Mon people who fled the war in the Gyaing River Basin area have requested to armed groups to avoid areas, where civilians are densely settled, village, houses and religious buildings, sources said.

On June 12, after the meeting held at Monpriyati Monastery in Mawlamyaing to request assistance to the local people who are fleeing the war, the refugees from the 11 Mon villages in the Gyaing River Basin area have requested it.

In addition, they have asked respective groups to avoid illegal terrorist killings, to take action and deal with the crime of theft and looting in the war-affected villages and not to make threats to education, health and social care workers.

In addition to this, in this school opening season, they also urged them to respect human rights standards and make efforts to reopen schools in their areas for the right to free education.

Recently, some local people fleeing from the war have returned to many villages, including Kawt Bain, but in the villages that were destroyed by fire, such as Dhammatha Village, the local war refugees want to return to their communities, but they are facing difficulties because they have no place to live, a local said.

He continued, "Another thing is that the schools are still unable to reopen for the local children who are back in the village because they are in the period of school opening, so there are difficulties for the school-aged children as well."

In addition, from shopping to farming is no longer convenient and there is no longer a secure position, so there are difficulties for food, the war refugees said.

Since February, there has been a high-speed armed conflict in the Mon State, and as a result, on March 24, about 20 Mon villages in the Gyaing River Basin area were severely affected by the war. According to the locals, this war is the most severe war in the Mon State.

As a result of the war, 416 houses in the villages around the Gyaing River area were destroyed by fire, and about 50,000 people were affected by the war. People from about 11 villages along the Gyaing River near where the fighting took place have left their homes and many have become war refugees.