A Myanmar junta jet attacked a memorial service in Kawngjar Village, Kachin State, killing 22 people and injuring 28 others, raising total casualties to 50, according to a BNI Online report posted over the past hour. Junta troops raided two villages in Nganzun Township, Mandalay Region, on Friday, forcing residents to flee after locals reported the use of drones against villagers, Irrawaddy News stated in a post during this period. The township is scheduled for a vote on Sunday, but election officials indicated polling is feasible only in urban wards. In Myawaddy, the regime ordered two Karen armed groups to protect its battalion headquarters following a defection threat by scam warlord Saw Chit Thu, as reported by Irrawaddy News over the past hour. Foreign direct investment in Myanmar has dropped to a quarter of pre-2021 coup levels, according to a report by the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar, cited by Irrawaddy News in the reporting window. In Chin State's Tonzang, the Chin Defence Force-Tonzang initiated a new city development project, mapping 300 plots on flat land with compensation for landowners, BNI Online reported during this hour.
