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Subject: NEWS from S.H.A.N. - ASSISTING THE BURMESE MILITARY IN THE WAR ON
INDEPENDENCE VOL. 16, NO. 3, APRIL & MAY 1999
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Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N), P.O. Box 15, Nong Hoi P.O.,
Chiangmai 50007, THAILAND
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EDITORIAL:
ASSISTING THE BURMESE MILITARY IN THE WAR ON DRUGS:
IS IT GOING TO WORK?
On 7 January 1999, the U.S. Government decertified Burma on Drugs.
Nevertheless, reports about foreign agencies, especially that of the
United States, doing their
best not only to "laud" the junta's "drug efforts" at every
opportunity but to channel fi-
nancial and material assistance to it have not ceased. There is, as a
consequence, wellgrounded
widespread fear that there will be, as in the 1974-88 period, a
resumption of aid to the mili-
tary most hated and feared by its people, and that it will be using
the aid again, not against
drugs but against its people and its political opponents.
However, the American experience in Latin America as summed up by
Peter Zirnite (Reluctant
Recruits: the US military and the War on Drugs, August 1997) provides
sufficient lessons
against Americans opting for the easier way out to aid the junta by
following the late Deng
Xioping's most well-known maxim, that the color of the cat is not
important as long as it
catches mice.
In the Latin American countries, Uncle Sam has not only employed its
own personnel but also
inevitably those of the native armed forces.The report card shows it
has resulted in some
"great" successes i.e. the arrests of drug traffickers, for example,
the notorious Noriega,
eradication of coca fields, destruction of processing labs and
disruption of transportation.
However, the fact, as admitted by the White House's most zealous drug
warriors, is that "gains
have been more tactical than strategic". Moreover, they "have been
episodicand temporary", as
the 'enemy" adapts quickly to en forcement strategies.
The result:
Seizures of thousands of metric tons of Cocaine and eradication of
more than 55,000 hectares
of Coca plants between 1988 and 1995, "have failed to reduce the
supply of illegal drugs in
the United States or their avail ability".
"Eradication ...... is offset by expanded cultivation".
Amnesty International USA and Human Rights Watch/Americas reported
"counter insurgency
units ... (being) responsible for some of the worst human rights
atrocities in recent years".
Worst, the region's armed forces are increasingly playing a
significant role within the
society just as straggling civilian elected governments are srtiving
to keep them in check.
This comes at a time when the Cold War has ended and the world is
supposed to be moving
towards more democratic societies. Needless to say, these native armed
forces are reemerging
as a threat to democracy and human rights. The outgoing Bolivian
President Gonzalo Sanchez de
Lozado put it this way: "When you have a corrupt chief of police, you
fire him. When you have
a corrupt chief of the army, he fires you".
Therefore, it is not surprising that the War on Drugs there, as it is
here, is not winning the
hearts and minds of the people, which is fundamental for drug control
efforts to succeed. On
the contrary, it is pushing people who are economically dependent on
Coca cultivation into the
arms of the enemy. One former Peruvian regional commander, "noting
that each of the 150,000
Cocaleros (Coca planters) in the Upper Huallaga Valley was a Potential
subversive", put it this
way: "Eradicate his field and the next day, he will be one".
Thus, while some militarists argue that " strengthening cilivian
institutions to increase their
effectiveness in countering drug trafficking is not a viable approach
anywhere in the near
term", facts prove that increasing military involvement may be even
more detrimental.
One big mistake, as noted by the writer, is that "US assistance is
(being) provided prior to
improvement in human rights performance or demonstrated political will
on the part of aid
recipients to hold accountable those responsible for abuses".
SHAN, therefore, hopes that these lessons are taken seriously by the
policy-makers in both
Washington and Bangkok.
The writer, however, warns against too much hope. Because, as he put
it: "As in Vietnam, it
is easier from a political standpoint to plunge ahead rather than
conduct a serious
reassessment".
But SHAN also remembers the words of General Mc Caffrey, who became
the head of the UNDCP in
March 1996. Which was also quoted by the writer.
"At the end of the day, I would suggest that this actually isn't a
war to be won by anybody's
army... At the end of the day, prosecutors, law enforcement officers,
teachers, school
superintendents, religious leaders, that is who the front line troops
are".
He might have added that these front line troops should be led by a
popularly elected
government.
SNLD SURVIVES - BUT FOR HOW LONG?
15 March 1999
The Shan Party that won elections in 1990 is in 4 precarious position
according to a S.H.A.N.
source from the Shan States.
Known popularly as "Tiger Head", for its party emblem, and officially
as the Shan Nation-
alities League for Democracy, the SNLD, emerged as the second biggest
party in the whole
country during the short-lived "Rangoon Spring" (1998-90). It won 28
out of 56 seats in the
Shan States with staunch allies in the rest of the seats making it the
party to represent and
govem the biggest state in the whole of the "Union of Burma".
Though with lesser political clout internationally, it appears to be
more powerful in the
fact that all the armed Shan groups i.e. Shan State Army, the Shan
State National Army and the
Shan States Army (Southern) and the Shan Democratic Union, the
umbrella organization of Shan
expatriates, have declared their support for it.
Late in 1998, the party's president, Khun Htoon Oo, was reportly
summoned to the Rangoon Mili-
tary Intelligence Center, headed by Gen. Khin Nyunt. He was "asked" to
issue a statement
denouncing the NLD and its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, for setting up
the Committee Representing
the People's Parliament (CRPP) or known popularly as "Conimittee of
Ten". To which the Shan
leader replied he could not do so without approval from the party's
executive committee. The
MI reportedly agreed that he should call a meeting first.
When the executive members of the party met later, they resolved a
neutral position neither
to denounce or applaud the CRPP. lf the resolution was not accepted,
they should declare the
dissolution of the party.
The MI reportly recelved the news of the outcome of the meeting
"rather in a subdued manner,
to the surprise of some observers.
One says, "The reason is quite clear. The junta needs the SNLD which
is fast becoming the
symbol of not only Shans but of all non-Burmans in the so-called
National Convention. Since
they could not claim to speak forthe Burmans anymore with the
boycotting and subsequent ex-
pulsion of the NLD from the NC, they thought they might still need the
SNLD's participation
there at least to show the non-Burmans are still on their side. But if
the SNLD is also
expelled and its members persecuted, the NC will no more enjoy any
remaining credibility of
representing either Burman or non-Burman. Any Konstitution adopted by
the NC will also become
completely meaningless. So will the elections held afterwards. That is
why the SNLD is still
enjoying the junta's grace despite its refusal to toe the line".
"But how long can the SNLD survive?", he questioned. "Once the pagoda
is built, the scaf-
fold is gone, so goes the Burmese saying. And once the Konstitution is
adopted, either with or
without the consent of the SNLD, its usefulness shall be gone too".
"The SNLD is in real danger now", says another watcher. "I hope the
foreign observers of
Burma will also pay more attention to the SNLD and its members just
like they do to the NLD".
JUNTA COMMANDER ACCUSED OF DRUG PROTECTION
20 March 1999
The SPDC may deny involvement in drugs, but many of its commanders are
being accused by the
local people themselves as being actively engaged in drug activities,
one way or the other.
The latest one is Maj. Nyan Myint of Battalion 225, stationed in Mong
Kyawt, Mongton Town-
ship across from Chiangmai Province.
"There are two very questionable things going on", a farmer who
requested anonymity said.
"One, three wellknown drug producers and traffickers are going freely
back and forth all the
time in the vicinity without fear of persecution". The three are
ex-Maj. Hla Aung (a Chinese
despite his assumed Burmese name, Yang Erh and Muling a.k.a. Sai Yi
a.k.a. Liu Zipeng, whose
refineries were raided and destroyed by Yawdserk's Shan States Army
units a few months back.
It is believed that they have set up a new laboratory with permission
from Maj. Nyan Myint.
"Two, other people, both locals and outsiders, are being forbidden by
the commander from
entering certain sections of the area. Some were accused by the
commander as being spies for
Yordserk although he had no evidence to show for it. It was also
strange that he didn't order
them under arrest although he could have done it without effort". lt
was suspected that he was
only trying to scare people away from the location of the refinery.
"Anyway he is suspiciously living too well above his monthly pay and
allowances" said the
source.
SHANS MIGRANTS REPATRIATED TO FORCED LABOUR
21 March 1999
An escaped inmate from Shan immigrants who were handed over to Burma
reported to S.H.A.N.
that they were in a terrible condition.
On 21 March, Thai police raided a textile factory opposite The Mall
Department Store in
Bangkhae, Bangkok and arrested 64 workers there for illegal entry.
Among them were 48 Shans.
The rest were Karens, Mons and Burmese, who were deported to Burma
through the Three Pagoda
Pass in Kanjanaburi Province.
As for the Shans, they were transferred to the Burmese immigration at
Maesai Bridge which
serves as the border between Tachilek (Shan States) and Maesai
(Chiangrai Province, Thai-
land) on 16 March.
The Burmese authorities, after taking them into custody, said they
would be released as soon
as they could pay a certain amount of money. Otherwise, they had
toioin in the construction of
the Kengtung-Tachilek road until they had completed their prison term
which is yet to be de-
cided.
This report was sent to S.H.A.N. by Sai Myint, who escaped shortly
afterwards. And where is he
now? Back in Thailand, of course.
"The Thai authorities should not, in any way, hand over the people to
Burma, knowing they
would suffer a fate which is worse than dying", said Sai Myint.
SHAN CEASEFIRE GROUP NOT IDLE
29 March 1999
A repeated one accusation that has been directed against the
non-Burman armed groups that have
signed truce pacts with the Rangoon junta is that they are more
interested in filling up their
pockets than helping the people.
The SSNA, led by Col. Gunyord and the SSA North, led by Col. Lolmao,
have flatly denied it.
"Fundraising is important for the upkeeping of our armies", sald a
leader, who requested ano-
nymity. "But we have not forgotten our duties to the people".
According to the SSNA's annual report, the group built 9 new schools,
4 middle and 5 primary,
in their area up in the north.
The middle school at their headquarters in Khaisim, Hsipaw Township,
was constructed at a cost
of Kyat 400,000, said the report.
The group says they are also concerned with the people's health. They
built and donated two
"hospitals" in Hsenwi Township. They also distributed 39,750 viss of
iodinized sait to the peo-
ple. Moreover, they have sought and been given agreement by the junta
officials to be able to
render more assistance to the people both in health and education
affairs, said the report.
The SSA North, with which the SSNA had formed the Shan State Peace
Committee, on 23 January
1996, is not ready to be out done by its partner. A statement
issued'on 16 February from its
Hsengkeo base in Hsipaw said it is launching a summer Shan language
teaching program in
villages under their control in Hsipaw, Tanyan and, Mongyai.
Note: The SSNA claims to have, under its supervision, 252 middle &
primary schools, with 564
teachers (male 120 and female 444) and 42,655 students (male
12,839+female 29,816). 20,733
children, age between 6-12, are still in wait for more schools. And
109 schools lack walls and
proper roofing.
On the health front, the population suffered 745 deaths last year of
malaria (326) diarrhea
(266) intestinal swelling (136) and AIDS (15).
SHAN COMMANDER DIED BY POISON?
20 April 1999
Reports from the north have confirmed that Lt. Col. Ngo-harn, a
commander of the Shan States
Army, died in April under suspicious circumstances.
According to the report the colonel suffered a serious case of
diarrhea, after having a meal
believed to have been poisoned. He died after several weeks under
intensive care and treatment
accorded by the SSA. His funeral was held on 4 April.
His unit, the 16th Brigade, is responsible for the security of
Hsengkeo, HQ to both the SSA-
North and the Shan State Peace keeping Committee, a joint setup of the
SSA-N and the Shan State
National Army, another ceasefire group. He was the commander trusted
by all the three factions
of the combined Shan States Army, which includes the SSA-South of
Yawdserk. His death is
therefore regarded as a painful blow to all the three groups.
Before his sudden ailment, he was having a dispute with the SPDC's
Northeastem Commander for
the killing of his 6 fighters plus 1 civilian on 21 December 1997.
Lt. Col. Ngo-ham, a native of Kesi, joined the Resistance around 1973.
He served with
distinction in the SSA then under Sao Sai Lek's command. He was given
a command of his own
after Sai Lek agreed to join the Mong Tai Army in which he
distinguished himself in several
battles. His defection early in 1995, following Sai Lek's mysterious
death, was the precursor
to Gunyord's famous mutiny on 6 June the same year which led to the
collapse of the MTA.
11 SHAN REFUGEES BEATEN TO DEATH NEAR THAI BORDER
18 April 1999
Eleven Shan refugees fleeing to Thailand were captured by SPDC troops
and beaten to death on
April 13 and 14 near a Shan village about 12 km from the Thai border
opposite Chiangrai prov-
ince, local villagers have reported.
The eleven refugees, including one woman, were among a group of about
300 refugees who were
rounded up on their way from central Shan State to the Thai border and
detained at the SPDC
IB 225 military camp at Na Kong Moo, on the road that leads from
Mongton to Nong Ook, the
border crossing north of Chiang Dao.
The refugees who were killed were accused of supporting the resistance
forces of the Shan
States Army (South) back in their home village. They were taken from
the military camp and
beaten to death in the jungle about 5 km west of Na Kong Moo by a
group of SPDC troops and
local Lahu militia. The victims were taken in groups to be killed. On
April 13 the five
refugees killed were:
Sai Nu, 27, from Wan Pang village, Nong Hee
tract, Namzamg township.
Sai Sor, 30, Koong Sarng village, Kon Mong
tract, Namzarng township.
Sai Ariya, 26, from Kon Na village, Hai Seng
tract, Laikha township.
Sai Tor Ya, 25, Nar On village, Pamg Sarng
tract, Laikha township.
Sai Nor, 21, from Hai Gooi village, Hai Gooi
tract, Larngkhur township.
On April 14, the six refugees killed were:
Sai Loon, 2 1, Wan Long Tong village, Na Loi
tract, Mumgnai township.
Sai Htun, 20, Na Keng village, Kaeng Lom tract,
Kunhing township.
Sai Yord, 22, Wan Khai village, Kaeng Lom
tract, Kunhing township.
Sai Lon, 24, Nong Woe village, Murng Nang
tract, Kesi township.
Sai Kham Sang, 29, Mumgkemg township.
Nang Teng, 25, Mumgkemg township.
The refugees have fled from the areas of forced relocation in Shan
State. About 300,000
villagers have been forced from their homes by the SPDC military since
1996 in a massive anti-
insurgency campaign aimed at cutting off civilian support for the Shan
resistance forces. It is
estimated that well over 100,000 refugees have fled from these areas
of forced relocation.
DETAINED VILLAGERS IN NAKAWNGMU RELEASED
24 April 1999
The villagers who were detained at Nakawngmu, Mongton Township, across
the border from
Chiangmai, were released on 22 April.
The newly opened Tasarng Bridge, which was ordered closed on 1 1
April, apparently to stop
civilians fleeing from battle zones, was also opened again on the same
day.
The result was the influx of another 400 refugees from Mongnai"
Kengtawng, Langkher and
Mongpan townships where battles are being waged between Yawdserk's
Shan States Army and the
SPDC troops.
SOURCES CLAIM 9 THAI VILLAGERS KILLED BY LAHU MILTIA
21 April 1999
Sources in Fang have reported that the 9 villagers who were found
beaten to death on 31 March
were killed by the Lahu militia plus Burma Army men and not the Wa
Army as widely belleved.
The nine villagers from Maesai in Fang District, Chiangmai Province,
were found dead a few
kilometers from the Thai-Burma border. As the area is believed to be
controlled by the
powerful United Wa State Army, reputed to be the biggest producer of
heroin and amphetamines,
it is generally assumed that the killings were done by the Wa troops.
The Was have denied
having anything to do with the killings but the accusations have
persisted.
The sources said the villagers had taken a certain amount of
amphetamines to be sold in
Thailand from the Lahu militia in Mongton Township, Mongsart District.
According to the sources there are two amphetamine factories in
Mongton Township: one near
Nakawngmu and the other, operated by a Chinese by the name of Ah Wen,
aged 58. Both are
protected by Infantry Battalions 65, 519 and
225 and the Lahu militia. They were apparently angry with the Thai
villagers because they had
taken so long to pay them what they owed: B.520,000.
One indication the culprits were Lahus was that in the pockets of the
first two victims the
Thai officials found B.200 and two "Flying Tiger" cheroots each. The
rest had only two che-
roots each in their pockets. This is a Lahu traditional practice for
the dead and for the
sinners to make up for their wrongdoing to the dead.
In order to counter the activities of the Shan resistance, the junta
army has been grooming
Lahu tribesmen as counter-insurgency militias. The last training
course was given on 18-30
March at Hokho Maeharing (near Maehamg Bridge in Mongton Township). At
the end of the training,
they were presented with M16s and M79s by the junta officers. Each was
also given two different
uniforms, one Burmese and the other Wa. The latter is for those who
operate across the border
into Thalland. "The aim obviously is to divert any attention from the
Lahu-Burmese force to the
Wa," said one source.
FIRST ROUND OF SALWEEN DAM SURVEY COMPLETED
28 April 1999
The companies carrying out a survey to build a dam on the Salween
River in southern Shan State
completed their first round of field studies at the end of March,
according to a S.H.A.N.
source that recently retumed from Shan State.
The site being surveyed is a gorge about 6 km north of Ta Sarng
Bridge, which links the roads
between Mongpan and Mongton townships, 90 miles north of the Thai
border. The surveying began
on October 19 last year, and ended on March 31 this year.
The surveyors, including Thai, Janpanese and Burmese companies, have
now moved out of the area.
The rock samples from the dam site were sent to the Thai border at
Nong Ook, northem Chiangmai
province, in a convoy of Burma Army trucks on April 8. It is not known
where the samples will
be sent to for testing.
The Thai companies involved include MDX Power Co., the main Thai
contractor, as well as AAM,
which carried out the general survey, and GMT, which drilled and
collected samples of the rocks
on both sides of the Salween. The logging company Thai Sawat was also
involved in transporting
personnel and equipment.
Apart from Thai companies, Japan's Electric Power Development
Corporation, and the Burmese
Company Aye Chan Aye, were also involved.
During the surveying, security was provide by the Burma Army's No.3
Tactical Command comprising
Battalion 65, 43 and 225. Surveyin was halted several times because of
securit alerts, owing
to the presence of the Shan State Army's 727th Brigade in the region.
HOW AN MI OFFICER GETS RICH
13 March 1999
After serving in Kengtung for 6 years, Maj. Sai Aung Thein, head of MI
- Branch 22, was trans-
ferred to Rangoon in mid 1998 to become G-l (Personnel Section) for
Gen. Khin Nyunt. He was
succeeded by Maj. Zaw Lin and Capt. Naing Lin.
Reasons for his transfer were reported by Kengtung's citizens as
follows:
1. He was getting sufficiently rich;
2. Reports of his assistance to a drug - smuggling ceasefire group had
become too well known
for his boss's comfort; and
3. It was time he made way for others to start getting just as rich.
The only things he claimed as gifts from the richest and strongest
ceasefire group were a
Mitsubishi Pajero Jeep and an XGL Toyota fourwheeler Model 1997. One
of those unclaimed is a
three-story house worth K.70 million in Nawnghpa village of Kengtung.
People remember that it
was only an earthen walled cottage with zinc sheet roofinc, when he
first arrived there with
his wife, Nang Liang, a native of Nawn-hpa.
In 1996, Sai Shan Age, 40, outwardly a goldshop owner, was caught with
(6,000,000) metham-
phetamines in Mongkhak. He and his driver, Sai Myint, age 35, were
sentenced to 30 years
imprisonment with harsh labor by the Kengtung court. He was later
"smuggled" out by "followers"
from the Monghsat prison into Thailand, arid is now living comfortably
in Bangkok. Back home,
his wife and famlly's life goes on as usual. Contrary to the usual
custom of confiscating
everything a convicted drug smuggler owns, all the property belonging
to Sai Shwe Aye was
spared.
Later in the year, Sai Tip, 45, of Nawnghpa, was arrested with
smuggled 5 motorcars and 30
motorcycles at Mongphyak's gate. Normally, he would be "fined" at
least K.50,000 for each
vehicle before he was allowed to pass. But he got off with only
K.80,000 for all vehicles.
Even this amount of money had to be returned to Sai Tip the next day.
The reason: Sai Tip is
Nang Liang's older brother.
Apart from this, Maj. Aung Thein was reported to have made a lot of
money from teak logging in
Mongnal and Mongpan.
Therefore, as long as there are people who live above the law, laws
promulgated and enforced
by the junta shall continue to be empty and useless.
ORDERS FROM KHIN NYUNT TO COLLECT LATEST DATA OF NLD
Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt's signed order on 10 April to all township
administrative levels directed
them to report the latest data on NLD by the end of the month. The
general wishes to know the
total numbers of NLD members before mass arrests and forced
resignations, of those who have
resigned so far and those remaining and their activities.
CEASEFIRE GROUP & SPDC COMMANDERS SHARE SPOILS OF GAMBLING
28 April 1999
Reports reaching the Thal border from the Shan States say one of the
ceasefire groups and the
local SPDC commanders have opened up several gambling dens in the
southern township of Mongpan
since March of this year.
From March 24 to April 20, the Shan Nationalities People's Liberation
Organization (SNPLO), a
ceasefire group generally known as the Red Pa-O, have been setting up
gambling dens during the
traditional Buddhist Novitiation Ceremony in Mongpan, a town 120 miles
from the Thai border.
The local commanders of SPDC infantry battalions 332 and 520 have
reportedly received K.40,000
each per day (K. 20,000 for personal use and the rest for the
battalion) as tax.
The dens have attracted gambling addicts from towns such as Taunggyi,
Loilem, Panglong,
Lamgkhur, Mongnai and Kunhing. Well known drug producers just across
from the Thai border such
as Muling a.k.a. Sai Yi a.k.a. Liu Zipeng, Hla Aung and Yang Erh were
also present among the
gamblers.
Also seen among the crowds were child beggars and prostitutes from
surrounding villages such
as Nawng Hee, Poongker, Nalaw and Tawngkwai that were forcibly
relocated to the town's out-
skirts by the SPDC army in 1997.
The SNPLO, led by Takley and Saw Hpamu, joined Khun Sa's Mong Tai Army
in the early 90s. The
alliance broke up soon afterwards and the SNPLO signed a ceasefire
pact with Rangoon on October
9, 1994. Their headquarters is in Nawnghtao in Hsiseng Township, 60
miles south of Taunggyi.
It is illegal to engage in gambling activities in Burma. One of the
accusations directed
against the Shan princes before their downfall was their policy of
tolerance towards gambling
which had been a nemesis for the Shan population.
WA-JUNTA CONFLICT LEADS TO BLAZE IN SHAN GEM TOWN
Thousands of houses and shops were destroyed in a fire which broke out
late last March in the
booming Shan gern town of Monghsu, according to sources coming to the
border.
On 30 March, the Maniyadana Gern Market in Monghsu, Southem Shan
State, burst into flames which
consumed "not less than a thousand buildings", according to eye
witnesses.
The fire was reported to have started at a discotheque operated by an
officer from the United
Wa State Ariny. According to the sources, both the Bunnese and the Wa
soldiers have been
accusing each other of starting the fire.
Although few were sure how the blaze started, most of them were
certain it began with the
growing tension between the SPDC and the UWSA.
In February, a dispute arose between the two sides, when the Was
stopped an SPDC convoy and
released their officers who were arrested earlier by the Burmese Anny.
lt resulted in the
ransacking of the Wa community in Monghsu and forced relocation of
several Wa families back
into Wa territory across the Salween. (Monghsu is on the western side
and the Wa Territory is
on the eastem side).
"So it could have been either one", said one source. "Only time will
tell which was the real
culprit".
8 HILLTRIBLE PEOPLE BEATEN TO DEATH BY JUNTA SPLDIERS
A source from Chiangrai reported yesterday that a Burmese patrol
combing the hills for Shan
rebels beat 8 hilltribe villagers to death.
According to the source, a column from LB 330 commanded by Maj. Thet
Way, surrounded the
villages of Nakae, Palarng Long, Palarng Noi, Phakhao Tai west of
Tachilek on 5 May. It was
accompanied by an ex-MTA officer, Yishay and his group who, since Khun
Sa's surrender three
years earlier, have become a militia unit.
A village headman, Ah Ka, his interpretier, Ah Tae, and 6 other
villagers who were suspected
of aiding the rebels were tortured and beaten to death. Nakae is
populated by members of the
Lahu tribe and also by Akha.
The Shan States Army's eastem force, commanded by Maj. Kham Famuang,
is active in the area
which covers Mongsart, Mongpyak and Tachilek townships.
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