Burma Army drones and new strategic road instil fear among IDPs on Shan-Thai border

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"Burma Army use of drones for the first time near Loi Lam IDP camp on the northern Chiang Mai border, and near-completion of a new strategic road from Mong Hta to the Salween River, is instilling fear among IDPs of impending attack. On September 16, a drone was sent over this border area from the nearby Burma Army IB 293 camp. On September 23, a drone was again sent from the same camp, where the Triangle Regional Commander Brigadier General Khin Hlaing had arrived in a convoy of seven army trucks from the IB 249 base at Mong Taw..."

Source/publisher: 

Shan Human Rights Foundation

Date of Publication: 

2018-10-04

Date of entry: 

2018-10-17

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English