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Internet Access Amid Darkness and Lives Amid Threats
Other Areas Where Partial Internet Blackout Imposed
Kachin State's Puta-O township suffered an internet blackout, starting on 25 February 2022 for
days as blockage of stuck fuel transport vehicles hit access to oil supply for telecom towers.
Interview answers also indicated that intermittent internet connection and latency were
experienced in Puta-O at the time of the interview. WiFi internet services and mobile SIM
internet except MPT and Mytel were halted in some townships in Tanintharyi Region's
(Tenasserim Region's) Dawei (Tavoy) district between 2 pm and 4 pm on 5 September 2021. 21
Moreover, mobile phone access and internet access were cut off in Karen National Union
(KNU)'s Brigade 4, Battalion 7, Unit 1which is domiciled in Palaw township, Tanintharyi
Region from 3 am to 9:57 am for seven hours. 22 Moreover, on May 23, 2022 (11:48 p.m), the
internet was cut off in Monywa Township, and landlines have been cut off in most parts of the
Sagaing region where internet access was previously shut down. 23
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ထားဝယ်ခ�ိုငတ
် ွင် အင်တာနက်လိုငး် များ ၂နာရီခန် ြပတ်
ေတာက်. (2021 September 5). Mizzima-News in
့
Burmese. https://www.facebook.com/216265185075061/posts/4738596379508563
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အ�ကမ်းဖက်စစ်ေကာင်စီမှ KNU တပ်မဟာ ၄ နယ်ေြမကို ၇ နာရီ�ကာ ဖုနး် လိုငး် ြဖတ်ေတာက်. (2022 April 13).
Myanmar Pressphoto Agency.
https://www.facebook.com/874334009274294/posts/7347395195301444
23
မံုရ�ာ အပါအဝင် စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း မိနယ်များတွင် အင်တာနက်ှင့် ဖုန်းလိုင်းများ ြပတ်ေတာက် (2022 May 24).
Democratic Voice of Burma http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/535099
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