State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has acknowledged, albeit somewhat obliquely, the deteriorating security environment in Kachin State, with the office of Burma’s de facto leader donating 300 million kyats ($222,000) to those displaced by conflict.

More than 100,000 people have been displaced across conflict-wracked Arakan, Kachin and Shan states since October, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). ­­­­

Many of the IDPs yesterday attempted to flee across the Chinese border to seek sanctuary but were turned back by the Chinese authorities.

Yanghee Lee is on a 12-day fact-finding visit to Burma to assess developments within various human rights situations across the country.

DKBA renegades detonated roadside explosives by remote control as the 118th Light Infantry Battalion was on patrol. The Karen rebels then ambushed them.

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.