People's Defence Force (Kalay) Explained

People's Defence Force (Kalay)
Native Name:	ပြည်သူ့ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ (ကလေး)
Headquarters:	Kalay
Area:	Kalay, Sagaing Region
Size:	800+
Partof:	Myanmar (NUG) People's Defence Force
Allies:	Chin National Army^[1] Chin National Defence Force^[2] Chinland Defense Force
Opponents:	Myanmar (SAC) Tatmadaw North Western Command Myanmar Police Force Pyusawhti militias^[3]
Battles:	Internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar civil war (2021–present) Kalay clashes

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

• Web site: ကေလးၿမိဳ႕နယ္ေတာင္ပိုင္းတိုက္ပြဲ ေက်း႐ြာသား ၅ ဦး ထိခိုက္ဒဏ္ရာရ . 2022-07-04 . ဗီြအိုေအ . my. https://web.archive.org/web/20230414100100/https://burmese.voanews.com/a/myanmarviolence-sagaingfighting-voaburmese-%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B8%E1%81%BF%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B3%E1%82%95%E1%80%B1%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%95%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8-%E1%80%B1%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%82%90%E1%80%AD%E1%82%88%E1%82%95-%E1%80%9C%E1%80%80%E1%80%B9%E1%80%94%E1%80%80%E1%80%B9%E1%82%80%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%B2%E1%82%94%E1%80%95%E1%80%85%E1%80%B9-%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B8%E1%80%85%E1%80%85%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B1%E1%80%98%E1%80%B8%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BD%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9-%E1%80%97%E1%80%AE%E1%80%BC%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B1%E1%80%A1/6598250.html. April 14, 2023.
• Web site: Kalay PDF attacks notorious local armed group, kills leader . 2022-07-04 . Myanmar NOW . en. https://web.archive.org/web/20230124143923/https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/kalay-pdf-attacks-notorious-local-armed-group-kills-leader. January 24, 2023.
• Web site: Myanmar Junta Hits Opposition Forces with Communications Blackouts . 2022-07-04 . VOA . en. https://web.archive.org/web/20230114125052/https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-junta-hits-opposition-forces-with-communications-blackouts-/6550158.html. January 14, 2023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chin National Front Signs Deal with Myanmar's Shadow Govt. The Irrawaddy. 30 May 2021. 29 May 2021. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121112304/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/chin-national-front-signs-deal-with-myanmars-shadow-govt.html. live.
2. Web site: 2021-09-23 . CNDF နှင့် PDF (Kalay) တပ်ဖွဲ့နှစ်ဖွဲ့မဟာမိတ်ပြု . 2022-07-04 . my . 2022-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191235/http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/489775 . live .
3. Web site: Pyusawhti militia. Myanmar NOW. https://web.archive.org/web/20230115045126/https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/topics/5558. January 15, 2023.