Shans deny abducting Thais

Shans deny abducting Thais 

The Shan resistance army leader has rejected a recent newspaper report about kidnapping two Thai workers from a logging firm in Maehongson, said a Shan army source today. 

"I have no knowledge of the affair," Col. Yawdserk was quoted as saying when asked by a liaison officer on Thursday about the report that appeared in the Bangkok Post Tuesday, 12 June issue. "Some people who wanted to defame us must have sent this report," added the officer who requested anonymity.

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A report from Fang, 160 km north of Chiangmai, says Burmese fired two heavy shells from Namhukhun, Mongton Township, at 09:00 that fell on Holon Hill. Some tree saplings were damaged but there were no casualities. 

The Phamuang Task Force and villagers in Fang had planted tree saplings and raised the Thai flag on the hill in a ceremony on 9 June. 

It was wrested back by Thai troops from the Rangoon-backed Wa fighters a month earlier. 
Reporting Time: 21:00, 16 June.