webfact Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Protesters join militia members to attend a training led by Karen National Union (KNU), amid protestest against the military coup, in Karen State, Myanmar April 9, 2021 in this picture obtained by Reuters on April 26, 2021. /File Photo (Reuters) -Heavy fighting erupted at a Myanmar army outpost near the eastern border with Thailand early on Tuesday in an area largely controlled by forces of a Karen ethnic army, witnesses in Thailand said. Gunfire could be heard from across the Salween river and video posted on social media showed fires and smoke rising from the forested hills. “There has been heavy fighting at the Myanmar army outpost opposite Mae Sam Laep," said a provincial official from the northwestern Thai town of Mae Hong Son. "Our security officials are assessing the situation but so far there has been no report of impact on the Thai side." The Karen Information Center, a local media group, said the the ethnic armed group had overrun the army outpost. Myanmar's army made no immediate comment. Nor did the Karen National Union (KNU) ethnic armed group, whose forces in the area had surrounded the army post and had clashed elsewhere with the army since it seized power in a Feb. 1 coup and plunged Myanmar into turmoil. The fighting came days after Southeast Asian countries said they had reached consensus with Myanmar's junta on ending violence to try to halt the bloody crisis since the army takeover ended a decade of steps towards democracy. Clashes between the army and some of the two dozen or so ethnic armed groups have broken out since the coup, after years of relative quiet. Those armed groups have supported opponents of the junta, whose forces have killed more than 750 civilians to try to supress protests against the coup, according to an activist group that is monitoring fatalities and arrests. (Reporting by Reuters staff; Editing by Matthew Tostevin and Stephen COates) -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-04-27 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Jonathan Head Retweeted Andrew Nachemson @ANachemson · 10m Tatmadaw already walking back ASEAN agreements, saying they will only be considered once country has “stability” and if they are in line with junta’s own “roadmap”. What a waste of time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropicalevo Posted April 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2021 They should have invited the legal government to the ASEAN meeting as well. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted April 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2021 Good for the KNU. There is no peaceful resolution to this situation IMHO. The only solution is to 'remove' the illegal government and senior military from the gene pool. Hopefully, more action like this will persuade more junior military and police to switch sides. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 They should set up a Go Fund Me, seriously. Wish them the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harada Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Might be hard for the butchers fighting against opponents over 5 years old with guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malathione Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 39 minutes ago, faraday said: They should set up a Go Fund Me, seriously. Wish them the best. They don't need funds. Synthetic drug manufacture and smuggling funds them well and has for years now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 So much for ASEAN's expensive big emergency meeting in Jakarta They continue as the "toothless tiger" in my book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Pie 47 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, natway09 said: So much for ASEAN's expensive big emergency meeting in Jakarta They continue as the "toothless tiger" in my book Just like the UN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said: Just like the UN Interesting Vice doc on the UN. Well worth a watch. They seem as bad as 'the rest'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 40 minutes ago, faraday said: Interesting Vice doc on the UN. Well worth a watch. They seem as bad as 'the rest'. What is the title of the documentary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Plenty of room for a conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 17 hours ago, simon43 said: Good for the KNU. There is no peaceful resolution to this situation IMHO. The only solution is to 'remove' the illegal government and senior military from the gene pool. Hopefully, more action like this will persuade more junior military and police to switch sides. All illegal governments should be removed by the best possible means. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said: What is the title of the documentary? Pm sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahseer Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Just read that martial law has been declared in Mindat, Chin State. Having visited several times over the past 4 years absolutely staggered by this news. https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2115803/myanmar-junta-declares-martial-law-in-town-after-attacks-on-bank-police 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 terrible:Mindat Civil Administrative Group announced that 4 helicopters landed in Mindat to reinforce Battalion 274 this morning and soldiers fired at least 15 artillery shells into the town. Five members of CDF were killed in the artillery fire yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahseer Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 zzzz, reason I was amazed to read about Mindat being under martial law is the place is just a small town strung out along a ridge and whenever I have been there only thing local folk were ever concerned about was where the next bottle of rice liquor was coming from. The town is remote and closer to India than Rangoon and tough to imagine the place in such a state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 exactly, the further away from the central government the more the people have a taste of freedom and will fight to keep it. Look at all the borders areas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 good article:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/18/a-humanitarian-disaster-in-the-making-in-myanmars-chin-state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahseer Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Thanks for posting that. As the article states now the men have fled the women are prone to abuse something that the Tatmadaw have been known to engage in. This is my memory of an armed Mindat local. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahseer Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 You know situation is getting desperate when the chief of police has his own brother killed: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regime-police-chiefs-democracy-activist-brother-dies-in-custody.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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