Jul 2, 2008 (DVB), Five people were killed when a creek in Kachin state's Laizar region controlled by the Kachin Independence Organisation burst its banks last Saturday, according to locals. A local resident, speaking on condition of anonymity, told DVB that the Laizar creek in northern Kachin state, which is used as a border marker …
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Burma deports Tibetan activists
Apr 1, 2008 (AP), An ethnic minority group that was pressured by Beijing has deported to China two key Tibetan political activists who were hiding in northern Burma, a dissident group said. The two, who had been hunted by authorities after they fled from China’s Yunnan province, were turned over to the Chinese shortly after …
Military raid on KIO branch office
Nov 26, 2007 (DVB), A Kachin Independence Organisation branch office in Dawphum Yang was raided on 21 November by Burmese government troops, who arrested eight people. The raid was carried out by a military unit from light infantry battalion 142 under the command of the northern military divisional headquarters. Its target was the KIO administration …