New command moves to Thai-Kayah border

_{14 December 2008}
 
The 5 battalions include:
LIB 295          Wan Htam, Mongpan (supplanting IB 426 at Sop Pai)
LIB 520          Mongpan
LIB 525          Langkherh (supplanting LIB 336 at Daw Mu Ma)
LIB 574          Kengtawng, Mongnai
LIB 578          Langkherh
 
According to another source, three of the said battalions are still on their way from Shadaw, northwest of Maehongson.
 
MOC #17 is under the command of Brig Gen Tun Maung Win, said a Thai security officer quoting the anti-Rangoon Karenni Army (KA) chief of staff Bee Htoo.
 
The KA is based at Doi Yamu, the mountain range southwest of Maehongson. Several failed attempts were made in 2005 and 2006 to seize it. More than 1,000 shells had fallen inside the Thai soil, reported The Manager Online on 12 December.