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Xinhua

Myanmar military has announced an intervention in two ethnic armed groups’ fighting in Namhsam and Kyaukme townships in the country’s Shan state-north, official media reported on Wednesday.
The military will conduct combined operations in the areas, a military announcement was quoted as saying.
Fightings intensified between Shan State Army-South (SSA-S), led by Ywet Sit, and Taaung National Liberation Army (TNLA) in the first half of this month which have forced 3,657 people to flee.
As a result of the clashes, villages were set on fire, monks were arrested and some villagers were killed, the report said.
Denouncing the acts of SSA-S Ywet Sit Group, the military’s North-East Command asked the group to return to the territory designated for them through the joint Monitoring Committee and the Myanmar Peace Centre.
However, the SSA-S Ywet Sit Group rejected the request and deployed more troops in the areas, the report added.
Meanwhile, an important proposal was submitted to the parliamentary House of Representatives (Lower House) on February 16, urging to end the current conflict in Shan state-North’s Palaung autonomous zones and Kyaukme township as soon as possible.
TNLA troops have been fighting with SSA-Ywet Sit Group in Namhkam township since last November, but their clashes have intensified in the middle of this month in the area around Lotnaw village.
The SSA-S was one of eight armed ethnic groups that signed the ceasefire pact with the government on October 15 last year.
The TNLA, along with two other armed ethnic groups, was not invited to sign the agreement.


Myanmar military steps into armed clashes between ethnic groups in the north

Clashes between ethnic groups in Myanmar have caused thousands to flee their homes. Photo: EPA

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