People's Defence Force (Kalay)

People's Defence Force – Kalay
ပြည်သူ့ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ (ကလေး)
Badge of the People's Defence Force – Kalay
Headquarters	Kalay
Active regions	Kalay, Sagaing Region
Part of	Myanmar (NUG) People's Defence Force
Allies	Chin National Defence Force Chinland Defense Force Chin National Army
Opponents	Myanmar (SAC) Tatmadaw Myanmar Army Myanmar Police Force Pyu Saw Htee militias
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar civil war (2021–present)

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

• "ကေလးၿမိဳ႕နယ္ေတာင္ပိုင္းတိုက္ပြဲ ေက်း႐ြာသား ၅ ဦး ထိခိုက္ဒဏ္ရာရ". ဗီြအိုေအ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
• "Kalay PDF attacks notorious local armed group, kills leader". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
• "Myanmar Junta Hits Opposition Forces with Communications Blackouts". VOA. Retrieved 2022-07-04.