Tension mounting in Kachin state as Burmese army trucks head north to prepare for possible rebuke to border guard proposal
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Junta steps up Kachin militia training
Fears over fighting in Burma’s northernmost state increase as the Burmese army embarks on extensive training of local civilians for militias
Local claims footage of Kachin poppy eradication is propaganda
Mar 16, 2009 (DVB), Television footage broadcast by the Kachin Independence Organisation that showed government soldiers and KIO ceasefire rebels destroying poppy fields in Laizar region was a set up, said a local resident. The resident who watched the footage, shown by the KIO's own Laizar Broadcasting station in Naphaw, said that subtitles indicated that …
China strengthens border with Burma
Dec 8, 2008 (DVB), Chinese authorities have begun to erect walls along the border with Burma near the Kachin Independence Organisation-controlled area in Laiza, north-east Burma, according to local residents. The construction project started in the last week of November as Chinese workers and machines began digging along a border stream. "In some places, they …
Three KIO soldiers arrested
Oct 23, 2008 (DVB), Government soldiers arrested three Kachin Independence Organisation soldiers in charge of the Namtee sugar factory on 15 October, according to a merchant on the China-Burma border. The merchant said the three soldiers, who were in charge of security at the sugar factory, were arrested by soldiers from the Military Affairs Security …
Kachin village chair beaten by troops
Oct 17, 2008 (DVB), A village chairperson from Moe-mauk township in Kachin state was seriously injured after being beaten by government troops at a military checkpoint on 14 October. Narlone village chair Brang Awng, 40, was in search of missing villager Phadut Naw when he was stopped at Light Infantry Battalion 105’s Lajayang checkpoint at …