300 Namtu villagers flee as RCSS, TNLA resume fighting
The 324 villagers are now being sheltered at a Buddhist monastery in Man San village near Namtu town.
The 324 villagers are now being sheltered at a Buddhist monastery in Man San village near Namtu town.
No less than 112 grooms and 112 brides took nuptial vows and tied the knot in the largest marriage celebration seen in Wa territory for two years.
How can we know when a patient comes in that he or she is an insurgent? Insurgents do not have the word, ‘insurgent’ written on their foreheads.”
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“Despite the fact that intense hostilities are continuing between the two sides, I believe that this informal meeting could pave the way for a shift from armed conflict to political dialogues,” Naw Bo told DVB.
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The capture comes after several days of armed clashes in a strategic area that is home to several gold and amber mines under KIA control.
Aung Kyi, the head of the Peace Commission, told DVB that they hoped the ethnic rebel alliance would be “involved in the peace process very soon”.
Several prominent voices claim the arrest of the three Burmese reporters was unlawful or unconstitutional.
Following the recent resignation of the KIO and other members, the UNFC now consists of just five groups: the NMSP, SSPP, KNPP, LDU and ANC.
Several fatalities have been reported from the front line near Man Lan, where Burmese troops overran a Ta’ang [Palaung] rebel base.
“Insurgents have opened their own so-called IDP camps, where they use the local people as human shields,” said Min Aung Hlaing.
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Aik Non and Aik Ki were abducted by the TNLA in March for alleged connections to rival ethnic armed group RCSS/SSA.
“An 80-year-old woman named Ya Lai was killed when a shell landed on her house,” says a TNLA spokesperson.
Buddhist abbot Nanda Thara stands accused of organising a football match involving the outlawed Arakan Army.
The seven militias say they have formed a committee to negotiate with the government, but will not discuss the NCA.
“We cannot just agree to place our fate in the hands of the Burmese military, because then we are helpless if they deploy armed force against us,” said UNFC’s Nai Hong Sar.
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A local NLD MP told DVB that her main agenda is to discuss issues relevant to negotiating a peace deal with the various ethnic groups.
Two Kachin pastors detained by the Burma Army have been charged under the Unlawful Associations Act, according to the President’s Office.
Neighbourhood watch groups are formed in the lawless jade mining town following two murders in broad daylight.
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According to the Burmese military chief’s office, the base in Mansi had been a major hub for smuggling timber and cattle to “a neighbouring country”.
Human rights organisations have called on the government to investigate the disappearance of two Kachin pastors in northern Shan State.
Kachin priests Dom Dawng Nawng Latt and La Jaw Gam Hseng had been assisting reporters during the conflict between the Burmese army and the Northern Alliance.
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“Arakanese people would never join such a demonstration. It is damaging to ethnic unity and we denounce it,” said a senior monk.
“We have been negotiating a meeting, but we don’t yet know when it will take place,” TNLA general-secretary tells DVB.
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The 11 were freed after each had vowed to have no affiliation with the Shan State Army- South.
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“The Tatmadaw were about 100 strong, but we killed at least 10 of them,” says AA spokesman after yesterday’s clashes.
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The eight militias, including the KNU, said that they strongly object to any attempt to label the Northern Alliance as terrorists.
Burmese troops says they uncovered documents in Mongko suggesting that at least two fighters had recently crossed the Chinese border.
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In an emergency session on Wednesday, the Shan State legislature passed an urgent proposal to designate as “terrorist organisations” the four ethnic armed groups fighting with Burmese government forces in the state’s north.
According to a local law enforcement official, the police officers were killed by the rebel Northern Alliance.
Tatmadaw reinforcements, who had been airlifted into the area, launched a counterattack and successfully took control of Mongko on Sunday afternoon, according to the military report.