A man was shot and killed in Malawchaung Village, Kyaikto Township, marking the latest in a string of targeted killings, according to local sources.

On the evening of January 27, at around 8:30 PM, 40-year-old U Win Aung was near his home when two gunmen arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire. He sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the head and back, dying at the scene.
The identity of the perpetrators and their motive remain unclear.
This follows the January 22 killing of 37-year-old U Soe Naing Oo, who was shot inside his home by two unidentified gunmen in the same village.
Earlier, on January 12, another man from Kyaikpi Village was shot dead at Parrot Tea Shop in downtown Kyaikto, allegedly over suspicions of being a military informant.