Field Report: Kokang conflict ‘did not concern’ border guard tension
An offensive by Burmese troops against Kokang rebels in August did not result from its resistance to border guard transformation but from drugs and weapons production, state media said today.
Much of the news surrounding the incident, which forced some 37,000 refugees into China, had focused on the Kokang group’s reluctance to transform into a border guard militia, and thus closely ally itself with the ruling junta, prior to the 2010 elections.
(c) Democratic Voice of Burma (DBV)
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