Members of a pro-junta militia executed four civilians in Myanmar’s Hpakant jade-mining hub on August 9 in retaliation for a lethal rebel attack on their training base in nearby Danai Township, according to local sources and resistance officials. In response, armed militia members entered Nawngmyi Village in Hpakant Township along the Ledo Highway, dragged four young ethnic Kachin men from their homes, and shot them dead. Now, militia forces are forcing their way into homes targeting ethnic Kachin youth along the Ledo Highway, leaving residents terrified.” In a separate clash in Danai Township, KIA Battalion 14 ambushed a junta infantry column advancing toward the Lapu Hka amber mining district, forcing military troops to retreat after sustaining heavy casualties. The Min Zay Thant militia is a prominent junta-aligned paramilitary faction operating along the Ledo Highway in northern Myanmar.