Villages Along Thai Border Ordered To Prepare War for Junta

Villages Along Thai Border Ordered To Prepare War for Junta 

Village headmen in across the border from Chiangmai had recently been instructed to prepare defenses and rice for the military, said Maihoong from eastern Shan State. 

On Monday 1 November, 108 village and tract headmen in Mongton Township, Monghsat District, Eastern Shan State, gathered at the Mongton town hall. The meeting was presided by Ltc. Myint Sway, Commander, IB 65 and Ltc. Pan Lay, Commander, IB 226. 

"Col. Myint Sway told the headmen: 

1. each village to deliver 30 fence stakes, each 3 spans in circumference and 4 cubits in length, by 15 November; 

2. Monghang and Maeken tracts to deliver dried bricks 3,000 and 7,000 respectively by 5 December; 

3. Other tracts i.e. Phakhae, Nawngpayen, Wanna, Hwe-aw and Poongpakhem to dig foxholes along the highway from BP-1 to Mongton, Monghsat and Tasang, each one 2 cubits deep and 4 fathoms distant from one another, to be completed by 30 November", said Maihoong. 

In addition, Col. Pan Lay reminded the villagers to sell their new harvest in accordance with the quota and price already fixed since October, or they would face punishment by confiscation of their paddy fields, which would be turned over to immigrants over from Burma (Proper), added Maihoong. 

A border watcher commented that the Burmese Army might be preparing for war either with the Shan State Army of Yawdserk or "a neighboring country". 

Related News: Junta Buys Rice At Knockdown Prices 3 November, S.H.A.N. 

N.B. 

• 9 inches = 1 span 

• 2 spans = 1 cubit 

• 2 cubits = 1 fathom