PDF Forces Capture Saing Pyin Police Station in Depayin Township, Sagaing — 11 Junta Personnel Killed in May 14-16 Operation Reported May 20

People's Defence Force (PDF) fighters captured the Saing Pyin police station in Depayin Township, Sagaing Region, according to CDM reporting on May 20, 2026. The operation — which resulted in 11 junta security personnel killed, weapons seized, and ammunition confiscated — was launched on May 14 and the station was fully seized by May 16. The local police chief reportedly abandoned injured personnel during the retreat. The Saing Pyin police station capture is part of a sustained PDF campaign in Depayin Township, Sagaing Region, an area that includes the historically significant Kanbalu area where the SAC committed the October 2022 concert massacre (80+ killed). PDF operations in Depayin-Kanbalu represent ongoing resistance pressure on junta administrative and security infrastructure in Upper Sagaing Region. The operation demonstrates resistance forces' continued capacity to conduct targeted attacks on junta positions in the Sagaing heartland even as the junta launches large-scale counteroffensives. The report's emergence on May 20 follows the CDM's daily documentation pattern of confirming operations completed in preceding days. The PDF capture comes on the same day as the Hmaw Wan Lay village burning in Hpakant and against the backdrop of the junta's twin recaptures of Maw Taung and Tonzang on May 19, illustrating the simultaneous nature of gains and losses across Myanmar's multi-front conflict.