailand and later trafficked to Myanmar, where she was reportedly forced to work for a cyber-fraud syndicate before being murdered.
Thailand’s Immigration Bureau confirmed that Vera had departed Thailand for Yangon and that there was no evidence she had been extradited or forcibly transferred from Thai territory.
According to a report by Daily Mail (UK), 26-year-old Vera Kravtsova arrived in Bangkok in September for modeling work but was deceived and taken to Myanmar instead.
Once there, her passport and phone were confiscated, and she was forced under duress to participate in romance scam operations on dating websites aimed at extorting money from wealthy foreign men.
When she failed to meet her assigned targets, she was beaten and subsequently disappeared on October 4. Reports suggest that she was sold to a human-organ trafficking group, tortured, and ultimately murdered.
Her captors allegedly burned her body and later demanded USD 500,000 from her family in exchange for the return of her remains — a demand the family ultimately refused to comply with.
The Thai Immigration Bureau verified through its biometric system that Vera Kravtsova entered Thailand via Suvarnabhumi Airport on September 12, 2025, at 12:41 a.m., and departed for Yangon on Thai Airways flight TG301 on September 20, 2025, at 7:20 a.m.
Major General Chatupat Phirojmakkaew, Chief of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Royal Thai Police, said on October 19 that the case was being investigated with utmost seriousness, but that the details circulating in the media could not yet be confirmed.
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📌📌 5. Police Officer’s Wife Murdered and Robbed in Saw Township, Magway Region — Suspects on the Run
October 21 — Radio NUG
According to the Yaw Alintan Group, a woman was murdered and robbed in Saw Township, Magway Region, her body hidden, and valuable jewelry stolen. The victim was the wife of a police officer.
The body of Daw Shin @ Wah (aged 62), who lived near the local police station, was found stuffed inside a tarpaulin bag on October 19 at around 1:30 p.m. in a forested garden area near Thanpinkhon Village, Zeya Ward.
The deceased, Daw Shin @ Wah, was the wife of Police Sergeant Major U Shar Law, who was stationed at U Pho Hlaing Hall, near Saw Police Station.
Reports indicate that she went missing on October 17 after going to the Thanpinkhon garden area to gather firewood. Her body was discovered two days later, about 50 feet from her small hut on her hillside farm.
When she left home, she had been wearing a gold necklace weighing approximately one kyat-tha, a ring of about one mat-tha, and a pair of earrings, and she carried a shoulder bag. However, none of these items were found on her body.
Investigations revealed that two men — Ko Chit Yint Htoo and Ko Pho Aye — who frequently visited her house, were missing and are now considered prime suspects.
Ko Chit Yint Htoo (25), a native of Thanlyin Township, Yangon Region, was identified as a defector policeman from Rakhine State. Ko Pho Aye (26), originally from Thabeikkyin Township, Mandalay Region, was also a defector policeman who had relocated from Rakhine to Saw Township.
Another person, Ko Wanna Kyaw (21), who lived in Daw Shin @ Wah’s garden hut, was taken into custody. He is a native of Shwepyithar Township, Yangon Region, and a former soldier who had defected from Rakhine State, known to have been associated with Ko Chit Yint Htoo.
Both Ko Chit Yint Htoo and Ko Pho Aye have been missing since the incident and are believed to be fleeing. The Yaw Alintan Group has urged the public to immediately report any sightings of these two suspects to the relevant authorities.
This report was submitted by Radio NUG correspondents Khur Shel and Padeh Phoe.
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