November
27, 2016
Six
people from Panwa village of Mangton township and one from Mongpaw village of
Muse township were injured Friday in an attack by combined armed forces of the
the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army
(TNLA), who also reportedly extorted people lorries and trucks traveling
between Moegaung and Phakant as well as from merchants in Muse, according to
the State Counsellor Office’s Information Committee.
It
is learnt that the KIA, TNLA armed group launched artillery fire at government
troops waging an area clearance operation near the village of Panwa, Mangton
township at about 4 pm Friday. The shells exploded in the village and injured
four men, including U Naungya, and two women. The injured were receiving
medical treatment at Namtu Hospital.
It
was also reported that the KIA, TNLA armed group shot their weapons at about
6am yesterday, hitting Ma Nam Phone in the stomach when she was picking corn in
a field. She is receiving medical treatment.
In
addition, KIA armed group No. 6 regiment comprising about 90 troops reportedly
extorted yesterday morning. the people aboard motor vehicles traveling along
MoegaungPhakant Street near Namhai cemetery, charging Ks17,000 per lorry and
Ks10,000 for each light truck that passed between the villages of Namhai and
Seton in Moegaung township.
The
day before, KIA armed group similarly extorted the merchants in Muse by phone
and letter for the month of August, it was also learnt.
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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