The military newspaper Myawady reported that “rebels” of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) had opened fire on military columns in Laukkai on November 27. It gave no word on casualties and said the “rebels” retreated to the north-east, toward the border with China, when the army returned fire.
The military was combing the area for their hideouts but none of the rebels involved had been identified, the newspaper said.
A police major told The Myanmar Times that no one was killed in the November 27 attack.
President U Thein Sein ended nine months of emergency rule in the Kokang Self-administered Zone on November 17. “The situation has since returned to normal and the rule of law has been restored in the zone,” his decree said.
Residents contacted by The Myanmar Times yesterday confirmed they had heard gunfire in or near the town on November 27. They said this was not the first such incident, raising fears that the MNDAA still had the resources to harass the Tatmadaw after months of fighting resulted in the ethnic Chinese insurgents being pushed back to remote border areas. “We usually don’t go outside at night. The situation is not so different from under military administration. Sometimes we hear shooting from remote areas,” said one local. (Courtesy of MMTimes)
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