People's Defence Force (Kalay)

People's Defence Force (Kalay)
ပြည်သူ့ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ (ကလေး)
Headquarters	Kalay
Active regions	Kalay, Sagaing Region
Size	800+
Part of	Myanmar (NUG) People's Defence Force
Allies	Chin National Army[1] Chin National Defence Force[2] Chinland Defense Force
Opponents	Myanmar (SAC) Tatmadaw  Myanmar Army North Western Command Myanmar Police Force Pyusawhti militias[3]
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar civil war (2021–present) Kalay clashes
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People's Defence Force (Kalay) (Burmese: ပြည်သူ့ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ (ကလေး) abbreviated PDF Kalay) is a local defence force operating in Kalaymyo, Sagain. It was formed by Myanmar youths under the National Unity Government and pro-democracy activists in 2021 in response to the coup d'état that occurred on 1 February 2021 and the ongoing violence in Myanmar by the military junta. The force comprises 12 battalions.

References

1. "Chin National Front Signs Deal with Myanmar's Shadow Govt". The Irrawaddy. 29 May 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
2. "CNDF နှင့် PDF (Kalay) တပ်ဖွဲ့နှစ်ဖွဲ့မဟာမိတ်ပြု" (in Burmese). 2021-09-23. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
3. "Pyusawhti militia". Myanmar NOW. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023.

• "ကေလးၿမိဳ႕နယ္ေတာင္ပိုင္းတိုက္ပြဲ ေက်း႐ြာသား ၅ ဦး ထိခိုက္ဒဏ္ရာရ". ဗီြအိုေအ (in Burmese). Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
• "Kalay PDF attacks notorious local armed group, kills leader". Myanmar NOW. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
• "Myanmar Junta Hits Opposition Forces with Communications Blackouts". VOA. Archived from the original on January 14, 2023. Retrieved 2022-07-04.