A junta army captain threatened to burn down two villages in the Karen National Union (KNU) administered area if the villagers did not leave the villages on 11 September.
The incident happened in Nyaunglebin District in the KNU-controlled township of Mone in Bago Region, according to a KNU statement.
It said that on 11 September junta Captain Zeyar Lin threatened to burn down the two villages of Tamarkhaw and Taungsu if the villagers did not leave.