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ONE SPDC BATTALION OUT OF COMMISSION 

FIGHT BETWEEN THE SSA AND THE SPDC 

7 November 1998, S.H.A.N.  

Reinforcement to an under-strength Shan resistance unit ran into junta
troops? Encirclement and Annihilation campaign which resulted in the Shans
coming out on top, said a SHAN source in Mongpan. 

As the rainy season came to a close, part of the Shan troops that were
training and fighting under the command of Yordserk had been sent to
reinforce the 757th Brigade commanded by Khurhlao in Mongpan, a town about
60 miles north of the Thai border. They were intercepted by the SPDC units
that had prepared a bloody welcome for them. However, the ambush must have
been a badly prepared one for the ambushers were badly mauled during the
fight and a unit, Battalion 333, reportedly went out of commission. 

According to the source, the local inhabitants of Mongpan, who for years
have not seen a fight, were greatly exulted by the turnout of the battle.
But their exultation might be shortlived, said the source, because ?the
Burmese know a hundred ways to make a Shan?s life miserable?. 

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S.H.A.N. (Shan Herald Agency for News ) 
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